Northwest Archivists Annual Conference
Disaster Planning: An Overview
5/18/07
University of Idaho
Moscow, Idaho
A Brief List of Sources and Resources
Amigos Library Services. http://www.amigos.org/preservation/disasterplan.pdf
Are You Ready: Earthquakes. Washington, D.C.: FEMA, 2006.
http://www.fema.gov/areyouready/earthquakes.shtm)
Before and After Disasters, Heritage Preservation, 2005.
www.heritagepreservation.org/PDFS/Disaster.pdf
Breighner, Mary, et al. Risk and Insurance Management Manual for Libraries. Chicago: Library
Administration and Management Association, 2005. ISBN 0-8389-8325-1. ISBN 13:978-0-83898325-6.
California Preservation Program. Disaster plan template:
http://calpreservation.org/disasters/generic/plan_toc.html
CoOL Conservation OnLine. http://palimpsest.stanford.edu
Dew point Calculator. Imagine Permanence Institute, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester,
NY. http://www.imagepermanenceinstitute.org/shtml_sub/dl_dewpointcalc.asp
Disaster Mitigation Planning Assistance. http://matrix.msu.edu/~disaster
Disaster Preparedness and Response tab of Conservation Online (CoOL).
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/bytopic/disasters/
Dorge, Valerie and Sharon L. Jones, compilers, Building an Emergency Plan: A Guide
for Museums and Other Cultural Institutions. Los Angeles: The Getty Conservation Institute, 1999.
www.getty.edu/conservation/publications/pdf_publications/emergency_plan.pdf
dPlan: The Online Disaster-Planning Tool. Andover, MA: Northeast Document Conservation Center
(NEDCC), 2006. http://www.dplan.org/prev/prev.asp
Emergency Response and Salvage Wheel. Order information at
https://www.heritagepreservation.org/catalog/Wheel1.htm
Guidelines for Packing Books for Freezing. http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/preservation/dpackbook.html
Halsted, Deborah D., Richard P. Jasper, and Felicia M. Little. Disaster Planning: How-to-do-it
Manual for Librarians. New York: Neil-Schuman, 2005. ISBN 1-55570-486-7.
Heritage Preservation. The National Institute for Preservation. www.heritagepreservation.org/
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Heritage Emergency National Task Force. (www.heritageemergency.org)
Internal and external building survey forms: http://www.ieldrn.org/survey.htm
Kahn, Miriam B. Disaster Response and Planning for Libraries. Chicago: American Libraries
Association, 2002. ISBN: 0-8389-0837-3
Kahn, Miriam. Protecting Your Library's Digital Sources: The Essential Guide to Planning and
Preservation. Chicago: American Library Association, 2004.
ISBN:0-8389-0873-X;ISBN 13:978-0-8389-0873-0
Long, Jane S. Field Guide to Emergency Response. (Washington, DC?) : Heritage Preservation, 2006.
NFPA 909 Code for the Protection of Cultural Resource Properties—Museums, Libraries, and Places
of Worship. Quincy, MA: National Fire Protection Association, 2007. Catalog at:
http://www.nfpa.org/
National Endowment for the Arts. www.arts.gov
National Endowment for the Humanities. www.neh.gov
National Park Service Conserve O Gram Series 21.
www.cr.nps.gov/museum/publications/conserveogram/cons_toc.html
Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC). http://www.nedcc.org
PreserveNW. http://www.lib.washington.edu/Preservation/preservenw.html (unmoderated list open
to anyone interested in furthering the preservation of archival, library, and museum
collections in the Pacific Northwest.)
Salvage at a Glance. http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/waac/wn/wn19/wn19-2/wn19-207.html
Solinet. http://www.solinet.net/preservation/
Supplies Shopping List in dPlan™. (http://www.dplan.org/supp/emes/inhouse.asp#)
U.S. Geological Survey, Earthquake Hazards Program. http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/prepare/
VAMCAP™ Vulnerability Assessment Methodology for Critical Asset Protection™. SafePlace
Corporation, 22 The Commons, 3518 Silverside Road, Wilmington, DE 19810.
Walsh, Donald W., et al. National Incident Management System: Principles and Practice. 1st edition.
Boston; Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2005.
Wellheiser, Johanna G. and Jude Scott. An Ounce of Prevention: Integrated Disaster Planning for
Archives, Libraries, and Record Centers. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2002 ISBN: 0-8108-41762; ISBN 13:978-0-8108-4176-5.
URLS checked 5/17/07
Eileen E. Brady