Here's a true confession of a small museum director! We routinely receive "gifts" of all kinds of artifacts, documents, textiles, etc. About a year ago I opened a bag of books to discover silverfish. Of course we have no freezer or isolation room either. But...a wonderful volunteer is the seafood manager at a local grocery. Yup, we sealed the books in several layers of plastic and he put them in the walk-in freezer. (I had previously inspected the freezer...it's wonderful...no smells. And of course the items are placed so they have no contact with any food items. Perhaps you also have a friendly grocer who could freeze your books. :-) Becky Fitzgerald Susquehanna Museum -----Original Message----- From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Kendra Derrer Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:54 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: mold inside books 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).