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Disaster Plans: Textbook vs. Reality
code:
014
Jul 23
11:30 - 12:30
Speaker:
CAVE, Mark
LEMMON, Alfred
LEUMAS, Emilie
Room:
Plenary Theatre
Description
Language(s) of presentations:
English
Simultaneous translation:
English
French
Bahasa Melayu
Abstract:

Hurricane Katrina struck Southern Mississippi and Louisiana on August 29, 2005 with a fury that resulted in a major regional disaster. The magnitude of the disaster demonstrated that most institutions plan primarily for an institutional disaster or local disaster, but rarely a major regional disaster. The inter-active session is designed to highlight the experiences of archives in the midst of a disaster that endangers an entire region's infrastructure.

Target audience:
Archivists and members of cultural institutions
Overall purpose and significance of session:
The session is designed to highlight the difference between disaster training/preparation and a disaster plan. Additionally, it addresses the question of "What to do in the first 48 hours?" as opposed to the more realistic "What to do in the first 48 days."
Content description:
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, archives and cultural institutions throughout Southern Mississippi and Louisiana were faced with a collapse of a large part of the region's infrusture. Participating archivists will share their professional and personal experiences of responding to a disaster and reactivating an institution's programs. The session is designed to provide potential answers to the "most frequently asked questions" of archivists who have experienced such a disaster.

Material

FileSize
014_Lemmon_ Katrina_ Experiences and Lessons.doc54 KB
014_Leumas_Katrina_Lessons Learned.doc39.5 KB
014_MarkCave_Working through Disaster.doc36.5 KB

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