HomeDisaster response and salvage training
Preservation Advisory Centre/ RLUK half-day courses were held at Oxford University Library Services on 21 June 2010.
This half-day course is led by Emma Dadson of Harwell Document Restoration Services. The course includes a number of short case studies, strategies for dealing with damage, an emergency decision-making exercise and a hands-on salvage exercise.
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Why did you attend this training day?
- To prepare disaster plans and planning strategies. To increase preparedness for dealing with incidents within our collections.
- To learn how to manage my collections in case of an emergency.
- Refresher for disaster preparedness and recovery.
- To hone skills necessary for disaster management, specifically salvage.
What did you learn?
- Triage principles - useful to get idea of how to prioritise salvage.
- Good opportunity to practise skills rather than just talk about them.
- Good and clear explanation of initial phase once disaster discovered and useful in planning/explaining to librarians/curators.
- What to include in our plan - thinking about out of hours response - how to handle salvage of photographic materials - off-site preservation.
- How much space needed - lots. Physical air drying. Lots of tips for improving disaster plan.
What will you do differently as a result of attending this training day?
- Review emergency plan and procedures.
- Look at our disaster plan - introduce other precautionary measures.
- Train others more effectively.
- Follow up on existing gaps in our plan.
Programme
| 09.45/13.30 | Registration |
| 10.00/13.45 | Introduction to disaster response in libraries and archives |
| 10.30/14.15 | Immediate response to small incidents: effective decision-making |
| 11.00/14.45 | Handling and salvage techniques for library and archive collections |
| 11.45/15.30 | Break |
| 12.00/15.45 | Salvage equipment and disaster kits |
| 12.20.16.05 | Salvage exercise |
| 13.00/16.45 | End |
