KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY – HALE LIBRARY

Hale Library at Kansas State University suffered extensive damage to its structure and contents after an accidental fire on the roof. Read an eye-opening experience from the front lines of the library’s recovery and restoration project with BELFOR.

Hale Library at Kansas State University suffered extensive damage to its structure and contents after an accidental fire on the roof. Hale Library has more than 1.2 million books in its collection, not including other resources. Please open the full case study to see excerpts from the library’s blog that share an eye-opening experience from the front lines of the library’s recovery and restoration project with BELFOR.

“To be honest it was pretty devastating,” Dean Goetsch told Brady Baumann of KMAN. “It was heartbreaking to see the amount of damage. In order to enter the library, we of course put on hard hats. We had to put boots on because the water was up to our ankles. … It was really sad. You know, I’ve been here for 14 years, and Hale … feels like home. … And it was like seeing your home damaged.”