Mold Causes Department Closure At Boston Public Library

  • 9 years ago
An outbreak of mold has forced a five to ten week closure of the rare books department at the Boston Public Library.

An outbreak of mold has been detected in the rare books section of the Boston Public Library and as such, officials have decided to close the area for five to ten weeks. 
The spores were first spotted in a medieval manuscript and then found in several other locations. 
While mold has been present before, the Boston Globe quotes a library official who admits that they haven’t experienced the problem before “to this scale.” 
The issue has been attribu

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