This is the home page for the Digital Collections and Archives Disaster Preparedness Manual space.
Part I Quick Response
I.Quick Guide to Emergency Phone Numbers and Locations
A. Phone Numbers
1. Campus Police
2. Campus EMTs
3. Facilities
4. Somerville Fire Department
5. Medford Fire Department
B. Locations
1. Emergency Meeting Place
2. Fire Extinguishers
3. Emergency Buttons
4. First Aid Kit (Checked 2009-10-07)
II. Staff Contact Information
III. Call Tree
IV. Emergency Procedures
A. Active Shooter or Hostile Intruder Incident
B. Bomb Threat
C. Campus Evacuation
D. Earthquakes
E. Fire
F. Power Failure
G. Upset or Aggressive Patron
H. Water emergencies
V. Medical Emergency Procedures
A. Allergic Reaction (Anaphylaxis)
B. Bleeding
C. Breathing Difficulties
D. Burns
E. Choking
F. Cold Emergencies
G. Cuts and Scrapes
H. Dental Injuries
I. Heart Attack
J. Heat Emergencies
K. Poison Emergencies
L. Seizures (Convulsions)
M. Sprains, Strains, Bruises and Broken Bones
N. Stroke
Part II Collections Response
I. General Information
A. Documenting an Emergency
B. Tips for Books and Paper
C. Tips for Leather, Vellum and Parchment
D. Tips for Unbound Papers and Maps
E. Tips for Microfilm and Microfiche
F. Tips for Photographic Materials (Prints, Negatives, and Transparencies)
G. Tips for Audio and Video Tapes
H. Tips for Magnetic Media
I. Tips for Computer Hardware and Equipment
II. Salvage Priorities
III. Collection Responses
A. Water Damage
B. Disrupted Shelves
C. Fire Damage
D. Integrated Pest Control
E. Theft or Vandalism of Collections
F. Mold Damage
IV. Supplies Checklist
V. Resources
A. First Contacts and Local Resources
B. Book and Paper Salvaging Resources
C. Photograph Salvaging Resources
D. Freeze-Dry Services
E. Disaster Recovery and Salvaging
F. Computer Records Recovery and Salvage
G. Microfilm Recovery and Salvage
H. Audio and Videotape Recovery and Salvage
I. Locating Conservators
Part III Additional Information
I. Metadata
Labels
Page: Allergic Reaction (Anaphylaxis)
Page: Audio and Videotape Recovery and Salvage
Page: Bleeding
Page: Bomb Threat Emergencies
Page: Book and Paper Salvaging Resources
Page: Breathing Difficulties
Page: Burns
Page: Call Tree
Page: Campus Evacuations
Page: Choking
Page: Cold Emergencies
Page: Computer Records Recovery and Salvage
Page: Cuts and Scrapes
Page: Dental Injuries
Page: Disaster Recovery and Salvaging
Page: Disrupted Shelves
Page: Distribution List
Page: Documenting an Emergency
Page: Earthquake Emergencies
Page: Fire Damage
Page: Fire Emergencies
Page: First Contacts and Local Resources
Page: Freeze-Dry Services
Page: General Information
Page: Heart Attack
Page: Heat Emergencies
Page: Integrated Pest Control
Page: Locating Conservators
Page: Medical Emergencies
Page: Microfilm Recovery and Salvage
Page: Mold Damage
Page: Photograph Salvaging Resources
Page: Poison Emergencies
Page: Power Failure Emergencies
Page: Quick Guide to Emergency Phone Numbers and Locations
Page: Revision History
Page: Salvage Priorities
Page: Seizures (Convulsions)
Page: Sprains, Strains, Bruises and Broken Bones
Page: Staff Contact Information
Page: Stroke
Page: Supplies Checklist
Page: Theft or Vandalism of Collections
Page: Tips for Audio and Video Tapes
Page: Tips for Books and Paper
Page: Tips for Computer Hardware and Equipment
Page: Tips for Leather, Vellum and Parchment
Page: Tips for Magnetic Media
Page: Tips for Microfilm and Microfiche
Page: Tips for Photographic Materials (Prints, Negatives, and Transparencies)
Page: Tips for Unbound Papers and Maps
Page: Upset or Aggressive Patron
Page: Water Damage
Page: Water Emergencies