Ready to draft a disaster response plan? We’ve developed a list of resources to help!
- Midwest Regional Conservation Guild (MRCG) Rescue Your Treasures handout
- Council of State Archivists (CoSA) Pocket Response Plan Templates
- Conservation OnLine (CoOL) Disaster Preparedness and Response resource page
- American Alliance of Museums (AAM) Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Response resource list
- Ready.gov, a National public service campaign designed to educate and empower the American people to prepare for, respond to and mitigate emergencies, including natural and man-made disasters Ready.gov
- Smithsonian Institution Cultural Rescue Initiative’s Heritage Emergency National Task Force (HENTF)
- Developing an Emergency Response Plan for Natural History Collections slideshow
- Developing an Emergency Response Plan for Natural History Collections written lecture
- Facility Agility: Planning for Facility Emergencies, Nonprofit Risk Management Center
- American Library Association (ALA) Library Disaster Preparedness & Response
Want to learn more about disaster planning, response, and recovery? Here are some additional resources:
- Performing Arts Readiness (PAR) webinars
- Albright, Gary, “Emergency Salvage of Wet Photographs”, In Preservation of Library and Archival Materials: a Manual. 3rd ed., revised and expanded. Ed., Sherelyn Ogden, Andover, MA: Northeast Document Conservation Center, 1999
- Buchanan, Sally, “Emergency Salvage of Wet Books and Records”, In Preservation of Library and Archival Materials: a Manual. 3rd ed., revised and expanded. Ed., Sherelyn Ogden, Andover, MA: Northeast Document Conservation Center, 1999
- Ogden, Sherelyn, “Protection From Loss: Water and Fire Damage, Biological Agents, Theft, and Vandalism”, In Preservation of Library and Archival Materials: a Manual. 3rd ed., revised and expanded. Ed., Sherelyn Ogden, Andover, MA: Northeast Document Conservation Center, 1999
- Patkus, Beth Lindblom, “Emergency Salvage of Moldy Books and Paper”, Preservation of Library and Archival Materials: a Manual. 3rd ed., revised and expanded. Ed., Sherelyn Ogden, Andover, MA: Northeast Document Conservation Center, 1999
- “Disaster Resources for Children’s Museums to Share with Families,” Association of Children’s Museums, October 31, 2019
- “Hazardous Materials in Your Collection,” Conserve O Gram, National Park Service, Number 2/10, August 1998
- How Libraries can Prepare for Natural Disasters and Preserve Community History, Syracuse University blog
- “What to do when Collections get wet,” Library of Congress