Again state of Louisiana issue.
Maintenance at LSU severely lacks after years of budget slashing; 'deterioration' labeled 'disgusting'
Advocate staff photo by TRAVIS SPRADLING -- Water stained ceiling panels, some falling loose, in the basement at LSU's Middleton Library, where deferred maintenance means dealing with bad conditions from water leaks and floor issues.
Advocate staff photo by TRAVIS SPRADLING --Planks of plywood cover bad sections of floor in the basement at LSU's Middleton Library, where deferred maintenance means dealing with bad conditions from water leaks and floor issues. Shelves are stored at right, in a section not being used for archived materials.
Advocate staff photo by TRAVIS SPRADLING -- A wet/dry vacuum sits ready for action, and plastic sheeting, foreground, drapes aisles filled with historical microfilm from newspapers, while other plastic, center, protects bound indexes of the New York Times, and ceiling tiles above are stained from water damage, as Stephanie Braunstein gives a tour of the basement at LSU's Middleton Library, where deferred maintenance means dealing with bad conditions. She is the head of Government Documents & Microfilms, in the library's Research & Instruction Services.
Advocate staff photo by TRAVIS SPRADLING -- A sense of humor comes in handy for workers in the basement at LSU's Middleton Library, where deferred maintenance means dealing with bad conditions from water leaks and floor issues. This skeleton hangs on the gate to a particularly bad section, where water leaks and crumbling floors have earned it the nickname 'Bowels of Hell.'
Advocate staff photo by TRAVIS SPRADLING --Stephanie Braunstein, during a tour of the basement at LSU's Middleton Library, where deferred maintenance means dealing with bad conditions. She is the head of Government Documents & Microfilms, in the library's Research & Instruction Services.
Advocate staff photo by TRAVIS SPRADLING -- Baseboard and sign in the government documents processing room in the basement at LSU's Middleton Library, where water leaks intermittently cover the floor of the approximately 45 by 42 foot room, when water from power-washing exterior windows of the library leaks from the sidewalks above. Part of the basement's ceilings have been water-sealed again in recent years, but deferred maintenance means other parts are still waiting.
Advocate staff photo by TRAVIS SPRADLING -- Red-colored 'goop' at the bottom of a trash can being used to catch water from ceiling leaks in the basement of LSU's Middleton Library, where deferred maintenance means dealing with bad conditions.
Advocate staff photo by TRAVIS SPRADLING --Water-damaged copies of the Congressional record, including covers, foreground, with mold growth, in the basement at LSU's Middleton Library, where deferred maintenance means dealing with bad conditions.
Advocate staff photo by TRAVIS SPRADLING -- Collapsed tiles and flooring above shelving in the basement of LSU's Middleton Library, where deferred maintenance means dealing with bad conditions from water leaks and floor issues.
Advocate staff photo by TRAVIS SPRADLING -- Water stained ceiling panels, some falling loose, in the basement at LSU's Middleton Library, where deferred maintenance means dealing with bad conditions from water leaks and floor issues.
Advocate staff photo by TRAVIS SPRADLING --Planks of plywood cover bad sections of floor in the basement at LSU's Middleton Library, where deferred maintenance means dealing with bad conditions from water leaks and floor issues. Shelves are stored at right, in a section not being used for archived materials.
BY REBEKAH ALLEN|
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