Yes, this mold can be hazardous. You should read this conserve-o-gram from the National Park Service (US) http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/publications/conserveogram/03-04.pdf Also check out CCI Notes from the Canadian Conservation Institute (but they're not free) http://www.cci-icc.gc.ca/ Diane Gutenkauf [log in to unmask] On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 19:53:48 -0800, Kendra Derrer <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >I have a group of volunteers who come every Tuesday to >catalog. This week I had them start on some books >housed inside a bookcase. As the volunteers went >through several of the books they noticed many of them >had mold inside. Because we currently have no storage >facility at all, we are storing everything inside the >house in acid-free boxes or in the case of the books >back inside the bookcase. We have no freezer or >isolation room to put the books in. My question is >should we continue to catalog them? > >Kendra >Far West Heritage Association > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >http://mail.yahoo.com > >========================================================= >Important Subscriber Information: > >The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l- faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). > >If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). >========================================================================= ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).