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MARAC Workshop: On Weekends and Holidays, and When No One Is Looking:
Collections Disaster Preparedness, Response and Recovery at the
National Library of Medicine

The following workshop is being offered as part of the Spring 2006
meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC),
which will be held in Baltimore, Maryland, April 20-22, 2006.
Registration information for this workshop, and for the meeting as a
whole, including the hotel deadline, can be found at
http://www.lib.umd.edu/MARAC/conferences/2006/spring06/spring2006.html.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact the Local
Arrangements Co-Chairs, Jennie Levine, University of Maryland, at
[log in to unmask] and Mary Mannix, Frederick County Public Libraries, at
[log in to unmask]

April 20, 2006
Time: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

Fee: $50, plus $10.00 workshop registration fee for non-members
attending the workshop only or $5.00 fee for members attending the
workshop only.

Disasters are notorious for occurring after hours, on weekends or on
holidays. They come in all sizes, ranging from fires and hurricanes to
restroom flooding or undetected accumulations of moisture in ductwork
that nurture mold growth. Repositories need to assess and mitigate
perceived risks, and develop a plan of action for responding to
disasters. Once drafted, reviewed and adopted for use, a response plan
requires periodic evaluation and updating, as well as institutional
support for ongoing plan maintenance and staff training. Response,
recovery and salvage protocols must be informed, up-to-date, scalable
and flexible. This workshop provides an in-depth look at a collections
disaster response program that has been in development at the National
Library of Medicine (NLM) for a number of years. The program continues
to change as response and recovery strategies, techniques and
equipment evolve over time. Slides will be used to show various types
of equipment and supplies, as well as to illustrate some of the basic
response and recovery techniques used at NLM. There will be a handout
with references to published guidance and links to examples of online
response plans. To emphasize the importance of cooperative effort,
those in attendance will be invited to participate in a risk
assessment and disaster response planning exercise as part of the
session.

Instructor: Walter Cybulski, Head, Quality Assurance Unit,
Preservation and Collection Management Section, National Library of
Medicine

Location: Tremont Plaza, 222 St. Paul Place, Baltimore, MD 21202

For questions regarding the workshop only please contact Paula Larich
at [log in to unmask]


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Mary K. Mannix
Maryland Room Manager
C. Burr Artz Public Library
Frederick County Public Libraries
Frederick, MD

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