[Sca-librarians] Cotton glvoes?

[Johnna Holloway]

Why don't you phone and ask them?
If it's the National Library of Medicine
they may be able to pull and have the volumes available for your arrival.
I used to go down with my mother in law when she was doing research there.
I can't recall ever using gloves at that time and we were  taking a look 
at  some
old herbals for a project she was doing for a graduate class  in 
anthropology.
(LC's rare book room didn't require gloves at that time either.)
That was prior to all the gates and fences and increased security.

Johnna

Solveig Throndardottir wrote:
> Noble Librarians!
>
> Greetings from Solveig! I am planning on visiting the rare book 
> collection of the NIH. Although the fellow who called me on the phone 
> mentioned that East Asian books are sturdier than European books, I 
> suspect that cotton gloves might be a good idea. What do you folks 
> think? Also, if they are to be used, where do you get them? Thank you 
> very much!
>
> Your Humble Servant
> Solveig Throndardottir
> Amateur Scholar
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