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Jane Hedberg P r e s e r v a t i o n  N e w s  

Emergency fi eld guide 
Heritage Preservation has published “Field 
Guide to Emergency Response,” as a follow­
up to its “Emergency Response and Salvage 
Wheel.” The “Field Guide” is designed to 
help those untrained in collection salvage 
take appropriate first steps to salvage collec­
tions safely. It contains lessons learned by 
conservation professionals, who responded 
to recent regional disasters in the Gulf Coast 
and Northeast. The “Field Guide” is a multi­
media publication with a printed handbook, 
customizable information panels, checklists, 
a shopping list for disaster supplies organized 
by type of store, and a DVD with video dem­
onstrations of salvage techniques for collec­
tions damaged by mud, mold, and soot. 

The “Field Guide” costs $29.95 and can 
be purchased with “Emergency Response 
and Salvage Wheel” for the special price of 
$34.95. For more information or to order, go 
to the Heritage Preservation Online Book­
store at www.heritagepreservation.org. The 
National Endowment for the Humanities 
funded the “Field Guide” development, plus 
distribution of 5,000 free copies to nonprofi t 
cultural institutions. 

Emergency Web site 
The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) 
has created ReallyReady, a Web site dedicated 
to providing comprehensive and correct in­
formation about emergency preparedness 
for families, businesses and individuals with 
disabilities. FAS conducted a thorough analy­
sis of the Department of Homeland Security 
(DHS) Web site, Ready.gov, and found it to 
be incomplete and inaccurate. FAS created its 
own Web site to address these inadequacies 
and to persuade DHS to improve Ready.gov. 
The FAS Web site is divided into three sections, 
ReallyReady America, ReallyReady Business, 

Jane Hedberg is preservation program offi  cer at Harvard 
University Library, e-mail: jane_hedberg@harvard.edu; 
fax: (617) 496-8344 

and ReallyReady Disabilities. The URL for Real­
lyReady is www.fas.org/reallyready. 

Exhibits workshop 
“Where Artifact Meets Exhibition: Advances 
in Lighting and Case Design” is a workshop 
cosponsored by the Conservation Center for 
Art and Historic Artifacts (CCAHA) and the 
Northeast Document Conservation Center, 
which will occur October 18­19, 2006, in Bos­
ton, Massachusetts. Using available technol­
ogy, it is possible to protect cultural objects, 
while showing them to greatest aesthetic 
advantage in new, sometimes interactive, 
exhibit settings. Day one of the workshop will 
be devoted to lighting design and systems, 
and day two will be devoted to planning 
display enclosures, controlling environmental 
conditions in cases, and selecting appropriate 
construction materials. 

The workshop costs $90 for one day or 
$170 for both days. For more information, 
or to register, go to the CCAHA Web site at 
www.ccaha.org. 

ISO standard for magnetic tape 
The International Standards Organization has 
published a new standard, ISO 18933­2006, 
titled “Imaging materials—Magnetic tape 
—care and handling practices for extended 
usage.” It addresses the care and handling 
of magnetic tape during use, and recom­
mends procedures that can maximize its life 
expectancy. 

The standard covers handling techniques, 
common hazards, hazard mitigation, environ­
mental factors (including magnetic fi elds and 
robotics), inspection, playback, mounting/ 
loading, removing, winding speed, tension, 
cleaning, transportation, emergency salvage, 
and staff training. 

The standard costs $97 and may be pur­
chased from the American National Standards 
Institute online eStandards store at webstore. 
ansi.org/ansidocstore/product.asp?sku=ISO+ 
18933%3A2006. 

October 2006  577 C&RL News 

http:www.ccaha.org
www.fas.org/reallyready
mailto:jane_hedberg@harvard.edu
http:Ready.gov
http:Ready.gov
http:www.heritagepreservation.org