{"id":32565,"date":"2021-04-23T11:44:36","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T09:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uct.ac.za\/memory\/?p=32565"},"modified":"2021-04-28T14:15:17","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T12:15:17","slug":"a-window-of-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uct.ac.za\/memory\/2021\/04\/a-window-of-opportunity\/","title":{"rendered":"A window of opportunity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We obtained an unexpected very small window of access on the evening of 22 April, to remove materials from the Jagger site that survived the fire. They were under the new threat of water damage. A call went out for volunteers to come and salvage collections out of the Jagger Library basement. A separate issue was the need for boxes and crates to move materials out of Jagger Library.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kaplan Centre came to the rescue to provide a safe, clean space to house the salvaged items as the evening progressed. 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