Offgassing from plywood shelving

Sean Harrison comments rightly about the opportunity of placing
plants inside the library environment. Actually the idea could be to
place as many vases as possible, besides keeping windows open during
the day, in the rooms for the two months allowed us before the
cleaned books are placed on the shelves. We are considering "laced"
activated charcoal in non-woven tissue bags to be placed on the
shelves, behind the books, as a second phase approach to the
problem.

Claudius Schettini
Philobiblion, Florence

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