The American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, Abstracts of Papers presented at the Twenty-Sixth Annual Meeting, Arlington, Virginia, June 1-7, 1998, published by the AIC, Washington, DC. General session papers dealt with disaster preparedness and emergency response. Audiotapes are available from A.V.E.R. Associates, 6974 Ducketts Lane, Elkridge, MD 21075, (410) 796-8940, fax (410) 796-8962. Conference postprints will be published in a forthcoming issue of the Journal of the American Institute for Conservation.

Barton, John P. and Johanna G. Wellheiser, et al, eds. An Ounce of Prevention: A Handbook on Disaster Contingency Planning for Archives, Libraries and Record Centers. Toronto Area Archivists Group Education Foundation, 1985. Eagleman, J. R. and others. Thunderstorms, Tornadoes and Building Damage. Lexington, MA: D.C. Heath Company, 1975.

Edwards, Stephen R., Bruce M. Bell and Mary Elizabeth King. Pest Control in Museums: A Status Report (1980). Lawrence, Kansas: Association of Systematics Collections, 1981. Second edition, 1988.

Dorge, Valerie and Jones, Sharon, Building an Emergency Plan, The Getty Conservation Institute, 1999 

Gallery Association of New York. Insurance and Risk Management for Museums and Historic Societies. Hamilton, NY: Gallery Association, 1985. 

Heritage Preservation, Inc. for the National Task force on Emergency Response, Resources for Recovery: Post-Disaster Aid for Cultural Institutions, May 2000

Norris, Debbie Hess. After an Emergency: the Recovery of Photographic Collections. Technical Series No. 2. Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts, Philadelphia, PA.

Morris, John. Managing the Library Fire Risk. Berkeley, CA: John Morris, 1979. 

National Trust for Historic Preservation, Treatment of Flood Damaged Older and Historic Buildings, Informational Booklet no. 82, 1993. 

Ogden, Sherelyn. Preservation Planning: Guidelines for Writing a Long-Range Plan. AAM in cooperation with NEDCC, Washington, D.C. 1997. 

Solley, Thomas T., Joan Williams and Linda Baden. Planning for Emergencies: A Guide for Museums. Washington, D.C.: American Association of Museums, 1987. 

Whittow, John. Disasters: The Anatomy of Environmental Hazards. London: Allen Lane, 1980. 

"Disaster Prevention and Preparedness" Problems in Archives Kits (PAKS), Society of American Archivists, 600 S. Federal Street, Suite 505, Chicago, IL 60605. Contains materials especially relevant to institutions and/or geographic regions formulating disaster plans or actually attempting to cope with disasters.

Additional bibliographies and links available at CoOL (Conservation OnLine) http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/bytopic/disasters/