How well prepared are you for a disaster?
The United Kingdom and Ireland Blue Shield Organisation (UKIRB) is seeking
to assess the level of disaster preparedness in the cultural heritage
institutions of the UK and Ireland. In order to gather information, it has
mounted a Disaster Contingency Plan questionnaire on its website, for
completion by museums, libraries, archives, galleries and institutions from
the built heritage. The results of the questionnaire will enable the UKIRB
to target its work over the next three years, ensuring that the disaster
planning needs of the cultural heritage sector are met. If you would like to
take part, please go to the UKIRB website at http://www.bl.uk/blueshield/
and fill in the Disaster Contingency Plan questionnaire. The questionnaire
will be available from 3 October. The deadline for completion is 31 December
2001.
The Blue Shield is the cultural equivalent of the Red Cross. It is the
symbol specified in the 1954 Hague Convention for marking cultural sites to
give them protection from attack in the event of armed conflict. The
International Committee of the Blue Shield exists to work to protect the
world's cultural heritage threatened by wars and natural disasters. The
UKIRB has been set up to support the international initiative and to raise
national awareness of threats, both man-made and natural, to the cultural
heritage. It is a cross-sectoral body covering archives, libraries, museums,
galleries and the built heritage in the UK and Ireland. It brings together
the knowledge, experience and networks of the UK and Ireland representatives
of the International Council on Archives (ICA), the International Council of
Museums (ICOM), the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS),
and the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions
(IFLA), and is administered by the National Preservation Office.
Further information is available on the UKIRB website at
http://www.bl.uk/blueshield/ and from The National Preservation Office, The
British Library, 96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB, Tel: 0207 412 7048, Fax:
0207 412 7796, Email: [log in to unmask]
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