[AISLE-Share] Bedbugs in Libraries!

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We watch that often.  I have switched any and all furniture to non-permable
surfaces: wood, plastic, etc.  I don't worry about it in books as much as I
do in the Chromebooks and fabric cases the students use.  They take those
everywhere!  We have already had them infesting Chromebooks.  These cases
and Chromeboks also bring cockroaches, fleas, and other pests back into the
building.  I also worry about lice, but those don't have as long a life off
the host.

It is a valid worry.  With vigilance, it can be stopped quickly, but it is
a difficult situation since the main chemicals are now either banned or the
bugs are beginning to develop an immunity to them.

On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 12:48 PM Email list for the Association of Illinois
School Library Educators <aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Bedbug article attached here!  I seriously NEVER thought about a potential
> bedbug infestation in the library before last night when a friend from
> Missouri was telling me about this.  Apparently is was all over the news in
> the Kansas City area.  As much as we probably don't even want to consider
> it, it does make sense.  Patrons read in bed and upholstered furniture, and
> travel with library books all the time.
>
> The affected library in this instance is a public library, but what's to
> stop them in a school library?  I'm thinking... nothing.  I don't even know
> how I's spot them in a book unless I saw one crawling on it.  How many
> times are we too busy to give a book more than a cursory once-over to check
> for damage and that's it?
>
> https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article219218020.html
>
> *Amanda Kuzminski*
> *Library Media Specialist*
> Orland Junior High School
> Orland Park, IL
> 708-364-4214
>
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-- 
Kristi L.S. Pierce
Certified Library Media Spec.
Certified Educational Technology Spec.
Marion Junior High School
1609 West Main Street
Marion, IL  62959
(618) 997-1317 ext. 229
ksmith at marionunit2.org

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