Cleaning books

Jonathan Ashley Smith's contribution about  dust and handling
(Conservation DistList) provoked me to write this: is it necessary
to remove dirt and dust from books? The librarian hates dusty and
dirty books.  Take a dusty book with your sweaty hands and make a
dirty spot.  Of course it is a part of the books history and should
not be removed. I use the following process:

    Vacuum cleaning
    Dry cleaning with a eraser sponge (Wishab hard quality).
    Wet cleaning on leather with Maroquin Leatherbalm.  (I avoid
    leather dressing.)

Soren Ibsen
University Library of Trondheim
N-7004  Trondheim
Norway

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