Section 1: Disaster Prevention and Mitigation
Notes
1The ABC Method: a risk management approach to the preservation of cultural heritage https://www.canada.ca/en/conservation-institute/services/risk-management-heritage-collections/abc-method-risk-management-approach.html
2 For an extensive checklist of housekeeping and maintenance activities, see Johanna Wellseiser and Jude Scott, An Ounce of Prevention: Integrated Disaster Planning for Libraries, Archives, and Record Centres (2nd ed., Lanham, MD, The Scarecrow Press, 2002), pp. 53-61.
3 Not only is this important to ensure the safety of personnel and collections, but keep in mind that many granting agencies require that institutions have these systems in place before they will fund preservation projects.
4 See Chapter 2: Inventory and Assessment for more information.
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