Disaster Planning

General Information on the Web

The Preservation Directorate at the Library of Congress provides several excellent articles, including Peter Waters' classic, Procedures for Salvage of Water-Damaged Library Materials.

Conservation OnLine (CoOL) contains several excellent articles and numerous disaster plans, mostly from university libraries.

The Disaster Preparedness Clearinghouse was developed by the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services, a division of the American Library Association, for libraries of all sizes and types.

The Colorado Preservation Alliance site provides specific information on salvaging different media and provides links to other good sites.

The AMIGOS Preservation Service offers advice, referrals and workshops in disaster planning and other subjects.

The Southeastern Library Network (SOLINET) Preservation Service offers on-line articles, referrals and recovery assistance.

The Northeast Document Conservation Center maintains a selection of disaster planning technical leaflets online.

National Recovery Vendors

Munters Moisture Control Services specializes in the dehumidification of buildings and their contents.

Midwest Freeze-Dry Ltd. offers freeze-drying as well as well as other services.

BMS Catastrophe offers a variety of salvage services.

Vidipax has experience recovering sound and images from tapes damaged by smoke and water.

Belfor offers comprehensive disaster recovery services.

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