SOLINET Disaster Preparedness and Recovery Workshop

[ariley@xxxxxxxxxxx (Alicia Riley-Walden)]

          SOLINET, Inc., the Southeastern Library Network, is pleased to 
          announce as part of our Summer 1999 preservation workshop schedule:
               
          **************DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND RECOVERY************* 
          Libraries and archives are vulnerable to a variety of disasters 
          ranging from fires and flooding to roof leaks and mold outbreaks. 
          Through lecture, group exercises and demonstrations, this one and a 
          half-day workshop will provide the training necessary to plan, 
          organize and execute a disaster plan and salvage operation. Winston 
          Atkins, Preservation Librarian, North Carolina State University and 
          Patricia Palmer, Head, Preservation Services, Virginia Commonwealth 
          University are the instructors.
               
          This 1 & 1/2 day workshop is scheduled for Thursday - Friday, 
          August 19-20, 1999 from 9am-4pm Day 1 and 9am-12pm Day 2 at 
          Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.
               
          Cost is $135 SOLINET members ($125 early bird, $160 late 
          registration); $175 Non-SOLINET members and FEDLINK ($165 early 
          bird, $200 late registration). Any institution within Virginia 
          qualifies for the member rate.
               
          The registration fee of this workshop includes a box lunch.
               
               
          Fax a registration form to Erica Meredith at 404-892-7879. 
               
               Payment may be mailed to:
               SOLINET, attn. Erica Meredith
               1438 W. Peachtree Street, NW
               Suite 200
               Atlanta, GA 30309-2955
               
               
          Partial funding for these workshops has been provided by a grant 
          from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Division of 
          Preservation and Access.