Records: Disaster Preparedness, Response, & Recovery

Damage to college records from water, fire, and other natural and man-made disasters is inevitable. The college Archives has a Disaster Response and Recovery Plan and the college archivist is trained to handle damaged records on a limited basis. The archivist is ready to assist offices or departments which have records that have suffered water or other damage. The archivist can assist departments in making disaster response and recovery plans as well as setting up vital records programs to insure the preservation of records that are needed to continue or re-establish operations following a disaster.

Resources & Links

• Disaster Preparedness and Response (list of resources compiled by Stanford University Libraries, Preservation Department)
   
• Disaster Recovery and Preparedness Guidelines ( Georgia Department of Archives and History Preservation Services)
   
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) (the federal government's emergency management program of mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery)
   
• Introduction to Records Disaster Planning (Oregon State Archives, Bulletin 5.1 on records disaster planning - linked from Oregon State University Archives)
   
• Pacific Northwest Preservation Alliance (Information about a cooperative project to share preservation resources, from University of Washington website)
   
• A Primer on Disaster Preparedness, Management and Response: Paper-Based Materials(selected reprints issued by Smithsonian Institution, National Archives and Records Administration, Library of Congress, and National Park Service)