英文摘要 |
In recent years numerous floods have caused flood damage to many libraries in Taiwan. However, protocols for dealing with the water-soaked books are lacking in Taiwan. This report demonstrates and describes the experiences of applying the vacuum freeze drying methods on water-soaked books. Because different drying methods usually relate to different pre-treatment procedures, the drying method selected should be determined at the beginning of the disaster; and then, the equipment needed and pre-processing procedures can be set up in the disaster plan. Under the drying methods, the most essential and key procedure in the beginning was cleaning the soaked books and removing the water from the books as soon as possible assuming the safety of the operators can be guaranteed. Nevertheless, if the cleaning and drying procedures could not be accomplished in a short time, we recommended to first transport the water-damaged items to the nearest available freezing facility to freeze and stabilize the damaged items and store at low temperatures ; then, to dry the water-soaked books by the vacuum freeze drying method or other suitable drying methods. |