More on Mississippi Library Damage

I received an email earlier today with some details with regard to damage of libraries in Mississippi because of Katrina. I've done some slight editing of this email and added some hyperlinks when applicable. The Jackson-George site is not in operation as of yet. I added the hyperlink to the website in case it proves to be accessible in the near future.

A list of the library devastation in Mississippi:

Hancock County Library System
Pearlington school/public library: Destroyed
Waveland library: Destroyed
Bay St. Louis library: Heavy interior damage and collection loss

Harrison County Library System
Pass Christian Library: Destroyed
Gulfport Library: First floor is gutted with all materials lost; 2nd floor lost windows likely to save MS collection. Probably lost 75,000 items. Building will probably have to be destroyed.
Biloxi Library: Had several feet of water, lost windows, lost most of materials. Was able to save much of photo and rare history materials. Building will probably have to be destroyed.
Division Street Branch Library: No information available, neighborhood badly damaged, inaccessible

Long Beach Public Library
Library: Heavily damaged/collection lost/building will be destroyed.

Jackson-George Regional Library System
Systemwide, likely to lose 40-60,000 volumes lost in circulation when people’s homes were destroyed. Pascagoula Library had 4’ of water on first floor. Approximately 40,000 volumes were lost and mold is taking over the building. Other seven branches generally okay with some roof leaks etc, but operational. All branches except Pascagoula will be reopening shortly.

The Library of Hattiesburg, Petal & Forrest County
Hattiesburg: Lost tiles off the eastside of the building causing some leaking inside.

And... reposting what I had posted yesterday:

Friends of Mississippi Libraries, working with the Library Commission and MLA, has established a fund for donations to rebuild those MS libraries severely damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. Tax-deductible donations can be made by sending your contributions to:

Rebuild Mississippi Libraries Fund
c/o AmSouth Bank
210 E. Capitol Street
Jackson, MS 39201