MDPlan - Nichole Doub, Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory

Emergency preparedness

Centered on people in the building

• Evacuation

• Fire drills, exits, meeting places

• Medical procedures

  • Include list of supplies in the first aid kits (and their locations)

• Resource lists (step 7 of the workshop)

  • Guideline 551

  • recovery team

  • phone tree

  • campus/state contacts

  • Pocketplan

• Contact Mike Pound in Environmental Safety X52918 michaelp@umbc.edu

• http://www.umbc.edu/safety/

Material and equipment safety

Centered on the "stuff"

• Identify salvage priorities - see Step 3 of workshop (Add to floorplan)

• Identify location of formats, example high concentration of books with coated paper in XYZ ranges in Special Collections and on the 5th floor call number N. (Add to floorplan)

• Location of specialized equipment and contacts for vendor repair/warranty

• Identify known building weaknesses, example location of previous leaks (Add to floorplan)

• Prepare vendor list (use BALC and MDPlan) - research consultation by Munters

• Locate spaces within Library that could be used for low scale recovery work (Add to floorplan)

• Storage area for disaster supplies that is accessible to building staff (Add to floorplan)

• Disaster supplies inventory and suggestions for future purchases

• Compile recovery procedures (use other sources! BALC, dPlan, MDPlan, Lyrasis procedures listings, etc)

• Salvage recovery training

• Form recovery team

Presentation and dissemination

• Editing and compilation of various parts of the disaster plan

• Submit to LEC

• Assemble for dissemination throughout building - how to best access? who needs which parts?

• Present to Library through Library Assembly and information sessions

• Prepare timetable for review of procedures

SAA webinars:
Free Webinars Available During National Preservation Week
http://connect.ala.org/node/100354
The Association for Library Collections and Technical Services offers two free live webinars during Preservation Week, May 9-15. Help celebrate a week of strengthening community partnerships for preservation by tapping into resources aimed at saving our heritage and memories.-      
"Archival 101: Dealing with Suppliers of Archival Products," presented by Peter D. Verheyen, head of preservation and conservation at Syracuse University. Tuesday, May 11, 2010 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT
"Mold Prevention and Remediation," presented by Michele Brown, book conservator at Cornell University. Thursday, May 13, 2 p.m. EDT (1 p.m. CDT, 11 a.m. PDT).

Web Seminars-      Register Now! "Disaster Planning for Electronic Records," June 22, at 1:00 p.m. (US CT) with William LeFevre of Wayne State University. ($159)
-      If you missed live presentations of SAA's topical Web seminars, they're now available Online On Demand. Access the Education Calendar under the Education and Events menu on the home pageand register to gain access for two months. Or, if you'd rather have an audio CD to listen to while driving, go to the Publications Catalog and check for CDs.