General Information
The following web sites provide general information for other institutions and agencies responding to emergencies.
- General Information on What to Do with Wet Records
National Archives and Records Administration - Vital Records and Records Disaster Mitigation and Recovery:
An Instructional Guide
National Archives and Records Administration - Hurricane Institutional Updates:
- Hurricane Recovery Resources Available from State Archives
Council of State Historical Records Coordinators - Comparison of Drying Methods
HTML | PowerPoint (40 KB)
by Hilary A. Kaplan & Kathy Ludwig, National Archives and Records Administration - Drying Techniques Explained
Differences Among Vacuum Freeze Drying, Conventional Freezing, and Other Methods
by Kathy Ludwig, National Archives and Records Administration - Procedures for Salvage of Water Damaged Library Materials
by Peter Waters - Salvage at a Glance
by Betty Walsh, Western Association for Art Conservation - Salvage Operations for Water Damaged Archival Collections: A Second Glance
by Betty Walsh, Western Association for Art Conservation - Emergency Response Training
- Fire Recovery: A Case Study
by Susan Page, National Archives and Records Administration
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