Please forgive cross postings. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- 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] -- Mary K. Mannix Maryland Room Manager C. Burr Artz Public Library Frederick County Public Libraries Frederick, MD ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).