Courses we recommend:
MS205/6: Disaster Plan Research and Writing On-line Course
MS002: Collection Protection – Are you Prepared? On-line Short Course
Links to related information on other sites:
Thinking About the Unthinkable: A Disaster Plan For Historic Properties in Minnesota MnSHPO
http://www.mnhs.org/preserve/shpo/disaster/disaster1.html
EMERGENCY PLANS FOR MUSEUM CONSERVATION LABORATORIES
http://www.museum-security.org/safetypl.html#1
disaster emergency salvage plans for libraries
http://www.museum-security.org/safetypl.html
Emergency Preparedness and Response
http://www.getty.edu/conservation/publications/newsletters/7_1/emergency.html
Flood Plans
http://www.bluecrab.org/environment/floodpla.htm
Disaster Recovery Services & Supplies:
A Selected List of Sources
http://www.solinet.net/preservation/leaflets/leaflets_templ.cfm?doc_id=119
NEDCC – Worksheet for Outlining a Disaster Plan
http://www.nedcc.org/plam3/tleaf34.htm
Material Safety Data Sheets and Where
to Find Them on the Internet
http://www.ilpi.com/msds/about.html
OSHA – Occupational Safety and Health Administration
http://www.osha.gov/
Disaster Preparedness….Is your organization prepared for a disaster?
http://www.naem.com/naem/home.html
Emergency Operations Plan
http://www.naem.com/naem/ops.html
U.S.C. TITLE 42 – The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 116 – Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know
Subchapter I – Emergency Planning and Notification
§ 11003. Comprehensive emergency response plans
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/42/ch116.html
Berks County LEPC Emergency Planning
http://www.bclepc.org/planning.htm
Western New York Disaster Preparedness and Recovery Manual for Libraries and Archives
http://www.wnylrc.org/pub/disman.htm
Disaster recovery: a checklist for first response
http://preserve.harvard.edu/emergencies/harvard.html
Library Preservation at Harvard: Emergency Preparedness
http://http://preserve.harvard.edu/emergencies/preparedness.html
Disaster planning literature – Bibliographies
http://preserve.harvard.edu/emergencies/recovery.html
Emergency Preparedness and Response (Library of Congress links)
http://www.loc.gov/preserv/pubsemer.html
Emergency Preparedness for Library of Congress Collections
http://www.loc.gov/preserv/pubsemer.html
Activities for Alarm/Alert Communication System
http://www.loc.gov/preserv/pub/seibert/app2.html
NORMAS BÁSICAS PARA LA PREPARACIÓN, GESTIÓN Y RESPUESTA ANTE DESASTRES: MATERIALES CON SOPORTE DE PAPEL (A Primer on Disaster Preparedness, Management and Response: Paper-Based Materials, in Spanish)
http://www.archives.gov/preservation/spanish/spanish-primer-disaster-preparedness.html
A Primer on Disaster Preparedness, Management and Response: Paper-Based Materials
http://www.archives.gov/preservation/emergency-prep/disaster-prep-primer.html
"All Hazards" Crisis Management Planning
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/byauth/ sikich/allhz.html
SOS, Missouri – Local Records Retention Schedules
http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/localrecs/schedules/
SOS, Missouri – Local Records Preservation Program
http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/localrecs/program.asp
COLLECTIONS SECURITY: PLANNING AND PREVENTION FOR LIBRARIES AND ARCHIVES
http://www.nedcc.org/plam3/tleaf312.htm
Sample Plans
Minnesota Historical Society – Emergency Response
http://www.mnhs.org/preserve/conservation/emergency.html
University of Pittsburgh Library’s Disaster Plan
http://www.library.pitt.edu/about/document4.html
Santa Rosa County Emergency Management Plan
http://www.santarosa-emergency.com/cemp.html
City of Victoria, British Columbia, Emergency Plan
http://www.city.victoria.bc.ca/cityhall/departments_veppln.shtml
Smithsonian Institution Staff Disaster Preparedness Procedures
http://www.archives.gov/preservation/emergency-prep/disaster-prep-procedures.html