Here are the links from the Second Edition of the Handbook, checked and updated in November 2019. I’m going to replace these with the links from the forthcoming Third Edition very soon! 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.