The National Library of Education’s sub-basement floor, closed to the public, houses hundreds of old textbooks. It also housed a hazardous mold and dust-mite problem for a while, now resolved. —James ...

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These days, the Smithtown Library basement resembles an empty warehouse more than a place where people used to study historic documents and take out DVDs. An area that once held more than 21,000 ...

The most popular area of the Grace A. Dow Memorial Library is the basement, which has been closed to the public since it was heavily damaged during June flooding. The Friends of the Library donated ...