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Other Links of Interest

Here are some other suggested sites where you can find information about library disaster preparedness and library materials conservation:

ALCTS PARS, Preservation and Reformatting Discussion Group of the American Library Association's Association for Library Collections & Technical Services.
Amigos Library Service, a regional library network headquarted in Dallas, Texas, which provides preservation workshops and consultants services to libraries in California.
BAPNet, Bay Area Preservation Network, established in 1993 to meet the preservation needs of institutions in the Bay Area of California.
California Preservation Clearinghouse, serves to support the mission of the California Preservation Program by providing preservation related resources to libraries, archives, historical societies, cultural institutions and records repositories in California.
CoOL, Conservation OnLine. A full text database of conservation information for library, archive, and museum professionals from the Preservation Department of Stanford University
Disaster Mitigation Planning Assistance, California resources for supplies, services and experts. Multiple state searching (searchable by both Northern and Southern California); state plus national resource searching; and many additional entries that cover much of the country.
Getty Conservation Institute: Part of the J. Paul Getty Trust, a private operating foundation dedicated to the visual arts and the humanities. Through a museum, five institutes and a grant program, the Getty provides opportunities for people to more fully understand, experience, value, and preserve the world's art and cultural heritage.
LAPNet (Los Angeles Preservation Network), established in 1987 to meet some of the preservation needs of Los Angeles City and County.
Library of Congress, Preservation Directorate
National Archives & Records Administration Preservation links and resources.
Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC): The largest nonprofit, regional conservation center in the United States. Its mission is to improve the preservation programs of libraries, archives, museums, and other historical and cultural organizations; to provide the highest quality services to institutions that cannot afford in-house conservation facilities or that require specialized expertise; and to provide leadership to the preservation field.
Protecting Your Institution From Wild Fires: Planning Not To Burn And Learning To Recover: A document by Michael Trinkley published by the Chicora Foundation.
Preservation Department, University of California San Diego Library
Regional Alliance for Preservation: National network of preservation and conservation organizations dedicated to saving materials in cultural institutions.
San Diego/Imperial County Libraries Disaster Response Network (SILDRN): A regional cooperative organization, established in 1995, for the purpose of mutual aid in preparing for and coping with disasters affecting libraries and their collections.The network is administered by a steering committee and is headquartered at the University of California, San Diego.
Society of Rocky Mountain Archivists (including the former Colorado Preservation Alliance), which includes a publication list, a resource list, and a disaster recovery database.
Southeastern Library Network, Inc. (SOLINET) Preservation Service: The mission of SOLINET's Preservation Service is to improve institutions' abilities to maintain long-term, cost-effective access to the information resources in both their traditional and networked collections. 


Last revised November 14, 2005 rsw