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The Wrath of Floods!
Preparedness and Recovery for Archives & Library Collections
North Carolina Preservation Consortium Annual Conference
The William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
February 8, 2000
The State Library of North Carolina reported damages to
library collections from the flooding that followed
hurricane Floyd ranging from total devastation to minor
losses. Material on loan and private collections were also
damaged in public residences. Will the next flood claim
more historical and cultural treasures? Disaster planning
and salvage techniques can significantly reduce the risk to
your library and archives collections. This preservation
conference will assist you in ?
· Developing a disaster plan
· Documenting damages
· Salvaging water damaged material
· Contacting preservation and conservation resources
The conference is open to archivists, librarians, curators,
and others responsible for the preservation of historical,
cultural, and scholarly collections; personnel responsible
for assisting with disaster logistics; leaders responsible
for approving and implementing disaster and salvage plans;
and the general public seeking to preserve their private
collections and family heritage.
Morning Refreshments (8:00 AM - 9:00 AM)
An opportunity to meet with colleagues and share
information and experience with recent or past flooding.
NCPC Pre-Conference Business Meeting (9:00 AM)
Budget report and announcements. Election of new officers
and members to the board of directors. NCPC members only.
Opening Address (10:00 AM)
Betty Ray McCain, Secretary of the Department of Cultural
Resources, has been one of North Carolina's most
influential cultural leaders. Secretary McCain holds
degrees from St. Mary's College, UNC Chapel Hill and
Columbia University, and has received four honorary degrees
from North Carolina colleges and universities. She is the
chair of the North Carolina Heritage Tourism Advisory
Committee and a member of boards and committees for many
other organizations. Secretary McCain will address the
impact on students, scholars, and the public when archive
and library collections are lost to disasters.
Presentations
Mary Boccaccio, Special Collections Librarian at East
Carolina University, will present an overview of ECU's
hurricane Floyd flood documentation project. The
collection will include photographs, videos, oral
interviews, newspaper articles, essays, statistics, and
other material. Samples from the collection on display
will illustrate the destruction of eastern North Carolina's
material culture.
Pamela Hackbart-Dean, Chair of the Society of American
Archivists' Preservation Section and Archivist/Assistant
Head of the Richard B. Russell Library for Political
Research and Studies at the University of Georgia
Libraries, will discuss prevention, protection, and
planning for disasters in libraries and archives. She has
taught disaster preparedness and recovery workshops, and
given presentations on disaster planning. She also has
experience with disaster recovery involving floods and
mold.
Nancy Kraft, Preservation Librarian at the Iowa State
Historical Society, will address flood recovery for
cultural materials. She is the co-editor of the Iowa
Conservation and Preservation Consortium Flood Recovery
Booklet, and worked with state agencies and conservation
consultants to disseminate information to flood victims
following the Iowa flood of 1993.
Julie Arnott, Southeastern Library Network Preservation
Services Manager, will provide information about SOLINET's
preservation field service program which offers emergency
disaster assistance to individuals and institutions.
Services include telephone assistance, group discounts on
disaster supplies, publications, videos, technical
leaflets, and consultations.
Closing Remarks (4:30 PM)
Location
The William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education
is located approximately three miles east of the UNC Chapel
Hill campus, just off Highway 54 East (Raleigh Road). The
Center is a short distance from Interstate 40 (from
Raleigh, I-40 exit 273B; from Greensboro, I-40 exit 273).
A map is located on the Friday Center web site,
http://www.fridaycenter.unc.edu/fc/fcdir.html
Hotel Accommodations
The Friday Center is a non-residential facility. The
following accommodations are convenient to the Friday
Center, the UNC Chapel Hill Campus, and downtown Chapel
Hill. You may call the Friday Center for further
information (919-962-3000).
Best Western University Inn
919-932-3000
The Carolina Inn
919-933-2001
Comfort Inn University
919-490-4949
Hampton Inn Hotel
919-968-3000
Holiday Inn-Chapel Hill
919-929-2171
Omni Europa Hotel
919-968-4900
The Red Roof Inn
919-489-9421
The Siena Hotel
919-929-4000
Conference Registration
To register, please print one registration form for each
participant. You may print the registration form from this
email or from the attached Word document. The conference
fee is $35.00 (includes lunch and two refreshment breaks).
NCPC members receive a $5.00 discount ($30.00). Please make
your check payable to the North Carolina Preservation
Consortium and mail with registration forms to:
NCPC Conference 2000
C/O Robert James, NCPC President
Circulation Department, Jackson Library
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
P.O. Box 26175
Greensboro, NC 27402-6175
Please complete the following;
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Robert James
President, North Carolina Preservation Consortium
Walter Clinton Jackson Library
UNC Greensboro
P.O. Box 26175
Greensboro, NC 27402-6175
Phone (336) 334-5304
Fax (336) 334-5399
Email Robert_James@xxxxxxxx
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