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