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Moving everything out – a risk assessment: Off-site storage for the Frick Art Reference Library, analysed by an ARIAH-RIHA Professional Exchange Fellow

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 January 2021

Cornelia Posch
Cornelia Posch*
Affiliation:
PhD Student, Disaster Science and Management, Research Assistant, E.L.Quarantelli Resource Collection, Disaster Research Center, 166 Graham Hall, University of Delaware, 111 Academy Street, Newark, DE19716USA Email: posch@udel.edu
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Abstract

In the fall of 2019, I received the ARIAH-RIHA Professional Exchange Fellowship, which gave me the opportunity to spend time in New York City, working on a project that aligned with my research and practice interest in emergency preparedness. The Frick Art Reference Library hosted me for three weeks, during which I could apply some of my theoretical knowledge and gain practical experience, while contributing to their preparedness by assessing risks related to an impending move of the collection. Working on prevention and preparedness in my own institution at the time, I wanted to get a sense of the steps that another library, similar in size and scope, was taking to ensure the integrity of its holdings in preparation of such a complex activity as a relocation of the entire collection.

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Research Article
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Art Libraries Journal , Volume 46 , Issue 1 , January 2021 , pp. 23 - 29
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of ARLIS

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References

1. Posch, Cornelia. Emergency Preparedness in Libraries. A Common Responsibility - Berlin, 2020. (Berliner Handreichungen zur Bibliotheks- und Informationswissenschaft; 446) – online publication: https://doi.org/10.18452/21051. (accessed: 11/05/2020)

2. The Georgia Archives Preservation Services. Disaster Prevention & Safety Checklist, 2005, adapted from: McColgin, Michael. Disaster Planning for Governments in Arizona, 2002.

3. Adcock, Edward P., with the assistance of Marie-Thérèse Varlamoff and Virginie Kremp. IFLA principles for the care and handling of library material. S.l.: International Preservation Issues Number One, 1998. https://www.ifla.org/files/assets/pac/ipi/pchlm.pdf (accessed: 11/05/2020)

4. In 2019, numerous US organizations participated in a simulation named Crimson Contagion, testing the preparedness of federal and state governments to respond to a pandemic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimson_Contagion (accessed: 11/05/2020)

5. Find up-to-date information on the Frick's programming at: https://www.frick.org/ (accessed: 11/05/2020).

6. One example of many is REALM: REopening Archives, Libraries, and Museums, a research project conducted by OCLC, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and Battelle. https://www.oclc.org/realm/home.html (accessed: 11/05/2020).