ALA President Loida Garcia-Febo will host a free webinar, “Library Preparedness for Hurricane Season,” on May 22. Library of Congress Preservation Specialist Alan Haley will review the basic principles of emergency management as an effective way to update your own emergency plans. He will also highlight the steps to create a template for emergencies if you … Continue reading Free Emergency Prep webinar May 22 for Libraries
North Carolina’s Support Fund for Hurricane Damage to Collections
Of potential interest to COSTEP MA members is the recently announced initiative from North Carolina to support collections affected by recent Hurricanes. See below for links and their blurb. Released May 1, 2019: The North Carolina Preservation Consortium (NCPC) and the North Carolina Museum Council (NCMC) have joined forces to assist collecting institutions affected by … Continue reading North Carolina’s Support Fund for Hurricane Damage to Collections
Emergency Response pre-conference workshop to ALA Annual
On June 21, 2019, ALCTS is sponsoring an exciting program before the ALA Annual called "Better Networking for Disasters." Longtime COSTEP MA contributor from FEMA Lori Foley will be speaking. If you plan on attending ALA, be sure to register for this great event: Using last year’s hurricane season in Puerto Rico as a case … Continue reading Emergency Response pre-conference workshop to ALA Annual
AIC/FAIC tours for May Day 2019 on Facebook Live!
Check out the following videos for some great, practical, and fun guidance on Emergency Preparedness in cultural institutions. Institutional participants included AIC/FAIC, Connecting to Collections Care, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution Archives, and the Library of Congress. Thanks to all the hosts and knowledgable staff for making and sharing these helpful videos! … Continue reading AIC/FAIC tours for May Day 2019 on Facebook Live!
News, 4/23/2019
Interested in reading more about the Finding Common Ground program? Take a look at the newsletter of the Emergency Management and Response Information Sharing and Analysis Center (EMR-ISAC): https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/USDHSFACIR/2019/04/18/file_attachments/1195811/The%20InfoGram%20-%20April%2018,%202019.pdfThe editor provided the first two links to the fires at Notre Dame and the National Museum of Brazil. Do click on the third link for a terrific Opinion piece that appeared … Continue reading News, 4/23/2019
The Emergency Management Community
The lessons learned in the aftermath of hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma in 2005 serve as evidence that it is crucial to align the emergency preparedness and response needs of cultural resources with those of the local, state, and federal emergency management communities. Although institution-level preparedness is essential, it may be insufficient for area-wide disasters. … Continue reading The Emergency Management Community
The Cultural Community
COSTEP MA defines cultural resources broadly to include artwork, museum artifacts, and library materials as well as archival, municipal, and institutional records, and important cultural entities in the community. After a disaster, what records will be crucial in getting your institution up and running again? After a disaster, what would we lose of our memories, our cultural … Continue reading The Cultural Community