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At 09:34 PM 9/30/00 -0400, you wrote: > >Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 23:48:50 EDT >From: Marylu Perchak <mlu2526@HOTMAIL.COM> >Subject: Help! There is mold in my library. > >Hello! > > I am a library student taking my first course. One of my assignments >is to post something on a LISTSERV. Presently, I am also, a LTS in a school >media center. Last week mold was discovered in the library and elsewhere in >my school. Right now the library is closed while the mold is being >analyzed. My questions are: "What will happen to the books if the mold has >penetrated the books? Is there anyway to salvage the collection?" I came back to school one fall to find most of the books in a small library growing green stuff. Enlisted by mother - retired from the same system - and we washed all the books using a sponge dipped in Clorox water. We wrung out most of the water so the sponges were not soppy. We saved virtually all of the collection - set them out kind of open all along the bleachers in the gym to dry. Not a fun day. I only recall having to throw out a couple of books that had warped as well as molded. Mold only grew on the Bound To Stay Bound Books -- something about the glue/covers. Most of that library was BTSB. After that I switched to another prebound company. Did not have the problem again -- made the janitors leave the window cracked open during summers for air circulation. We also ran a dehumidifier for several months. Gloria |+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+ Gloria Knipp Phone: 660-433-5528 High School Librarian/Technology Coordinator Fax: 660-433-2419 305 E. Highway 50 e-mail: dhr000@mail.connect.more.net Tipton MO 65081 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-= All postings to LM_NET are protected under copyright law. To quit LM_NET (or set-reset NOMAIL or DIGEST), send email to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL or 3) SET LM_NET DIGEST 4) SET LM_NET MAIL * Please allow for confirmation from Listserv. For LM_NET Help see: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/ Archives: http://askeric.org/Virtual/Listserv_Archives/LM_NET.html See also EL-Announce for announcements from library media vendors: http://www.mindspring.com/~el-announce/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=