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[oneminutemovies]

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[mordyn4]

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So... literary triage? And have you done something like that before?

[oneminutemovies]

Oh, your icon is so pretty it cheers me up.

No--I've weeded the collection but I've never seen anything like this. Nobody can go inside the library right now, either. I have no idea what we'll be finding. I wish, wish, wish it would stop raining here.

[mordyn4]

Heh. I could have used this info a few times in the past.

http://www.museum-security.org/drying-wet-books.html
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~preserve/repair/html/airdry.htm
http://theepicenter.com/tow05166.html
http://www2.lib.udel.edu/Preservation/wet_books.htm
http://www.library.cornell.edu/preservation/manual/mg5a.html

I do not envy you. Sounds like you'll be taking books to local restaurant freezers? A slaughter house? I am really curious what you'll end up doing with the soaked books.

[oneminutemovies]

Wow, those are great! Thank you. I'll let you know what we do. In my experience, there isn't a very good fix for soaked books, and most of these are not particularly valuable or rare. I guess it will probably depend on the percentage which are damaged, if we try to salvage them or not.

[secretsolitaire]

Noooo, not the books! D-:

[oneminutemovies]

My exact feelings. :)

[mordyn4]

Are you still okay? :s

[oneminutemovies]

Yep, the river crested yesterday and now it will start receding. My side of town has not seen flooding but the library is submerged to the roof. It's going to be a big mess which will take a lot of time and money to clean up. I don't think anyone at all has died, though--and messes can be cleaned up.

Thanks for asking! :)