Notice catalographique « Redefining disasters : a decade of counter-disaster planning : papers submitted by speakers, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, australia »

CONTENTS:

Introduction vii
Papers submitted by speakers:

W Jeavons H Baillie, Addressing disaster management in the design of the building for the National Library of New Zealand 1

W Jeavons H Baillie An experimental approach to training on behaviour in disaster response situations involving cultural material 9

Julian Bickersteth and Suzanne Bravery, Creating simple disaster plans for historic house museums 15

Allan Byrne The disaster of contemporary art: why bother? 21

Tony Clarke Emergency preparedness in New Zealand: What has been achieved, where to from here? 27

Grant Collins Salvage of fire-damaged collections 41

Judith Doig Disaster recovery management in Australia and New Zealand: a work in progress 47

Geoffrey Downe Better Baillieu: new directions in disaster
planning at Melbourne University Library 53

Mark W A Fischer Salvage and recovery of water, fire and smoke damaged library buildings and their contents 59

Mark W A Fischer Vacuum freeze-drying of paper-based
materials 65

Cathie Jilovsky CAVAL: a cooperative approach to library disaster management 69

Tamara J Lavrencic Disasters: remote risk or reality? 91

Barry M Lee Fire protection for libraries: a technology update 97

Colin A Macgregor The effects of freezing and freeze-drying of waterlogged photographic materials: an interim report 107

Colin A Macgregor Preparing an ethnographic collection for the worst in the light of past experiences 111

John E Mcintyre Managing the fire risk: does the building protect or threaten? 115

John E Mcintyre Reaction to realisation 129

Graham Matthews & Paul Eden Disaster management: guidelines for library managers 137

R A Maul Emergency management arrangements in New South-Wales with emphasis on the need for the production of disaster plans 153

Kim Morris A vacuum freeze-drier: Its nice to have one but...
A short paper on the National Library's vacuum freeze-drier, nine years on 163

David Mutton Critical incident stress 169

Colin Pearson & M Kirby Talley Jr International cooperation in disaster preparedness 181

Margaret E Pember The psych-social (P-S) factor in counter-disaster planning: the human element 199

Sarah-Jane Rennie The development of counter-disaster plans in South Australia 207

Annie Talve Cooperation or conflict? Discovering common ground 213

David A Tremain 'Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink': the need for more disaster training for conservators 219

Robyn M Warwick Drip, drip, drip: counter-disaster planning at the Dixson Library, University of New England 231

Peter Waters From Florence to St. Petersburg: an enlightening and thought-provoking experience. A personal account of the past twenty nine years in pursuit of the conservation of libraryl materials 237

Colin Webb The National Library of Australia's 'Clayton's
disaster': a dry run in slowmo, or the real thing? 251

• Disasters - Control - Libraries - Planning
• Disasters - Control - Museums - Planning
• Emergency management
• Catastrophes - Lutte contre - Bibliothèques - Planification
• Catastrophes - Lutte contre - Musées - Planification
• Gestion des situations d'urgence