Greetings, The REALM Project ( https://www.webjunction.org/news/webjunction/realm-happening-now.html), done by the OCLC, IMLS, and Battelle Operations, found that individual quarantine of unstacked items can be effective. But stacked items still had contamination at the end of the test period, along with plastic materials that could be easily disinfected. Perhaps the solution is to not allow people inside, and just have book dropoff and pickup systems with quarantines of books? Especially with COVID-19 being airborne, that means having to disinfect all books in the reading rooms and stacks instead of just the books left in the return slot.
Thank you, Michael R. <[email protected]> On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 9:04 AM artsroundhill <[email protected]> wrote: > I cannot tell from the graphic how bad it really is,, but just from my gut > reaction I feel this is a terrible idea. Seems like a great way to age > the bindings and the paper in books at an alarming rate. Besides, I doubt > if 30 seconds of rifling air through the pages in the presence of UV will > disinfect anything. And, how do they get 6 books in there and ensure every > page gets exposed? It seems to me this machine belongs in a library as > part of a sci-fi story, not a treatment procedure... > But I am old and jaded and skeptical of everything these days, so maybe > get another opinion...! > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MuseumPests" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/CAKMK8iE5iLtZ11yo%2BntyddEb%2B2aUFFTVpxYs5rnrZFgkJCuGAg%40mail.gmail.com.
