MayDay 2010

Join with museums, archives, and special collections libraries nationwide this May 1st to do what can be done to protect our nation's cultural heritage. Start by clicking on the MayDay icon below to be connected to the Heritage Emergency National Task Force's programs and resources page (including free downloads) for ideas and tools:

The Society of American Archivists has developed an Annotated MayDay Resources page to help you reexamine and revise your institution's plans to prevent, survive, and recover from disasters large and small.

You may also want to use MayDay 2010 as an opportunity to move to the second step, Risk Assessment and Prevention, of your own disaster plan by performing a Risk Assessment Survey. Or, if you haven't yet started the disaster planning process, start at the first step and pull together your organization's information in the simple, yet effective, Pocket Plan format.