[AISLE-Share] Bedbugs in Libraries!

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We had a few come in on books at one of my former school libraries. We
never saw them beyond a couple that came in with a specific student but it
was a concern. Our school sprayed for them as best they could and we saw
them after.

We ended up getting them at my house after that -- not sure if I brought it
home after that book or if my husband who worked in hospice and always had
to worry about them brought it home.

We used food-grade diotomaceous earth to get rid of them though -- worked
wonders.

On Mon, 1 Oct 2018 at 11:44, 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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*Kari Stevenson*

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