The Fire at the Institut d'Egypte Cairo

This is an attempt to pull together (outside the Facebook, Twitter, etc. firewalls) the various pieces of infomation available online on the fire at the Institut d'Egypte, Cairo, 17 December 2011. If you have something to contribute, please comment below.


Dear all,

As you know lots of books were damaged and destroyed yesterday when the Institut d'Egypt was set on fire. The salvaged books have been handed over to the Dar al-Kutub, who are now organizing a rescue effort led by my amazing book conservator colleagues and involving DAK's staff of conservators. We're getting a vacuum packing machine there to stop the development of any mo...ld. Here's a list of materials needed in large quantities. Please deliver to DAK Corniche. We are also ready to purchase them, but it would be great to get them delivered asap. One of the most important things is the bags-- we needed them to vacuum pack the books, so we need the bags used by food companies to vacuum pack food. It is extremely important to find a company which will sell or donate these bags in bulk.

Please reach out to your networks and help us save these books. The first 24 hours are crucial. This is my number for anyone who needs to reach me, 010 6664 7823. I am heading over there in a bit. We don't need people now as the staff of the Dar Al Kutub is working, but in a few hours we might need help to register supplies, organize things, etc.

Thank you! Please spread.

Elena

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ_gx_gUERs&feature=player_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=YOs2j4XRjs0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Bz4gsvGQB94

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=AL2orNB44kY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dHoaY8S8W78#!