Be Prepared for Hurricane Idalia

-

 Sharing info from SAA for those who need it.

Forward this email to a colleague! 

View this email in your browser

 

 


Be Prepared for Hurricane Idalia

 

As Hurricane Idalia approaches the coast of Florida, prepare now for possible strong winds, heavy rain, and flooding when the storm moves inland. While the projected impact is uncertain at this time, cultural institutions and art organizations should take time now to ensure that their hurricane preparedness measures are in place. 

Track the storm via the National Hurricane Center,
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/#Idalia

 

 

Monitor information via your state’s Emergency Management Agency:

Get ready to weather the storm with these Hurricane Relief Resources. 

 

For Immediate Advice or Assistance:


Contact the National Heritage Responders at 202-661-8068.

See the Northeast Document Conservation Center's Disaster Assistance or contact NEDCC's 24/7 Emergency Hotline 
at 855-245-8303. 

 

Response and Recovery Resources (HENTF)

Disaster Response and Recovery Guides (FAIC)

Save Your Family Treasures (HENTF)

Members of the public with questions about saving family heirlooms can contact the National Heritage Responders at NHRpublichelpline@culturalhertiage.org.

Review the Documenting in Times of Crisis: A Resource Kit, which provides templates and documents to assist cultural heritage responders and archivists in collecting materials on tragedies within their communities. 

For direct assistance, contact the SAA Crisis Collecting Assistance Team, which offers remote assistance and general guidance on crisis collecting. CCAT volunteers include expert archivists who have all faced similar situations in leading and supporting their staff through processing and documenting tragedies great and small. 

Salvaging Water-Damaged Family Valuables and Heirlooms.

After the Flood: Advice for Salvaging Damaged Family Treasures. This fact sheet is also available in Spanish, Vietnamese, Portuguese, Chinese, and Haitian Creole here. 

 

 

National Disaster Recovery Fund for Archives

 

If your repository is affected by a natural disaster, please remember that assistance is available to aid in your recovery. The SAA Foundation's National Disaster Recovery Fund for Archives (NDRFA) provides grants of up to $5,000 to aid in immediate disaster recovery. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis and grants are awarded with 7-10 business days. If your repository is in need, please review the guidelines and apply for NDRFA funding here! 

 

 

If you would like to aid archivists recovering from disasters, please consider donating to the National Disaster Recovery Fund for Archives. These funds help repositories across across the country in the wake of major disasters and crises.
Donate here.

 

 


FEMA and the Smithsonian Institution co-sponsor the Heritage Emergency National Task Force, a partnership of 42 national service organizations and federal agencies created to protect cultural heritage from the damaging effects of natural disasters and other emergencies. 

 


The Society of American Archivists Foundation is the nation’s leading source of nonprofit funding dedicated to the interests of archives and archivists. SAAF and the Society of Southwest Archivists sponsor the National Disaster Recovery Fund for Archives, which provides funds to address the stabilization and recovery needs of archival repositories affected by natural disasters.
 

 


The Foundation for Advancement in Conservation (FAIC) supports conservation education, research, and outreach activities that increase understanding of our global cultural heritage.

 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

25th work anniversary

-
Image
Today is my 25th work year anniversary. I don't think anyone knows it but me. On July 5, 1996 I parked in the small lot west of Park Library and took the elevator to 4th floor. I had just cracked my windshield and was so embarrassed about it. My desk was in a work room with a kitchen where everyone ate, no privacy at all. My first job with a few students was processing Senator Griffin's 400 cubic foot collection. I had a brand new, huge computer that wasn't plugged in yet. It took up most of my desk space. When I taught Lib 197 we did so in a room where only I had a computer. My job has morphed so much since then. I am grateful for all the positives over the years and through my various jobs. Mostly it's been good. I try to learn from the good and the bad. I thank God for  this job and the interesting work I've done, and mostly for my amazing students throughout the years, and all the wonderful people on and off campus I've met and collaborated with and been pri
Read more

Packing the last of CMU. Athletics' physical historical records cache

-
Image
Yesterday my students, Rebekah and Natalie, and I had quite an experience. We loaded my car with 100 flattened cubic foot boxes. We drove them to the Athletics complex and unloaded and made them into boxes. With help from four of the Athletics staff and students we moved the boxes down three levels to what was a handball court, now a storage room. The elevator only goes down one level. We then started boxing file cabinets and a table full of CMU Athletics' student athlete folders and photographs. It was hot and humid with no air flow. We packed about 25 cubic feet. We could not pack everything because three cabinets remain locked. While one is missing a drawer, the rest are completely full of records. Once those cabinets are unlocked, the Athletics students will pack their contents. Eventually, Facilities Management will move all those boxes to the Clarke. Yippee for collaboration. Everyone did a great job. This is the last of Athletics' historical physical records cache in the
Read more

Slides and negatives

-
Image
  Yes, we still get non-digital slides and negatives donated. There are two negatives of an identified man holding his infant son in the backyard in summer. The slides are of  buildings, street scenes, and trees, some in winter, in Millbrook, Michigan, where the man lived. There are also slides of a goat. Many of the images are dated with a year, which is helpful for anyone researching the village's history.  During archival processing I will withdraw duplicate images, of which there appear to be many, and images of the goat. It's cute, but has no long term research value. 
Read more