[Genealib] RE: genealib Digest, Vol 33, Issue 9 (smelly books)
Amber Cushing
acushing at library.state.nh.us
Mon Jun 12 08:20:32 EDT 2006
Hi,
You might try searching the site of the Northeast Document Conservation
Center: http://nedcc.org . They are excellent and I think you might even be
able to email questions. Any advice they give would not harm the book.
Amber Cushing
Reference Librarian
New Hampshire State Library
20 Park Street
Concord, NH 03301
603-271-3302
http://www.nh.gov/nhsl/index.html
Message: 1
Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 11:16:13 -0500
From: "Cheryl Smith" <cheryls at plano.gov>
Subject: [Genealib] Smelly books
To: "Librarians Serving Genealogists" <genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu>
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We have a book that was donated that has the old musty smell. It won't go
away. We tried airing it out. I've heard of some ideas before here.
Do ya'll have some ideas? We've checked for mildew and there is none.
It's a worthwhile book to add to our collection. We want to give it one
more chance to get rid of the smell.
Thanks for any suggestions.
Cheryl Smith
Public Services Librarian Senior
Harrington Library
1501 18th St.
Plano, TX 75074
972-941-7175
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5. Re: Smelly books (Laura Carter)
6. Re: Smelly books (Joy Rich)
7. ProQuest Terminates Remote Access for Genealogy Societies
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8. RE: AncestryLibraryEdition (Forsyth, William)
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 11:16:13 -0500
From: "Cheryl Smith" <cheryls at plano.gov>
Subject: [Genealib] Smelly books
To: "Librarians Serving Genealogists" <genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu>
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We have a book that was donated that has the old musty smell. It won't
go away. We tried airing it out. I've heard of some ideas before here.
Do ya'll have some ideas? We've checked for mildew and there is none.
It's a worthwhile book to add to our collection. We want to give it one
more chance to get rid of the smell.
Thanks for any suggestions.
Cheryl Smith
Public Services Librarian Senior
Harrington Library
1501 18th St.
Plano, TX 75074
972-941-7175
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 12:19:07 -0400
From: "Dusty Gres" <gresd at ohoopeelibrary.org>
Subject: RE: [Genealib] Smelly books
To: "'Librarians Serving Genealogists'"
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You might look at this website for some suggestions:
http://www.bookologist.com/cab/abu/y203/m10/bk0013/s03
Dusty Gres, Director
Ohoopee Regional Library System
Hdq: Vidalia-Toombs County Library
610 Jackson Street
Vidalia, GA 30474
PH: (912) 537-9283
FAX: (912) 537-3735
EMAIL: gresd at ohoopeelibrary.org
WEB: http://www.ohoopeelibrary.org
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[mailto:genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu] On Behalf Of Cheryl Smith
Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 12:16 PM
To: Librarians Serving Genealogists
Subject: [Genealib] Smelly books
We have a book that was donated that has the old musty smell. It won't go
away. We tried airing it out. I've heard of some ideas before here.
Do ya'll have some ideas? We've checked for mildew and there is none.
It's a worthwhile book to add to our collection. We want to give it one
more chance to get rid of the smell.
Thanks for any suggestions.
Cheryl Smith
Public Services Librarian Senior
Harrington Library
1501 18th St.
Plano, TX 75074
972-941-7175
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Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 13:02:38 -0400
From: ECole at oakville.ca
Subject: [Genealib] I am currently out of the office.
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I will be out of the office starting 06/09/2006 and will not return until
06/12/2006.
If you require more immediate assistance, please contact AskUs!, our e-mail
reference service at oplreference at oakville.ca or call our Information Desk
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 15:39:34 -0400
From: "Kathy Petras" <petras at mcdl.info>
Subject: [Genealib] AncestryLibraryEdition
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Hello All!!
