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As the world goes digital, books and documents continue to hold their value as they hold vital parts of history in their pages. When documents and books receive water damage, document recovery doesn’t stop when the pages are dry. It also involves ensuring the longevity of the items in question by removing microbes. Of the microbes that may accumulate in documents and books, mold is one of the most damaging because it deteriorates paper and may spread to other documents. By taking the right steps to clean and dry documents as soon as possible, you’ll destroy and the microbes and prevent permanent damage.

Document restoration is best left to professionals who have extensive knowledge of how to dry wet documents. Improper drying methods can cause even more damage to your already compromised files; if you don’t know how to dry wet documents, you can actually hinder rather than help the restoration process.

Remember the scene at the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark when the priceless artifact Indiana Jones has been fighting to preserve is wheeled into storage in a yawning warehouse? Schools and universities often have similar storage areas for their “treasures” – i.e., their academic records. Raiders of the Lost Ark ends with the implication that the ark will probably never see the light of day again, but the opposite is true for school records. Schools must be able to provide students’ records on request at any time, even decades after a diploma has been granted.