disaster planning and recovery
Library of Congress resources
http://www.loc.gov/preserv/emergprep/prepare.html
FEMA response and recovery planning for State, Territorial, Tribal, and Local governments
This Comprehensive Preparedness Guide, CPG 101, expands on the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA’s) efforts to provide guidance about response and recovery planning to State, Territorial, Tribal, and Local governments. It also extends those planning concepts into the prevention and protection mission areas.
http://www.fema.gov/pdf/about/divisions/npd/cpg_101_layout.pdf
University of Iowa flood recovery blog
An excellent account of their recovery treatments, plus pictures of the flood.
http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/preservation
Preservation, Conservation, and Emergency Planning
Archives Association of British Columbia
http://aabc.ca/TK_05_preservation.html
The Coordinated Statewide Emergency Preparedness (COSTEP) framework
A cooperative planning process for area-wide disasters that brings together state agencies, cultural institutions, emergency management agencies, and first responders.
http://www.nedcc.org/services/disaster.costep.php
NARA disaster recovery
http://www.archives.gov/preservation/emergency-prep/disaster-prep-primer.pdf
Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts
Salvaging Art on Paper
http://www.ccaha.org/uploads/media/371ff685c028c658019d15bb7036165e.pdf
Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts
Salvaging Photograph Collections
http://www.ccaha.org/uploads/media/0f9153102399e9a1692bb1132a234ea3.pdf
Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts
Salvaging Books
http://www.ccaha.org/uploads/media/635f7be33d3d1594512cea4687de6008.pdf
Council of State Archives Pocket Response Plan (PReP)™
http://www.statearchivists.org/prepare/framework/prep.htm
Lyrasis's Disaster Assistance Service
Helpful disaster assistance links
http://www.lyrasis.org/Preservation/Disaster-Resources/Disaster-Assistance.aspx
Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts
Emergency Resource Guide
http://www.ccaha.org/uploads/media/27c5b6e19e56b419dfd6f2cebd9a7669.pdf
FEMA
This website has information on what to do before, during, and after a flood plus a quick guide to saving photographs.
http://www.fema.gov/hazard/flood/spixs.shtm
The Library of Congress
"Emergency Drying Procedures for Water Damaged Collections"
http://www.loc.gov/preserv/emerg/dry.html
The Minnesota Historical Society
"Salvage Procedures for Wet Items"
http://www.mnhs.org/preserve/conservation/emergency.html
The Iowa State University Extension office
"Freeze Flood-Damaged Photos, Documents, Books"
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/DisasterRecovery/flood.htm
http://www.neilsa.org/flood_recovery/flood_cover.html
The American Institute for Conservation
"Tips for the Care of Water-Damaged Family Heirlooms and Other Valuables"
http://www.conservation-us.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.viewPage&PageID=597&d:\CFusionMX7\verity\Data\dummy.txt
The Northeast Document Conservation Center
Additional listings of disaster planning and recovery resources on the Internet as well as preservation leaflets
http://www.nedcc.org/services/disaster.php
The National Park Service
"Primer of Disaster Preparedness, Management & Response"
http://www.nps.gov/history/museum/publications/primer/primintro.html
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Conserve-O-Grams
http://www.nps.gov/history/museum/publications/conserveogram/cons_toc.html
WESTPAS
“Protecting Library & Archive Collections” workshop from the Western States and Territorities Preservation Assistance Service
http://westpas.org/course_docs.html
OSHA
Preventing mold
http://www.osha.gov/Publications/preventing_mold.pdf
EPA
Mold
http://www.epa.gov/mold
FLICC
The "Disaster Preparedness Workbook for Cultural Institutions Within the Military" by Beth Patkus, Preservation Consultant, and Robert E. Schnare, Director, U.S. Naval War College Library (retired) is available for download from the Library of Congress Federal Library and Information Center Committee (FLICC) web site:
http://www.loc.gov/flicc/about/FLICC_WGs/disaster/DisasterPreparednessWorkbook.pdf
