Month: June 2011

I am speaking at “Planning for Worst: Disaster Planning and Response in High Density Storage Facilities” on June 26, 8 am in the Morial Convention Center, Room 343. While disaster planning in libraries is well established, very few libraries have plans specific to the challenging environment of high-density storage.

Simple activities such as removal and tracking of materials become more complicated by barcoded storage trays on 30+ foot high shelves. This program will focus on current disaster research ranging from fire protection and recovery, recovery in shared repository environments, case studies of recovery from water disasters, and perspectives on recovery from non-water events.

Earthquake Info:
US Geological Service
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/
Southern Clifornia Earthquake Data Center
http://http://www.data.scec.org/chrono_index/northreq.html

For Your Library:
FEMA E-74 Reducing the Risks of Nonstructural Earthquake Damage
http://www.fema.gov/plan/prevent/earthquake/fema74/
Techniques for the Seismic Rehabilitation of Existing Buildings
http://www.fema.gov/library/viewRecord.do?id=2393
Designing for Earthquakes: A Manual for Architects
http://www.fema.gov/library/viewRecord.do?id=2418
For You: Los Angeles Fire Department Emergency Preparedness
http://lafd.org/eqbook.pdf

I’ll be speaking to the Reference Publishers Advisory Committee of RUSA on the afternoon of June 25th, 1:30-3:30 in room 342 of the Morial Convention Center. Slides, links, and follow up information will be posted here. My centers on Craig Mod’s ideas about pre- and post- artifactual
publishing practices and around that core, builds a framework for determining what is possible in preserving materials.

Craig Mod’s essay on post-artifactual publishing: http://craigmod.com/journal/post_artifact/

The California Digital Library Model License Agreement: http://www.cdlib.org/gateways/vendors/guidelines_licensing.html

SpringerReference: http://www.springerreference.com

HistoryLink: http://historylink.org

Portico: http://www.portico.org

I’ll be leading a session called “Common Sense Preservation Assessment” for Rural, Native, and Tribal Libraries Of All Kinds (RNTLOAK) at ALA Annual 2011, on Monday, June 27, from 10:30am-12:00pm.

I’ve done a few sessions for RNTLOAK and it’s one of the most interesting groups for me. I personally benefit from thinking through what really matters and trying to find a way to give some useful guidance to libraries that aren’t anchored in a major research university. More than that, the librarians and archivists in these institutions do exceptional work in support of critical resources. Every time I do one of these sessions, I find out about wonderful troves of local history and cultural property, and hear moving stories of how libraries and archives are vital parts of our memory and sense of community.

This should be a lively presentation. I plan to show a few simple tools that have been used successfully in the field and I have a store of examples from a decade of preservation crises that I’ll intersperse with some “do this first, that second, and the rest can wait” kind of advice. My plan is to talk for about 10-15 mins about the tools right up front and then take a break for questions. After that, I’ll do 30-40 mins or so on “from the field” examples and then turn it over to the group for an open discussion.

Some follow-up from the session:

Here’s a link to the Kansas Cultural Heritage Emergency Resources Network

More information about the British Library’s Endangered Archives Programme and a related article in the Wall Street Journal, “The Next Age of Discovery“.

And the big hit, the Council of State Archivists Pocket Response Plan.

I’m speaking at an ALA Annual Program called “Have Metadata, Can Collaborate: Putting the MARC21 583 Field to Use in Cooperative Preservation Efforts.” The session is on Sunday, June 26, 2011, 1:30–3:30pm, in the New Orleans Morial Convention Center, Room 342.

This program will showcase a variety of ways that libraries are communicating about their preservation and conservation activities. My section will focus on using metadata to support cooperative print archives projects.

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