TY - JOUR
T1 - The recovery of water-damaged books at the college of physicians of philadelphia
AU - Ruggere, Christine
AU - Morse, Elliot H.
N1 - Funding Information:
Elliott H. Morse is Librarian and Christine Ruggere is Curator of the Historical Collection, College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 19 South 22nd St., Philadelphia, PA 19103. This project is supported by the National Library of Medicine, Resource Project Grant #1G08 LM03315-01 and by a National Museum Act Grant FC-9042250000 (791 289).
PY - 1982
Y1 - 1982
N2 - A large medical library which owns an important rare book collection was threatened with a major disaster by the combination of an unusually heavy rainfall and a defective roof. Through the assistance and advice of many individuals and government agencies, the destruction of a major portion of the library was averted. The steps taken to salvage the over 4,000 water-damaged books, to protect the rest of the collection, to process the dried books, and to determine the most appropriate methods for their repair are all described. The technical innovations in the treatment of water-damaged books, especially the process of vacuum freeze-drying, are responsible for the complete recovery of 99.08% of the water- damaged collection.
AB - A large medical library which owns an important rare book collection was threatened with a major disaster by the combination of an unusually heavy rainfall and a defective roof. Through the assistance and advice of many individuals and government agencies, the destruction of a major portion of the library was averted. The steps taken to salvage the over 4,000 water-damaged books, to protect the rest of the collection, to process the dried books, and to determine the most appropriate methods for their repair are all described. The technical innovations in the treatment of water-damaged books, especially the process of vacuum freeze-drying, are responsible for the complete recovery of 99.08% of the water- damaged collection.
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U2 - 10.1300/J114v03n03_02
DO - 10.1300/J114v03n03_02
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84953064623
SN - 0196-0075
VL - 3
SP - 23
EP - 28
JO - Library and Archival Security
JF - Library and Archival Security
IS - 3-4
ER -