MayDay
2008 Participants
The Balboa Art Conservation Center in San Diego, CA, made its "Guides to Emergency Preparedness Resources" available as free downloadable PDF files on its Web site.
The Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., posted the resource "Model Charter of Library Mutual Disaster Assistance" on its Federal Library and Information Center Committee (FLICC) network Web page.
Staff at the Tacoma Art Museum and the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, WA, shared their collection emergency plans. On May 1, they learned about local emergency preparedness initiatives from the Pierce County Emergency Preparedness Team, and then discussed scheduling a fire evacuation drill and fire extinguisher use training.
The Central New York Library Resources Council in Syracuse, NY, hosted a group discussion event at the Fayetteville Free Library entitled "Archives 911: Health and Safety in the Archives."
The North Reading Historical Commission in North Reading, MA, signed up to create a disaster preparedness plan, starting with their Damon Tavern property, using dPlan.
Blue Shield Australia hosted workshops throughout Australia entitled " Disaster Planning for Cultural Collections."
The National Center for Preservation Technology & Training in Natchitoches, LA, hosted a half day event entitled "Preparing You for the Next Disaster," which covered five separate topics related to disaster preparedness.
The Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium, Inc. (PALCI) in Pittsburgh, PA, created a collection management Web page that includes information about disaster preparedness. PALCI also distributed copies of the poster Working with Emergency Responders: Tips for Cultural Institutions to all its member libraries and set up a Flickr photo site for its members to submit pictures of their own MayDay activities.
- PALCI member The Carnegie Mellon University Engineering & Science Library in Pittsburgh, PA, updated its staff emergency contact list and staff evacuation procedure, and had a staff meeting to discuss its emergency plan.
- PALCI member Lycoming College’s Snowden Library in Williamsport, PA, partnered with the College’s Safety & Security Department to organize a building tour for area first responders.
The J. Willard Marriott Library at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, UT, held a luncheon that included representatives from the University’s museums, libraries, and environmental health and safety department to review the state of readiness of the campus’s cultural institutions. Also present, to meet everyone and encourage a closer relationship, was a representative from the University’s contracted commercial disaster recovery company.