<div dir="ltr">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.<div><br></div><div>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.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 12:48 PM Email list for the Association of Illinois School Library Educators <<a href="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info">aisle@list.railslibraries.info</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>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. </div><div><br></div><div>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? </div><div><br></div><a href="https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article219218020.html" target="_blank">https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article219218020.html</a><div><br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="m_-3233992418665171119gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font color="#0000ff" size="4" face="times new roman, serif"><strong><em>Amanda Kuzminski</em></strong></font></div><div><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="times new roman, serif"><strong><em>Library Media Specialist</em></strong></font></div><div><font color="#0000ff" size="1" face="times new roman, serif">Orland Junior High School</font></div><div><font color="#0000ff" size="1" face="times new roman, serif">Orland Park, IL</font></div><div><font color="#0000ff" face="times new roman, serif">708-364-4214</font></div><div><font face="garamond,serif" size="2" color="#351c75"><i><br></i></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif" size="2" color="#351c75"><b>No trees were destroyed in the sending of this message, but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.<br></b></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif" size="2" color="#351c75"><b> - <font style="font-style:italic">Neil DeGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist</font></b></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Kristi L.S. Pierce<div>Certified Library Media Spec.</div><div>Certified Educational Technology Spec.</div><div>Marion Junior High School</div><div>1609 West Main Street</div><div>Marion, IL 62959</div><div>(618) 997-1317 ext. 229</div><div><a href="mailto:ksmith@marionunit2.org" target="_blank">ksmith@marionunit2.org</a></div></div></div></div></div>
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