Mold & Mildew on Books!

[Cheryl Patterson <cpatter@TENET.EDU>]

I am a new member to this group and have really enjoyed all the
wonderful ideas I have gotten already. What a great resource you all
are. I am a new elementary librarian and went to work in my new school
yesterday for the first time. As I was looking the books over it became
real apparent that about one third of my collection is covered with mold
and mildew. What should I do? I've started to pull the bad ones and
place them in a seperate area of the library but is there a way to clean
them? Apparently they tested the humidity in the library and it ranges
from a low of 79% to a high of 89%. Does anyone know what hte humidity
level of a library should be?? Any help you can give me will be greatly
appreciated!

Cheryl Patterson
Media Specialist
Lawhon Elementary
Pearland, Texas
cpatter@tenet.edu

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