Disaster preparedness and management priorities

Traditionally institutions develop response procedures which tend to
become a static document having little impact on the organization.
Understandably most administrators are reluctant to approve open
ended disaster planning unless it translates into a dynamic process
within a well structured process.

For the records management world, there is a wide range of disaster
planning and prevention software available which help facilitate
risk assessment and response activities.  While none address
heritage collections per se, there are a number of programs that
could be modified for heritage collections.  While these programs do
not replace expertise required, a good program could streamline the
process making the exercise much more palatable.

Inviting relevant vendors to AIC next spring would be an opportunity
to encourage such companies to write or modify existing programs for
the heritage community.

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