Here are the links from the Second Edition of the Handbook, checked and updated in November 2019. See also posts on Emergencies and security.
Examples and case studies
- Bodleian Libraries: Travel Disruption keeps Magna Carta in New York, www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/news/2010_apr_21.
- Duchess Anna Amalia Library, www.anna-amalia-bibliothek.de/en/brand.html.
- Durham University Celebrates Return of Shakespeare First Folio, www.dur.ac.uk/news/newsitem/?itemno=10344.
- Glasgow School of Art fire, http://icon.org.uk/news/remains-day-glasgow-school-art-fire-two-years.
- National Library of Wales fire, https://www.library.wales/information-for/press-and-media/press-releases/2013-press-releases/national-library-of-wales-fire-investigation-report/7.
- State Library of Queensland floods, https://stumblingpast.com/2011/01/28/saving-damaged-archives ; www.itnews.com.au/news/librarians-rewrite-the-book-on-disaster-recovery-245107.
Plan templates online
- California Preservation Program templates and plans, http://calpreservation.org/information_resources/emergency-prep-and-response.
- DPlanTM, www.dplan.org.
- Harwell Document Restoration Services disaster plan template, no longer offered on Harwell’s own site, though still online here: http://scurl.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/SCURLHarwellTemplate.pdf.
- Museums East, template widely used by UK museums, download toolkit from Resources tab, www.sharemuseumseast.org.uk.
- NN/LM Disaster Ready Initiative, I can no longer find this online.
- North East Document Conservation Centre Worksheet for outlining a disaster plan, www.nedcc.org/free-resources/preservation-leaflets/3.-emergency-management/3.4-worksheet-for-outlining-a-disaster-plan.
- Pocket Response Plan™ PReP ™ Templates, www.statearchivists.org/programs/emergency-preparedness/emergency-preparedness-resources/pocket-response-plantm-prep-tm-english-template.
Useful websites
Many of the preservation resources listed in Chapter 1 cover security and emergency issues.
- ABAA Security Blog, www.abaa.org/security.
- Art Loss Register, www.artloss.com.
- Australian Library and Information Association disaster recovery pages, www.alia.org.au/information-and-resources/disaster-planning.
- Blue Shield International, https://theblueshield.org/.
- CERL Security Working Group, www.cerl.org/collaboration/security.
- COSTEP, www.nedcc.org/free-resources/costep.
- Government Indemnity Scheme (UK), www.gov.uk/guidance/government-indemnity-scheme.
- ILAB Stolen-book.org, www.stolen-book.org. Site not loading 15 November 2019.
- National Heritage Responders, www.conservation-us.org/emergencies/national-heritage-responders.
- RBMS Security Committee, http://rbms.info/committees/security.
