One of the two airconditioner compressors that cool the second floor of the Library went out yesterday. This is a 10 ton unit and is the primary; it weighs about 500 pounds and will have to be lifted by crane up the roof for installation. In the meantime I've told the staff to crank the temp up to 78F and run electric fans -- we can't put too much pull on the secondary unit or it too will fail.

Damn architect put both a three-story glass-fronted atrium and a two-story glass-fronted foyer in the building, and they faces east! Catching the solar heat is fine in the winter, but in the summer it's pure stupidity. All the hot air from the first floor, all the solar hear gain, and all the heat hitting the roof concentrate on the second floor.

Ten thousand bucks or so. Hell, we didn't need any books....