COSTEP (Coordinated Statewide Emergency Preparedness) Massachusetts is proud to announce the launch of the organization’s website http://www.mass.gov/mblc/costepma. Aimed at both the cultural and emergency management communities, the website provides immediate access to assistance and resources for emergency mitigation, planning, response, and recovery.
The mission of COSTEP Massachusetts is to build and foster a statewide disaster preparedness planning process that serves the cultural and emergency management communities and addresses disaster prevention,
preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation. The process will ensure an ongoing dialogue that promotes
mutual understanding and coordination between these communities.
For more information contact:
Gregor Trinkaus-Randall, Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners
gregor.trinkaus-randall@state.ma.us
Michael Comeau, Massachusetts Archives
michael.comeau@sec.state.ma.us
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Friday, September 28, 2012
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Join in MayDay ~ Make a Difference for Your Library or Archives
On May 1, you can do something simple that will make a difference for your library or archives. Join in MayDay INDIVIDUALS can do many things on their own:
* Quickly survey collections areas to ensure that nothing is stored directly on the floor, where it would be especially vulnerable to water damage.
* Note the location of fire exits and fire extinguishers.
* Encourage your repository to participate in MayDay.
REPOSITORIES may engage in activities involving all staff:
* Conduct an evacuation drill to acquaint staff members with the evacuation plan and to test its effectiveness.
* Update the contact information in your existing emergency preparedness plan and create a wallet-size emergency contact roster to facilitate communication and rapid response.
Here are some tips on how to get started...
* Visit a website. Check out SAA's MayDay
* Find tools to expand your disaster planning resources
* Create a quick-and-dirty disaster plan from a free template.
* Find disaster planning classes near you and more in the Annotated MayDay Resources .
* See examples of what others have done for MayDay in the past or what they're doing this year
* Read a book.
* For practical information about what to do first in an emergency and how to prevent further damage, view Heritage Preservation's Field Guide to Emergency Response .
* The Council of State Archivists publishes Emergency Preparedness Initiative and Rescuing Family Records: A Disaster Planning Guide to help point you in the right direction.
* Enter a contest.
* Heritage Preservation National Task Force is hosting a MayDay incentive contest featuring four prizes donated by Gaylord Brothers.
* Share.
* What did you do for MayDay? SAA would love to hear from you - even if you just changed a battery! Send us an email: MayDay@archivists.org.
* Send a paragraph or a photo and caption about how you made a difference for your archives on MayDay. We'll feature your information in the next issue of Archival Outlook. Send to Helen Janousek at hjanousek@archivists.org.
~ Gregor Trinkaus-Randall, M.A.L.S., C.A., Preservation Specialist, Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners
* Send a paragraph or a photo and caption about how you made a difference for your archives on MayDay. We'll feature your information in the next issue of Archival Outlook. Send to Helen Janousek at hjanousek@archivists.org.
~ Gregor Trinkaus-Randall, M.A.L.S., C.A., Preservation Specialist, Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Massachusetts Library Association Technical Services Sections One Day Workshop on Digitization October 28th
MLA Technical Services Section proudly presents “Introduction to Library Digitization”, a one day program on Tuesday October 28th, 2008, at the Worcester Public Library. This program will cover what libraries need to consider before starting a digitization project. The speakers will be Massachusetts librarians who have successfully implemented digitization projects at their libraries. The sessions will be:
Virtual Archives: Preparing to Create a Digital Collection
Speaker: Gregor Trinkaus-Randall, M.A.L.S., C.A., F.S.A. Scot Preservation Specialist, Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners
Digitizing Dissertations at UMass Worcester Speakers, Mary Piorun, MLS, AHIP Associate Director for Technology Initiatives and Resource Management, Lamar Soutter Library, University of Massachusetts, Worcester Lisa Palmer, MLS Catalog Librarian, Lamar Soutter Library, University of Massachusetts, Worcester
Digital Copyright in the 21st Century.
Tentative: We are still looking for a speaker on this topic.
