There are gloves available that have PVC "dots" which seem to overcome this
problem.  We ordered them specifically for our archivist who primarily works
with paper.  He seems to like them.

SF Gray
Executive Director
390th Memorial Museum Foundation
www.390th.org

Leonard Will wrote:

> Is there not a problem, though, that wearing gloves makes your fingers
> less sensitive and your movements less precise? It is more difficult to
> pick up a single sheet of paper with gloves on, for example, and the
> risk of mechanical damage from wearing them has to be set against the
> risk of chemical damage from not wearing them. I'd be interested to know
> whether the consensus is that they should always be worn.
>