How to Salvage Water Damaged Books

The Syracuse University Library’s Department of Preservation and Conservation (SULPreservation) offers a simple, silent tutorial showing how to salvage books that have been damaged by water or other soft liquids. It all comes down to the clever use of paper towels, a fan and a book press of some sort.

This video is part of a larger educational series about book repair and preservation.

Videos demonstrating various book repair and conservation techniques used at Syracuse University Library’s Department of Preservation and Conservation. Videos were developed for in-house training and with classes at the University’s school of information studies.

via The Awesomer

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