Remove books from area using milk crates or heavy cardboard boxes. Stand them upright on head end, on top of absorbent material. Stack books when they are almost dry and apply light pressure. This will help reduce wrinkled pages and warped covers. If the books are extremely wet, freeze them immediately in the same method as paper.
Fire Damage Follow the same methods as paper.
Coated papers should be frozen immediately and then freeze dried since other methods will most likely cause them to stick together. Do not try to air dry this type of record. Follow the same method as paper for preparing records for freezing. Be sure to label the packages and, when possible, interweave absorbent materials. This method is expensive and should only be done for Vital Records.