{"id":5225,"date":"2026-08-17T19:50:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T19:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/osg-postprints\/?p=5225"},"modified":"2026-08-17T19:50:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T19:50:13","slug":"lead-in-libraries-detection-safe-handling-and-waste-characterization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/osg-postprints\/2026\/08\/17\/lead-in-libraries-detection-safe-handling-and-waste-characterization\/","title":{"rendered":"Lead in Libraries: Detection, Safe Handling, and Waste Characterization"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Susan Russick, Lea Faoro, and Lindsey Williams<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Abstract<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lead was commonly used in books from the nineteenth century through the 1980s on publishers\u2019 bindings, library applied bindings, and commercial binders. After XRF analysis of over 1,500 volumes, lead was detected in approximately 90% of materials, often with chromium. We conducted studies which included air monitoring, surface testing, waste characterization, and lead transfer from books. With the increased knowledge concerning lead in library collections, Northwestern has developed use policies for staff and patrons, which includes staff training, supervised use of materials, labeling, and housing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/osg-postprints\/objects-specialty-group\/2026-volume-thirty-three\/\">2026 | Montreal | Volume 33<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Susan Russick, Lea Faoro, and Lindsey Williams Abstract Lead was commonly used in books from the nineteenth century through the 1980s on publishers\u2019 bindings, library applied bindings, and commercial binders. After XRF analysis of over 1,500 volumes, lead was detected in approximately 90% of materials, often with chromium. We conducted studies which included air monitoring, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":344,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/osg-postprints\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/osg-postprints\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/osg-postprints\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/osg-postprints\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/344"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/osg-postprints\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/osg-postprints\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5225\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/osg-postprints\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/osg-postprints\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/osg-postprints\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}