MU Libraries awarded $400,000 to aid recovery from mold damage

Thursday, July 10, 2014 | 6:33 p.m. CDT

COLUMBIA A $400,000 grant will help pay for remediation and content replacement of some 600,000 books and materials presumed to be damaged by a mold outbreak in October, according to a news release from MU Libraries.

The grant comes from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The funding began July 1 and will continue for a year.

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"It's wonderful that we received the grant," Jim Cogswell, director of MU Libraries, said Thursday. "It's just been the greatest sort of news."

Also, MU is partnering with Washington University and Missouri State University to acquire replacement documents of some of the lost texts.

In addition to the grant, as much as $600,000 will be taken from the MU Libraries' self-insurance fund to help pay for the damage.

Some of the money will be used to retrieve and prepare materials from Missouri State and Washington University to be shared with MU Libraries as needed.

In addition, funding will help MU Libraries review the availability of needed replacements from library and service organizations.

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MU Libraries awarded $400,000 to aid recovery from mold damage