Panel Discussion:
The day will end with a panel discussion with Massachusetts & Connecticut librarians on:
* How real libraries actually began their digitization project?
* The issues faced by librarians doing real projects
* Project planning and management
* Hardware needs
* Copyright considerations
* Metadata Standards used for data creation
Location:
Worcester Public Library, Saxe Room
3 Salem Sq
Worcester, MA 01608
(508) 799-1655
Cost:
Early bird registration: (before Oct 1st) $40.00 per person $30.00 for MLA members
After October 1st:
$45.00 per person
$35.00 for MLA members
Deadline to register:
October 14, 2008
Early bird deadline is October 1, 2008
Catering by: by Eric's LaPatisserie Café ____________________________________________________________________________
To register:
1. Please send your check made payable to the Massachusetts Library Association to:
Lois Bacon
Attn: MLA-TSS program
29 Harding Rd
Needham MA 02492
2. Please fill out the information below and send it with your check
Full name: _______________________
Address: _______________________
_______________________
_______________________ If you would like a vegetarian meal, please check here ___
For registration questions, please contact: LBacon@EBSCO.COM
Virtual Archives: Preparing to Create a Digital Collection
Speaker: Gregor Trinkaus-Randall, M.A.L.S., C.A., F.S.A. Scot Preservation Specialist, Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners
Digitizing Dissertations at UMass Worcester Speakers, Mary Piorun, MLS, AHIP Associate Director for Technology Initiatives and Resource Management, Lamar Soutter Library, University of Massachusetts, Worcester Lisa Palmer, MLS Catalog Librarian, Lamar Soutter Library, University of Massachusetts, Worcester
Digital Copyright in the 21st Century.
Tentative: We are still looking for a speaker on this topic.
Panel Discussion:
The day will end with a panel discussion with Massachusetts & Connecticut librarians on:
* How real libraries actually began their digitization project?
* The issues faced by librarians doing real projects
* Project planning and management
* Hardware needs
* Copyright considerations
* Metadata Standards used for data creation
Location:
Worcester Public Library, Saxe Room
3 Salem Sq
Worcester, MA 01608
(508) 799-1655
Cost:
Early bird registration: (before Oct 1st) $40.00 per person $30.00 for MLA members
After October 1st:
$45.00 per person
$35.00 for MLA members
Deadline to register:
October 14, 2008
Early bird deadline is October 1, 2008
Catering by: by Eric's LaPatisserie Café ____________________________________________________________________________
To register:
1. Please send your check made payable to the Massachusetts Library Association to:
Lois Bacon
Attn: MLA-TSS program
29 Harding Rd
Needham MA 02492
2. Please fill out the information below and send it with your check
Full name: _______________________
Address: _______________________
_______________________
_______________________ If you would like a vegetarian meal, please check here ___
For registration questions, please contact: LBacon@EBSCO.COM
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Basic Book Repair Workshop on June 19
Congratulations to the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners (MBLC) and to MBLC Preservation Specialist, Gregor Trinkaus-Randall who are being honored with the 2008 Award for Outstanding Commitment to the Preservation and Care of Collections, given jointly by the American Institute for Conservatin of Historic and Artistic Works and the Heritage Preservation. ~ Complete information
This morning, Gregor is leading the workshop "Basic Book Repair: Getting It Right - Good In-House Repairs of Library Materials". Several participating librarians have requested that we take photos of this program in order that they can better promote how they continually update their library skills* to best serve their communites.
* One of the many benefits of WMRLS membership is free-of-charge continuing education workshops for member library staff on such topics as basic book repair, reference databases, long range planning, and guidance for library staff in new technologies.
This morning, Gregor is leading the workshop "Basic Book Repair: Getting It Right - Good In-House Repairs of Library Materials". Several participating librarians have requested that we take photos of this program in order that they can better promote how they continually update their library skills* to best serve their communites.
* One of the many benefits of WMRLS membership is free-of-charge continuing education workshops for member library staff on such topics as basic book repair, reference databases, long range planning, and guidance for library staff in new technologies.
