[PADG:1506] Re: Lessons Learned in Emergencies: Not Your Ordinary DisasterConference

["Mary Kate Dugan" <DUGANM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks, Jackie - I saw this too and was thinking the same thing - also maybe WC should go.  I'll let him know too.  Thanks again, MK

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The 17th Annual National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Preservation Conference
Lessons Learned in Emergencies: Not Your Ordinary Disaster Conference
March 21, 2002
National Archives at College Park
8601 Adelphi Road
College Park, MD

The National Archives and Records Administration's Annual Preservation Conferences cover topics on the creation, use, exhibition, care-and-handling, conservation, duplication, and long-term storage of information on paper, film, tape, and disk.

The 2002 conference will bring together archivists, librarians, and conservators to discuss the practical aspects of disaster prevention and mitigation.

TOPICS: 
--practical, experience-based examples of how emergency situations are handled in archives, libraries, and museums to mitigate against disaster and confusion 
--recovery of non-paper records, such as artifacts, film, audio-video tape, and electronic media 
--how to minimize the damage to papers, bound volumes, books tapes, films, etc. during building renovation 
--changes in fire suppression technology 
--what we have learned from fire tests 
--how to keep track of hastily removed materials 

PROGRAM:
8:45 Welcome, Michael J. Kurtz, Assistant Archivist Office of Records Services - Washington, DC, NARA
8:55 Introduction, Susan Page, Senior Paper Conservator, NARA
9:00 Fire prevention, J. Andrew Wilson, Assistant Director for Fire Protection and Safety, Smithsonian Institution
9:35 Damage mitigation and recovery, magnetic media, Peter Brothers, CEO, SPECS BROS., LLC.
10:15 Coffee Break 
10:45 Efficacy of various recovery techniques, Kathy Ludwig, Senior Paper Conservator, NARA
11:15 Fire recovery, a case study, Susan Page, Senior Paper Conservator, NARA
11:55 Lunch Break (Lecture Room B)
1:15 New techniques for fire detection and suppression, Nick Artim, Director, Fire Safety Network
1:50 Recovery of film, Roger Markham, Senior Technical Marketing Specialist, Kodak
2:20 Coffee Break 
3:00 Objects Recovery, Mitigation, Jerry Podany, Objects Conservator, Getty Museum 
3:30 Emergency Preparedness Training, Ann Seibert, Senior Paper Conservator, Library of Congress
4:05 NARA-sponsored research in records fire suppression and the role of security in disaster prevention, Steve Hannestad, Director, Space and Security Management Division, NARA
4:40 Closing Remarks, Susan Page, Senior Paper Conservator, NARA
Disaster recovery services representatives will be available in Room A.

REGISTRATION:
Preregistration is required.
The Registration Fee is $75.00
(Includes buffet lunch).
Please send check payable to:
National Archives Trust Fund

and/or obtain 
registration information from:

Eleanor Torain
Conference Coordinator (NWT)
8601 Adelphi Road, Room 2807
College Park, MD 20740-6001

Telephone: 301-713-6718
Fax: 301-713-6653
Email: eleanor.torain@xxxxxxxx 

http://www.nara.gov/arch/techinfo/preserva/conferen/2002.html