3 Sep
2003
3 Sep
'03
12:54 p.m.
Freeze drying can be used, but requires significant equipment. Look at pages 13-17 of
http://www.mcfoa.org/DisasterPlan.pdf
Wet books can also be frozen simply to prevent further damage (such as mildew) and to give
time to treat the books one by one: freezing locks up the water so it can't do more
damage as a liquid. See for example:
http://aic.stanford.edu/conspec/bpg/annual/v05/bp05-21.html
Once the book has dried out, there is not much that can be simply done to repair the
damage.
Bob
-----Original Message-----
From: Vintage Computer Festival [mailto:vcf@siconic.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 11:57 AM
To: Classic Computers Mailing List
Subject: Re: Old manual got wet
On Tue, 2 Sep 2003, emanuel stiebler wrote:
here is the problem:
I have an old manual which spent some time in water, and now after it
dried out, I have more or less just a piece of wood :(
So, how do you guys deal with something like that ? Put it in water
again, and try to remove page after page ?
Any better ideas ?
I believe folks have suggested freeze drying in the past? It would
probably be useful to check with some experienced librarians on this.
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Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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