[AISLE-Share] Stinky Situation

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Kitty litter!!  Awesome!  I never would have thought of that, and I have
some at home.  Thank you!
*Amanda Kuzminski*
*Library Media Specialist*
Orland Junior High School
Orland Park, IL
708-364-4214


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On Tue, Oct 9, 2018 at 3:31 PM Email list for the Association of Illinois
School Library Educators <aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> This sounds super weird, but get a bigplastic box or bin with a lid and
> fill it halfway with kitty litter. Put the book in for a few days with the
> lid on, and the smell should go away.
>
> Tonya Tjarks
> Twitter: @tonyatjarks
> Library Media Specialist
> Apollo School
> Des Plaines, IL
>
> On Tue, Oct 9, 2018 at 2:47 PM Email list for the Association of Illinois
> School Library Educators <aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> I normally take smokey books home and hang them on the clothesline.
>> Wind and sunshine is the best for them.
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 9, 2018 at 2:33 PM Email list for the Association of Illinois
>> School Library Educators <aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>
>>> Advice please!  I'm not sure what to do about this.
>>>
>>> I have a 7th grade student whose parents must smoke entire tobacco
>>> fields at once.  EVERY book he uses comes back wreaking of cigarette
>>> smoke.  Hardcover books are easier to clean or recover with Mylar, but
>>> paperbacks are more difficult since I cover the paperbacks with Demco's
>>> Vistafoil contact covering.  That stuff is near impossible to peel off and
>>> replace without damaging the cover.  And even if I can clean the cover, the
>>> pages still smell no matter what I try.
>>>
>>> I know it's not the student's fault, but this is the second year of me
>>> trying to save these books.  I really consider these books damaged if I
>>> can't
>>>
>>> Has anyone ever tried to contact a parent about this?  What have your
>>> experiences been?  Please share!
>>>
>>> Thank you!
>>>
>>> *Amanda Kuzminski*
>>> *Library Media Specialist*
>>> Orland Junior High School
>>> Orland Park, IL
>>> 708-364-4214
>>>
>>>
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>>
>> --
>>
>> Jacob P. Roskovensky
>>
>> Library Media Specialist,
>> Charleston High School
>>
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>> Association of Illinois School Library Educators <http://www.aisled.org>
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