Symposium on disasters

BlueShield Australia (BSA) and the Disasters ACT Network (DISACT)
are holding a symposium on 6 May 2010 at the National Library of
Australia (Canberra). Entitled Disaster Proofing Heritage
Collections, it will encompass two themes:

    Regional Disaster Preparedness for Heritage Collections

and

    The Risk Management of Energy-Efficient, Heritage Collection
    Storage.

It will be the highlight event for Blue Shield Australia's annual
month-long MayDay campaign to remind the Australian cultural
heritage sector to prevent, and prepare for emergencies. The event
will also be promoted as part of Information Awareness Month whose
2010 theme is Access across the generations. Both Blue Shield
Australia (BSA) and DISACT are committed to the prevention and
preparedness planning required to maintain access for as many
generations as possible.

The symposium target audience are members of the cultural heritage
sector, as well as individuals and organisations working in the risk
management, business continuity, insurance and salvage recovery
sectors.

The Symposium will include the launch of several new initiatives:

    New Letter of Intent on Cooperative Disaster Preparedness
    between cultural heritage organisations in the ACT. The heads of
    the major ACT-based cultural heritage organisations will attend
    and sign it as part of the symposium.

    Blue Shield Australia and DISACT will launch their new websites

    Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) will
    launch their new disaster preparedness guidelines.

The afternoon session will be of particular interest to conservators
and collection managers given that its focus is on the accommodation
of environmental standards for the storage of heritage collections
with the needs for increased energy efficiencies. The session will
include a discussion panel. I'll forward you a program in the next
few days for your interest and for your students. Registration and
Program

For details about the symposium registration and speakers please
follow the links below or contact

    Gemma Walker
    +44 2 6215 8222
    gemma.walker<-at->alia<.>org<.>au

Registration:

    <URL:http://www.alia.org.au/
        events/disasterproofingheritagecollections_rego.pdf>

Speaker Abstracts:

    <URL:http://www.alia.org.au/
        events/disasterproofingheritagecollections_abstracts.pdf>

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About the Organisers: Blue Shield Australia (BSA) is endorsed by the
International Committee of the Blue Shield as its Australian
national committee. See BSA's website for further details:
<URL:http://www.blueshieldaustralia.org.au>

The Disasters ACT Network (DISACT) brings together the Australian
Capital Territory's cultural heritage organisations under an
agreement on cooperative disaster preparedness for their
collections. See DISACT's website for further details:
<URL:http://www.anbg.gov.au/disact/index.html>

Bernard Kertesz
convenor of DISACT
Senior Paper Conservator
Treloar Centre for Conservation Science
Australian War Memorial


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