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Re: the gloves are off????



And then there are those that contain powder for ease of putting on.  Not
good for the Mss., if you dribble it onto them when taking off the gloves.

On Wed, 14 Aug 2002, Jones, Virginia wrote:

> I have to comment on plastic/vinyl/latex gloves in general.  They tend to
> make one's hand very damp when worn for more than a few minutes.  Patrons
> (and employees) should be extremely careful about what they touch until they
> have washed or wiped their hands after removing the gloves.  Personally, I
> find plastic/vinyl/latex gloves very uncomfortable to wear for more than 5
> minutes.
>
> Ginny Jones
> (Virginia A. Jones, CRM, MIT/LIT)
> Records Manager
> Newport News Dept. of Public Utilities
> Newport News, VA
> vjones@nngov.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Valerie Nye [mailto:valjonye@YAHOO.COM]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 3:50 PM
> To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU <mailto:ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
> Subject: the gloves are off????
>
>
>
> I recently had a discussion with a patron about the use of gloves at other
> repositories he had visited recently.  He said that he had been to the
> National Archives and had worn latex gloves to look at archival materials
> rather than cotton gloves.  He said that "they" have found that cotton
> gloves contribute to more damage to documents by leaving fibers and the
> latex gloves allow patrons to handle documents with more care, cutting down
> on paper damage.
>
> Have any of you changed your policy on wearing gloves?  And if so, is there
> any published research concerning a move away from cotton gloves?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Val
>
>
>
>
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