<html><body><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div>At Hazel Park, we use Rose for a quarterly inspection. (We would do it monthly if we could afford to.) They bring out a K-9 who does a thorough inspection. The K-9 once detected a tiny fragment of bedbug fecal matter in the spine of a book and went bananas! Of course, this does not prevent an infestation, but it lets us know if there is one.</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>Best,</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>Corrine</div><div><br></div><hr id="zwchr" data-marker="__DIVIDER__"><div data-marker="__HEADERS__"><b>From: </b>"Jean Fellows via Michlib-l" <michlib-l@mcls.org><br><b>To: </b>"Susan Wess" <susan.wess@milanlibrary.org><br><b>Cc: </b>"Mich Lib-l Mailing List" <michlib-l@mcls.org><br><b>Sent: </b>Sunday, October 29, 2023 12:39:40 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Michlib-l] Bed Bug Prevention<br></div><div><br></div><div data-marker="__QUOTED_TEXT__"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'arial' , sans-serif">I don't think we do anything to prevent per se. We mostly check incoming materials-- and I doubt that's done very rigorously.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'arial' , sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'arial' , sans-serif"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 2:34 PM Susan Wess via Michlib-l <<a href="mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">michlib-l@mcls.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb( 204 , 204 , 204 );padding-left:1ex">
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<div>I don’t know if there is a way to PREVENT bed bugs. We did switch to wood & hard plastic chairs. </div>
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<div>For quite a few years we were having a semi annual bed bug sniffing dog out to check the facility. The company changed hands & they no longer offer that service. </div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, October 27, 2023 2:16:16 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [Michlib-l] Bed Bug Prevention</font>
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<div>What is your library doing, if anything, for the prevention of Bed Bugs? <br>
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<div>After talking to several pest companies today and being told different things from each, I would like to know if anyone in library land has a solid action plan for the<i> prevention</i> of Bed Bugs.
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<div>Thank you! <br>
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</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><br><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Jean Fellows</div><div dir="ltr">(she/hers)<br><div>Programming Coordinator</div><div>Grand Ledge Area District Library</div><div>131 E. Jefferson St.,</div><div>Grand Ledge, MI 48837</div><div>517-627-7014<br></div><br><div><i style="color:rgb( 71 , 71 , 71 );font-family:'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:x-small">The Grand Ledge Area District Library is situated on ancestral, traditional and contemporary lands of the Anishinaabeg – Three Fires Confederacy of Ojibwe, Odawa and Potawatomi peoples-- land ceded in the 1819 Treaty of Saginaw. For more information, see the article from Central Michigan University Library:<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__blogs.cmich.edu_library_2019_11_26_the-2D1819-2Dtreaty-2Dof-2Dsaginaw_-23-3A-7E-3Atext-3DIn-2520the-25201819-2520treaty-252C-2520the-2Cliving-2520on-2520the-2520ceded-2520territory.&d=DwMFaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=-uv9DLcEJ45Av6RpQhp0oO0DRWKVEkZLC-h46NL4FyI&m=bMb09kbG7neLbOO4pUNnezSsHlnplAbQjXcqfs-FpNkmzeh7aKeW1-g5k_WQwV7w&s=KVcVhzEbFmn0yfvsFs0B85n5MVPQCZRP6z81irR1_Is&e=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></a><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__blogs.cmich.edu_library_2019_11_26_the-2D1819-2Dtreaty-2Dof-2Dsaginaw_-23-3A-7E-3Atext-3DIn-2520the-25201819-2520treaty-252C-2520the-2Cliving-2520on-2520the-2520ceded-2520territory&d=DwQFaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=-uv9DLcEJ45Av6RpQhp0oO0DRWKVEkZLC-h46NL4FyI&m=bMb09kbG7neLbOO4pUNnezSsHlnplAbQjXcqfs-FpNkmzeh7aKeW1-g5k_WQwV7w&s=YFgm-a9ZqfmNEaTTqE5y6zyO7TkLTln9m0l12aF9xaI&e=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://blogs.cmich.edu/library/2019/11/26/the-1819-treaty-of-saginaw/#:~:text=In%20the%201819%20treaty%2C%20the,living%20on%20the%20ceded%20territory</a>.</i><br></div><br></div></div></div>
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