Up to the institution, really - not just type of glove, but whether gloves are required at all. E.g. the Library of Congress and the British Library don’t have an all-gloves-all-the-time policy, and more are following suit (cotton gloves can catch and tear edges, leave fibers, etc.) I just get twitchy when I see nearly-200-year-old paper(ish) artifacts handled bare-handed…but then, I’m not the custodian.
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