A patron pointed out that AncestryLibraryEdition lists Ohio Deaths,
1908-1944 and 1958-2002 as part of their collection. But if you search
for any death record from the earlier period, 1908-1944, you get 0
results. Even if you are searching by common names like Smith and
Johnson.
Has anyone else any experience with this? Are they planning to add
the earlier death records and just haven't done it?? Is it temporarily
unavailable?
Of course, the Ohio Historical Society does have an online index for
the earlier deaths, and this patron was aware of that, but it is
convenient to not have to search in two separate online resources.
Kathy Petras
Reference Staff
Medina County District Library
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Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 15:51:18 -0400
From: Laura Carter <lcarter at arlsmail.org>
Subject: Re: [Genealib] Smelly books
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Cat litter - clean of course, ;-) - works well. Put book on a rack in a
closed container with kitty litter in the bottom of the container .
Spread the book open sitting up in a way that will not damage it and
allow the litter to pull out the smell. I have a large garbage can with
a lid that I use to do this for old books. It never has garbage in it,
but it is used for all kinds of other things like this. The site Dusty
mentions has good ideas also.
Laura
Cheryl Smith wrote:
>We have a book that was donated that has the old musty smell. It won't
>go away. We tried airing it out. I've heard of some ideas before here.
>Do ya'll have some ideas? We've checked for mildew and there is none.
>It's a worthwhile book to add to our collection. We want to give it one
>more chance to get rid of the smell.
>
>Thanks for any suggestions.
>Cheryl Smith
>Public Services Librarian Senior
>Harrington Library
>1501 18th St.
>Plano, TX 75074
>972-941-7175
>
>_______________________________________________
>genealib mailing list
>genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu
>http://mailman.acomp.usf.edu/mailman/listinfo/genealib
>
>
>
>
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Athens, Georgia 30606
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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 17:38:07 -0400
From: "Joy Rich" <joyrichny at earthlink.net>
Subject: [Genealib] Re: Smelly books
To: "Genealib" <genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu>
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Cheryl, you want to remove the cause of the smell. At
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/mirrors/faq/loc/presfaq.html#four , it says
"How can I get rid of the smell of mildew in my books?
The smell comes from biological growth on books that are stored in damp,
dark, cool
locations. Check for active or dormant mold. Remove the materials to a drier
(but still
cool) environment, and make sure that plenty of air is circulating around
them. These
conditions should render the biological growth dormant. If the mildewed
materials are
stored for an extended period under such coonditions, the smell will
eventually disappear
of its own accord. The same technique can be applied to dry books affected
with active
mold. If you can see mold growth, DO NOT attempt to clean it off under the
materials are
thoroughly dry. Premature clearning attempts will grind the mold into the
covers or paper
and cause stains that are often impossible to remove.
A short exposure to sunlight and circulating air outdoors also may help to
rid the books
of the mildew smell. Remember, though, that light damages paper-based
materials. Drying
materials in the sunlight may result in some darkening or fading of book
materials and
paper, so select this approach only with materials for which such damage is
considered
acceptable."
Don't let the book near anything else in your collection until the smell is
gone. Mildew
(and mold) are microscopic. If the smell won't go away, you might want to
consider getting
the book photocopied.
Joy Rich
[Genealib] Smelly books
Cheryl Smith cheryls at plano.gov
Fri Jun 9 12:16:13 EDT 2006
We have a book that was donated that has the old musty smell. It won't
go away. We tried airing it out. I've heard of some ideas before here.
Do ya'll have some ideas? We've checked for mildew and there is none.
It's a worthwhile book to add to our collection. We want to give it one
more chance to get rid of the smell.
Thanks for any suggestions.
Cheryl Smith
Public Services Librarian Senior
Harrington Library
1501 18th St.
Plano, TX 75074
972-941-7175
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Message: 7
Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 18:40:05 -0400
From: "Joy Rich" <joyrichny at earthlink.net>
Subject: [Genealib] ProQuest Terminates Remote Access for Genealogy
Societies
To: "Genealib" <genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu>
Message-ID: <028501c68c15$a7619570$6401a8c0 at DELL>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
On June 6th, Dick Eastman wrote this in Eastman's Online Genealogy
Newsletter at
http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2006/06/proquest_termin.html
.
