Effective planning and management can significantly minimize the damage caused to collections during an emergency. The documents listed below can be useful in developing emergency response plans.
Articles
NEDCC technical leaflets from "Emergency Management" in Preservation of Library & Archival Materials: a manual. 3rd. ed., rev. and exp. Andover, MA : Northeast Document Conservation Center, c1999.
- Protection from Loss: water and fire damage, biological agents, theft, and vandalism
- Disaster Planning
- An Introduction to Fire Detection, Alarm, and Automatic Fire Sprinklers
- Integrated Pest Management
- Collections Security: planning and prevention for libraries and archives
- Protecting Collections During Renovation
- Emergency Management Suppliers and Services
Emergency Preparedness for Library of Congress Collections. Paper by Ann Seibert, Sr. Paper Conservator, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 1996.
Disaster Planning for Libraries and Archives: understanding the essential issues. Presentation by Dr Jan Lyall, Director, National Preservation Office of the National Library of Australia, at the Pan-African Conference on the Preservation and Conservation of Library and Archival Materials, Nairobi, Kenya: 21-25 June 1993.
Writing the Disaster Response Plan: going beyond shouting "Help! Help!". Presentation by Stephen Henson, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA, at the 9th Annual Federal Depository Library Conference, October 22 - 25, 2000.
"All Hazards" Crisis Management Planning. Paper by Geary W. Sikich, Logical Management Systems, Corp., c1996.
Manuals
Balloffet, Nelly. Library Disaster Handbook: Planning, Recovery, Resources. Highland, NY: Southeastern New York Library Resources Council, 1992. [copy available in WPC Library]
Fortson, Judith. Disaster Planning and Recovery. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc. 1992. [copy available in WPC Library]
Bibliographies
Emergency Management Bibliography NEDCC technical leaflet from "Emergency Management" in Preservation of Library & Archival Materials: a manual. 3rd. ed., rev. and exp. Andover, MA : Northeast Document Conservation Center, c1999.
Disaster Contingency Planning and Recovery: a selected list of print and non-print resources, from the Smithsonian Institution Archives Disaster Planning, Prevention and Recovery Manual.
Disaster Preparedness and Recovery: selected bibliography (PDF). SOLINET Preservation Services leaflet, September 2001.
"All Hazards" Crisis Management Planning. Paper by Geary W. Sikich, Logical Management Systems, Corp., c1996.