Coronavirus US: People try microwaving library books amid virus fears:
A US library took to Facebook to share their outrage over people's latest attempts to disinfect public property, like library books.
"Noooooooo!!!!!! Oh no no no," Tampa Bay Library Consortium captioned a picture of a book badly burnt after borrowers tried microwaving it to kill germs.
The book was loaned out from Temple Terrace Public Library in Florida, where staff assured everyone that books were disinfected safely before being loaned out again.
"Temple Terrace and all Hillsborough County Library Cooperative libraries quarantine all materials for 72 hours after they are returned. Please do NOT attempt to microwave library materials as the RFID tags, located inside, will catch fire. Stay safe out there," they shared on Facebook.
It comes after news stories in the US that claimed people could sanitise library books by placing them in the microwave.
(Score: 2) by bzipitidoo on Saturday July 04 2020, @09:28PM
Yes, download digital copies, like a modern person. I share the disdain for scarcity of the entirely artificial sort. Soon as there's a little pressure, in the form of a pandemic, the artificial scarcity is abandoned like a bad date.
Eventually, the whole concept of "stealing" books, in the sense of stealing a printed copy, will be nonsense.