"ProQuest announced today that they will be eliminating one valuable
genealogy service.
The company will no longer offer remote, in-home access to the members of
genealogical and
historical societies."
I wasn't sure if that meant that ProQuest would be discontinuing in-home
access to the
historical newspapers and HeritageQuest Online both. The post below to the
Godfrey
Memorial Library Help List seems to indicate that the answer might very well
be yes.
Presumably, ProQuest has already notified those of you who work at
genealogical and
historical societies that you won't be allowed to offer in-home access after
a certain
date. If they haven't, you may want to check with them.
Joy Rich
Brooklyn, NY
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"I am writing to you because our records show that you have used SABR's
subscription to
either ProQuest Historical Newspapers or Heritage Quest in the past six
months.
Recently ProQuest sent SABR a letter explaining a new business decision to
no longer offer
remote access to genealogical or historical societies, beginning at the end
of the current
subscription year.
For SABR, that means beginning on January 1, 2007, SABR members will no
longer have remote
access to the various historical newspapers to which SABR subscribes, nor
will we have
access to the HeritageQuest databases.
SABR will continue to seek out and make available research assets and tools
to fulfill our
mission of helping people do baseball research. The money currently spent on
these
subscriptions will either be used for such purposes or retained in our war
chest for
future uses.
ProQuest also points out that "a key component of the ProQuest mission is to
provide
public library users with historical newspaper and genealogy content, as
well as other
data, through their local public library, either on-site or remotely."
They continue that "[l]iterally millions of people are now enjoying free
access to
ProQuest content through their local library." SABR will attempt to make
members aware of
which libraries make remote access available to library card holders.
Already, we know
that Cleveland Public Library and the Boston Public Library have some
ProQuest databases
available with remote access for current library card holders.
Thank you for your support of SABR!
Sincerely,
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Message: 8
Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 18:58:39 -0400
From: "Forsyth, William" <William.Forsyth at il.proquest.com>
Subject: RE: [Genealib] AncestryLibraryEdition
To: "Librarians Serving Genealogists"
<genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu>,
<genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu>
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Kathy,
I've been participating in the Natl Genealogical Society Conference (in
Chicago) and this is my first chance to reply. There may be a broken link
in the Ohio data. I'll investigate asap, but might not be able to get back
to you until Saturday morning. You may also contact ALE Tech Support
directly:
Ancestry Library Edition Technical Support
1-800-509-3884
libraryedition at ancestry.com
Regards,
Bill Forsyth
William Forsyth, PMP
Director of Product Management
ProQuest Information and Learning
________________________________
From: genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu on behalf of Kathy Petras
Sent: Fri 6/9/2006 1:39 PM
To: genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu
Subject: [Genealib] AncestryLibraryEdition
Hello All!!
A patron pointed out that AncestryLibraryEdition lists Ohio Deaths,
1908-1944 and 1958-2002 as part of their collection. But if you search for
any death record from the earlier period, 1908-1944, you get 0 results.
Even if you are searching by common names like Smith and Johnson.
Has anyone else any experience with this? Are they planning to add the
earlier death records and just haven't done it?? Is it temporarily
unavailable?
Of course, the Ohio Historical Society does have an online index for the
earlier deaths, and this patron was aware of that, but it is convenient to
not have to search in two separate online resources.
Kathy Petras
Reference Staff
Medina County District Library
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Message: 9
Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 21:47:17 -0400
From: "Bendig,Deb" <bendigd at oclc.org>
Subject: [Genealib] ALA Annual Meeting, Sat, 1:30-3:30: WorldCat for
Genealogical Research: Learning, Teaching, Promoting, plus
ArchiveGrid
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