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Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 11:00:39 -0500
From: Stephen Clark <sdclar@MAIL.WM.EDU>
Subject: Re: Mail Handling in Serials

Ann,

Here at the College of William and Mary, we started making gloves and masks
available for all who handle mail if they feel more comfortable using them.
The USPS page also has a good downloadable poster on mail handling which we
mounted in our mail area.  The College is having some informational meetings
for all interested staff from the head of our student center and a
representative of the local fire department.

Staff are also being more conscious of who wanders through areas, particularly
technical services areas.

Some of our staff are taking this situation calmly while are others are a bit
more edgy about it.

This is a very delicate situation.  You need to deal with the situation calmly
and rationaly and also attempt to make staff as comfortable about it as
possible.

Stephen Clark
Acquisitions Librarian
College of William and Mary

"Ann S. Doyle" wrote:

> Is anyone implementing new precautions with the mail in the past few
> weeks?  We haven't yet, other than at the university level being alerted to
> watch for suspicious mail and what to do if we come across anything.  I'm
> thinking we might need to do something more specific (gloves?) in our unit
> soon.
>
> USPS info page:
>
> http://www.usps.com/news/2001/press/pr01_1010tips.htm
>
> CDC info page:
>
> http://www.bt.cdc.gov/
>
> Thanks,
> Ann
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Ann S. Doyle
> Serials Acquisitions Librarian
> William T. Young Library
> University of Kentucky Libraries
> 500 S. Limestone St.
> Lexington  KY  40506-0456
> v.859.257.0500.x2132
> f.859.257.0508
> asdoyl2@uky.edu

--
Stephen D. Clark
Acquisitions Librarian
College of William and Mary
Earl Gregg Swem Library
Acquisitions Department
P.O. Box 8794
Williamsburg, VA  23187-8794
757.221.3107
fax:  757.221.2635
e-mail:  sdclar@wm.edu