[AISLE-Share] Bedbugs in Libraries!

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Thank you for sharing.  This is not uncommon.  My former school had an
incident where a student returned a book with a bedbug on it.  I noticed
it, believing it was another type of bug.  After the slamming the book
against a desk, it didn't fall off.  I knew instantly it was something
more.  This is why I always were plastic gloves when handling the shelves
and an apron.



On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 3:35 PM Email list for the Association of Illinois
School Library Educators <aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> 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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