[LM_NET] OT (kind of) Maintaining a Home Library in Vietnam

[Deb Sherrod <dsherrod@BRS.CGRESD.NET>]

Hello All,

I have just been asked by our high school's Vietnamese exchange student about how 
his father can set up and maintain a library in their home in Ho Chi Minh City.  He 
is specifically interested in the maintainence of the books in the high 
temperatures and humidity.  Since I have no experience outside of my two Michigan 
libraries (school where it is air conditioned & home where it isn't, but relatively 
low temps and humidity), I need some help in giving him advice.

So far, I have told him that a de-humidifier might be important.  He has also asked 
about the protective covers I put on the books here in the high school, but I told 
him that those are mostly due to the high volume of use and carelessness of 
students.

Do any of you have any experience in protecting books in a similar climate to 
theirs in Vietnam and advice you can pass on through me?

Thanks,

Deb Sherrod
Beaverton High School
Beaverton, Michigan

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