[DCRM-L] Poison books

[Andrew Cameron Bishop]

Hi, Colleen,

We are also very early in our poison book project and still working on handling procedures and housing. For now we have a local 590 note reading "CAUTION MAY BE ARSENIC BOUND".  It's intended to be a flag for someone to look for further procedures in the wiki, rather than a full handling guide in each individual bib, since Special Collections staff will be intermediating between the materials and the users.  On-the-spot individual handling instruction can happen when the books are pulled and delivered to the reading room.

But, as I said, early days, and our thinking may evolve the more we evaluate and work with the materials.

I'm looking forward to seeing what those further along in the process are doing!

Thanks
Andrew
Cataloging and Metadata Services
UC Irvine
He/him
acbishop at uci.edu<mailto:acbishop at uci.edu>


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Subject: [DCRM-L] Poison books

Hello,
Our preservation staff are working on "poison books" from Special Collections and wanted to know what type of note they should use locally about handling them carefully (when they add their preservation notes). Anyone have recommendations?

Thanks for your assistance,
Colleen

Colleen O. Fedewa, MLS
Acquisitions & Metadata Librarian
Kelvin Smith Library
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH 44106
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