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
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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
>
>
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