In 2005, not long after a series of strong hurricanes struck
the gulf coast, the Heritage Health Index, a National Collections Care Survey,
reported that few of the institutions they surveyed have disasters plans. Even when an institution did have a disaster plan in place, it was often out of date. In response to that the Society
of American Archivists (SAA) supports the idea of MayDay,
a grassroots effort to save archives celebrated annually on May 1.
However, archives are not the only institutions that need to
have a current disaster plan on file. Natural disasters as well as equipment
failures can lead to a loss of materials in the library. To help any institution
prepare for a disaster SAA provides a list of ideas for MayDay
activities, though it’s important to remember that these activities don’t
have to take place only on May 1.
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