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. ----------------------------------------------------------- Dear Nora, Thanks for your helpful reply. I will also carefully read the documents you cited. Best, Sharlane
On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 2:44 PM, Lockshin, Nora <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > Dear Sharlane; **** > > ** ** > > This will be highly dependent on the value of the material and extent of > damage including severity of deposits. Often, reformatting through > preservation photocopy or digital scan and/or printing access copies will > be recommended in favor of discarding the affected original if appropriate, > similar to our procedures for extremely moldy material. **** > > ** ** > > If the original must be kept, I have recommended encapsulation (with the > staff wearing PPE & following appropriate cleanup procedures on the > equipment). I have not gone so far as to recommend gamma or ozone > treatment, as both also have a significant aging effect on paper, and the > stains would remain offputting. An image of an *irreplaceable* object > with a comment about its handling is posted at > http://www.flickr.com/photos/siarchives/8075169441/in/set-72157631740814748 a > gallery set which accompanied last year’s Halloween Horrors post. > http://siarchives.si.edu/blog/welcome-gallery-horrors-enter-if-you-dare ** > ** > > ** ** > > Recommended reading includes an excellent contribution on hantavirus by > Jo Ann Martinez-Kilgore in Archives Conservators Discussion Group 2005: > Hazardous > Holdings<http://cool.conservation-us.org/coolaic/sg/bpg/annual/v24/bp24-13.pdf>. > **** > > ** ** > > Nora Lockshin, Paper Conservator**** > > Smithsonian Center for Archives > Conservation<http://siarchives.si.edu/services/conservation> > **** > > Smithsonian Institution Archives <http://siarchives.si.edu/>**** > > [email protected] / 202.633.5913 / 5927 fax / **** > > Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507**** > > Blog <http://siarchives.si.edu/blog/tag/conservation> ▪ > Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/pages/Smithsonian-Center-for-Archives-Conservation/52463409203> > ▪ YouTube <http://www.youtube.com/user/SIArchives> ▪ Flickr > Commons<http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian> > **** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf > Of *Sharlane Gubkin > *Sent:* Friday, September 20, 2013 12:11 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [pestlist] MOUSE DROPPINGS ON ARCHIVAL DOCUMENTS**** > > ** ** > > 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. > -----------------------------------------------------------**** > > I do not know the proper way to disinfect paper documents that have been > contaminated by mouse droppings. If they are sprayed or wiped with a bleach > solution or other disinfectant it will adversely affect the paper. How are > paper and books safely disinfected so they can be handled by people in the > future as well as sustain no damage from the treatment itself?**** > > Thanks for your help!**** > > **** > > > **** > > > -- > Sharlane Gubkin > Preservation Officer > Kelvin Smith Library > Case Western Reserve University > 11055 Euclid Avenue > Cleveland, OH 44106-7151 > (216) 368-3465 **** > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To send an email to the list, send your msg to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this list send an email to [email protected] in > the subject put: > "unsubscribe" - no quotes please. > > You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. > To change to the DIGEST mode send an > email to [email protected] with this command in the body: > > set mode digest pestlist > > Any problems email [email protected] or [email protected] **** > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To send an email to the list, send your msg to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this list send an email to [email protected] in > the subject put: > "unsubscribe" - no quotes please. > > You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. > To change to the DIGEST mode send an > email to [email protected] with this command in the body: > > set mode digest pestlist > > Any problems email [email protected] or [email protected] > -- Sharlane Gubkin Preservation Officer Kelvin Smith Library Case Western Reserve University 11055 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, OH 44106-7151 (216) 368-3465 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To send an email to the list, send your msg to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this list send an email to [email protected] and in the subject put: "unsubscribe" - no quotes please. 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