Disaster Preparedness for Archives and Records Centers: A Selected Bibliography

General

Colorado Preservation Alliance "Disaster Recovery Database" http://www.srmarchivists.org/preservation/default.htm

Conservation OnLine "Disaster Preparedness & Response"
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/bytopic/disasters/

Federal Emergency Management Agency "Mitigation"
http://www.fema.gov

Northeast Document Conservation Center "Emergency Management" http://www.nedcc.org/plam3/index3.htm

SOLINET "Preservation Leaflets: Disaster Topics" http://www.solinet.net/Preservation/Resources and Publications.aspx?ViewAll=1&tab=3

Planning and Preparedness

Disaster Planning and Recovery: A How-To-Do-It Manual for Librarians and Archivists.
Judith Fortson. New York: Neal-Schuman, 1992.

Disaster Recovery Suppliers, Services and Bibliography.
Northeast Document Conservation Center. Andover, MA: NEDCC, 1992.

Disaster Prevention and Preparedness. (Problems in Archives Kit No. 10)
Society of American Archivists. Chicago: SAA, 1982.

Emergency Management for Records and Information Programs.
Virginia A. Jones and Kris E. Keyes. Prairie Village, KS: ARMA, 1997.

An Ounce of Prevention: A Handbook on Disaster Contingency Planning for Archives, Libraries and Records Centres.
John P. Barton and Johanna G. Wellheiser, eds. Toronto: Toronto Area Archivists Group Education Foundation, 1985.

Vital Records and Records Disaster Mitigation and Recovery.
National Archives and Records Administration. College Park, MD: NARA, 1996.http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/bytopic/disasters/misc/vitalrec/

Earthquake

Guidelines for Local Small Businesses in Meeting the Earthquake Threat. (Earthquake Hazards Reduction Series No. 12)
Federal Emergency Management Agency. Washington, D.C.: FEMA, 1985.

Reducing the Risks of Nonstructural Earthquake Damage: A Practical Guide.
California Governor's Office of Emergency Services. Governor's Office of Emergency Services,1995.

"Seismic Protection in Museum Storage: Affordable Solutions," WAAC Newsletter.
Julie Creahan and Lori Van Handel. Vol. 12, No. 3 (September 1990): 24. http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/waac/wn/wn12/wn12-3/wn12-310.html

"Seismic Protection for Shelving," WAAC Newsletter.
Walter Henry. Vol. 14, No. 3 (September 1992): 30. http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/waac/wn/wn14/wn14-3/wn14-310.html

Fire

Can You Stand the Heat? A Fire Safety Primer for Libraries, Archives and Museums.
Michael Trinkley. Atlanta: SOLINET, Inc., 1993.

Standard for the Fire Protection of Storage (NFPA #230AM).
National Fire Protection Association. Quincy, MA: NFPA, 1999.

Standard for the Protection of Cultural Resources Including Museums, Libraries, Places of Worship, and Historic Properties (NFPA #909).
National Fire Protection Association. Quincy, MA: NFPA, 1997.

Water and Flooding

Flood Recovery Booklet.
Federal Emergency Management Agency. Washington, DC: FEMA and the American Red Cross, 1993.

Handbook for the Recovery of Water Damaged Business Records.
Julia Niebuhr Eulenberg. Prairie Village, KS: ARMA, 1986.

Procedures for the Salvage of Water-Damaged Library Materials.
Peter Waters. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1979. (Web version revised 1993.) http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/bytopic/disasters/primer/waters.html

Recovery of Damaged Magnetic Tape and Optical Disk Media
Presented by John Van Bogart at "Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Recovery of Audio, Film, and Video Materials" A Library of Congress Symposium -- September 21, 1995.

Mold and Pests

Integrated Pest Management in Museum, Library and Archival Facilities.
James D. Harmon. Indianapolis: Harmon Preservation Pest Management, 1993.

The Invasion of the Giant Mold Spore.
Sandra Nyberg. Atlanta: SOLINET, Inc., updated from November 1987 version.

Managing a Mold Invasion: Guidelines for Disaster Response.
Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts. Philadelphia, PA: CCAHA, 1994.

Insurance and Risk Management

"Insurance for Libraries: Parts I and II," Conservation Administration News.
Robert A. Seal. Vols.19 (October 1984): 8-9 and 20 (January 1985): 10-11, 26.

Insuring Library Collections and Buildings. (SPEC Kit 178)
Association for Research Libraries. Washington, DC: ARL, 1991.

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