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SLRLN 2015 Summer Workshop, Disaster Planning
Sponsored by SLRLN
Webster University
East Academic Building, Room 202
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Tuesday, June 23
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Morning refreshments and box lunch are included.
Check-in and morning refreshments 9:00 am - 9:30 am
Sara Holmes, National Archives and Records Administration
The Supervisory Preservation Specialist for the National Archives and Records Administration (nara.gov,) Sara Holmes, will give a presentation on disaster planning. It is important for all libraries to have a plan in place for responding to a disaster, large or small. In this workshop you will learn how to customize a disaster plan for your institution and staff.
The workshop will include:
• Preparing a written disaster plan
• Mitigation activities before and after an incident
• How staff can implement a plan
• Strategies for salvage of books, documents, and media
• Health and safety concerns
The workshop will include tabletop exercises with wet materials so that attendees can get hands-on experience in triaging damaged collections.
Participants will leave with the resources and knowledge to develop their own disaster plan, train their own response teams, and select a disaster response company if needed.
Limited Availability!