[Sca-librarians] Cotton glvoes?

[Tammy Ackerson]

I agree with Johnna's suggestion to call and inquire with the library.
 Some libraries have moved away from the "cotton gloves" treatment of
old materials, because they found that the impaired sensation caused
readers to inadvertently tear pages.

Our American Heritage Center library here on the University of Wyoming
campus asks guests to wash their hands and not apply lotion before
handling the materials, to minimize skin oils and other things that
damage paper, and they are finding that their oldest materials are
taking a lot less of a beating as a result.

Sorcha
...coming up briefly for air, but looking at a pretty successful first
semester of an MLIS program if the next ten days go right.

On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 12:59 AM, Solveig Throndardottir
<nostrand at acm.org> 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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