The University of Louisville Law Library experienced damage to facilities in its lower levels in the August floods.  On October 12, contractors began removing floor tiles under strict safety protocols to prepare surfaces for re-flooring.  While this work is being done, basement areas will be sealed off and no one will be able to enter.  During this period, we will be unable to retrieve materials from the following collections: classified treatises, microfiche, non-Kentucky retrospective state sources, foreign and international materials. The restrictions will not affect collections of current federal and state primary materials, current and retrospective Kentucky materials, and bound periodicals.

Based on progress to date and the work that still remains, it appears that the law library's basement will remain closed until the beginning of the spring semester on January 4, 2010.