Bed bugs found in small section of University of Alberta’s …

Update:1st flr will remain closed Fri for completion of bed bug treatment, entire bldg to be closed Sat for further precautionary treatment

On Saturday, the entire building will be closed as computers and tables in the affected area will be removed and processed in a heat chamber, she said.

Fifty chairs will be removed and treated off-site.

Murphy said there is nothing to suggest bed bugs had infested any library books, but as a precaution, staff have asked the company to check the rest of the library.

That way we can feel really comfortable and confident when we open on Sunday morning, she said.

This is not the first time bed bugs have been reported in the library. Last winter, the fifth floor was treated after reports of bed bugs surfaced.

The library, which opened in 1951 and is the largest on campus and the second largest research library in Canada, is expected to reopen at 11 a.m. Sunday.

We want to reassure our community of users it is highly localized, its being treated and we are, as a precaution, checking to make sure everything else is fine, she said.

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