CDL-Mold & mildew

From: Lynn Sipe <lsipe_at_usc.edu> Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2011 14:08:57 -0700 To: COLLDV-L_at_usc.edu

From:
Katy Ginanni <ksginanni_at_email.wcu.edu>

We recently added a gift book to our collection before we realized that 
it was somewhat moldy. (The mold was under the dust jacket; we are 
experimenting with keeping dust jackets.) After the mold was discovered, 
a cataloger suggested that we try a mold and mildew killer that he uses 
at home. His wife, a theatre professor, also uses it on costumes, shoes, 
etc.

  Before we go to the {small} expense of buying some of this stuff, I 
wonder if anyone has experience -- good or bad -- in using it on your 
library books?

Thanks,

Katy G.

Katy Ginanni, Collection Development Librarian

Hunter Library

Western Carolina University

176 Central Drive

Cullowhee, NC 28723

ksginanni_at_email.wcu.edu

828-227-3729 office

828-227-7380 fax