At the end of July the State Library of Ohio, with the support of IMLS, organized a two day workshop called Preservation Boot Camp. The workshop covered a myriad of preservation topics – conservation, reformatting, storage and handling, renovation, disaster recovery, and many more. While I took away a ton of ideas from the two day experience, and met dozens of colleagues that I hope to work with in the future, there was one particular tip and trick I just couldn’t wait to institute at our lab ASAP — the Pocket Response Plan (PReP) http://www.statearchivists.org/prepare/framework/prep.htm.
Print it, trim it, fold it…and make some fancy polyester sleeves to keep ’em pretty
Created by the Council of State Archivist this handy template allows you to create a wallet-size disaster response cheat-sheet that is customizable to meet your individual institution’s needs. Check it out!
Also, the lab was involved in presenting at the Boot Camp…you can check out our presentation at http://thepreservationlab.org/the-news/lab-events/.
Holly Prochaska (UCL) — Head, Preservation Services and Lab