[PADG:1418] Re: marking emergency priorities

["Rekrut, Ala (CHT)" <ARekrut@xxxxxxxxx>]

There's an interesting suggestion from a museum in "Help! A Survivor's Guide
to Emergency Preparedness" (2001), Chapter 2.4 Identifying Priority
Collections: Creative Uses of Reflective Tape.  They used the red and white
striped reflective tape normally for highlighting driveway markers or
trailer bumpers for marking storage units, shelves,and storage boxes,
holding the priority material.  The tape glows even in weak light - perfect
for work by flashlight.  

It strikes me that individual volumes could be marked somewhere on their
call number sticker, and rare books marked on their paper marker strips or
protective enclosures.

Contact Audrey Yardley Jones at Museums Alberta for a copy of this
interesting and practical publication:
<audrey.yardley-jones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>.

Ala Rekrut
Chief, Preservation Services
Provincial Archives of Manitoba
200 Vaughan Street
Winnipeg, MB  R3C 1T5
CANADA
(204) 945-1265
(204) 948-2008 fax
arekrut@xxxxxxxxx


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Deborah Perotti [SMTP:Deborah_Perotti@xxxxxxxx]
> Sent:	Friday, August 10, 2001 8:14 AM
> To:	padg@xxxxxxx
> Subject:	[PADG:1417] Re: Pyrethrum - effect on books
> 
> 
> 
> We are planning to identify material in our collections that would be
> removed
> from the building in case of a disaster. So we are making a list in
> priority
> order and are wondering how to identify this material so that it will be
> easily
> visually apparent in the case of an abrupt emergency. Any suggestions
> would be
> appreciated
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Deborah Perotti << File: Card for Deborah Perotti >>