This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. ----------------------------------------------------------- You can seal the books in bags, but I'd recommend waiting longer than a month. Climate controls in collections can slow down their life cycle. Personally I would want to wait until spring, just to be on the safe side. I'd also suggest placing the sealed books inside of a larger plastic container with a sealed lid (preferably one with a gasket). That way if anything chews through the plastic bag (which carpet beetles can and will do), the harder plastic container should stop them. If the container is large enough, you can put some sticky traps in there too.
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To post to this list send it as an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. ----------------------------------------------------------- I would freeze the boxes, in polyethylene bags, or wrapped in plastic, for at least 72 hours. Consider removing the felt lining and replacing it with archival board. Freezing parchment and vellum can be problematic. I would vacuum the books, seal each book in a polyethylene bag, and leave them for a month to see if anything eats through the bags. Most likely it is only the wool lining of the boxes that is infested. Mary Baughman Book Conservator Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center The University of Texas at Austin P.O.Drawer 7219 Austin, Texas 78713-7219 Telephone (512) 471-8635 or 471-9117 Fax (512) 471-7930 On Nov 14, 2012, at 10:05 AM, Sharlane Gubkin wrote: This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. ----------------------------------------------------------- We received a set of valuable vellum-bound books as a gift in our library that will be housed in Special Collections. The handmade boxes for each book are lined with wool felt. During our routine check of incoming gift items, we noticed some dead larvae of carpet beetles. While nothing was found alive, and I have seen no new frass on the cart where they are now stored, I was thinking of freezing them to be safe since we have access to a local freezer at the Natural history Museum, but do not know if this is OK for vellum. The books are not wet. I contacted Jerry Schiner from Keepsafe about anoxic treatment many times but never hear back! Is it safe to just vacuum the books? Any advise would be appreciated. Thanks! 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