State archivists joined their professional
colleagues across the nation in mourning the destruction wreaked by
Hurricane Katrina in Lousiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida.
Joint
Statement on Hurricane Recovery by the Boards of
CoSA, NAGARA, SAA, and COSLA
11 Lessons that Katrina
Taught Me, by David Carmicheal, Director, The Georgia Archives.
[Word
1,626KB| PDF
82KB]. David wrote this article following his trip to Mississippi as
part of a CoSA-sponsored delegation in September 2005. Readers are welcome
to reprint and distribute the article with appropriate attribution.
Archival
Team Visits Mississippi, Sept 18-20, 2005
Initial report
Damage
assessment and recommendations
Photos
from trip to Mississippi in September 2005
Archival Team Visits
Mississippi and Louisiana,
November 9-10, 2005
Photos
from trip to Louisana in November 2005
Many organizations and individuals have set up resource
centers, blogs, and other ways to share information about what has happened
to both individuals and archival collections as well as advice on how
to respond. Here are some of the most useful we have found so far. If
you know of others that should be added to this list, please email
with details.
Water Damage Recovery
Resources Available from State Archives
http://www.statearchivists.org/prepare/waterdamage.htm
Archival Volunteer
Responders List
http://www.archivists.org/news/hurricane-volunteer.asp
Heritage Emergency
National Task Force "Hurricane Resource Page"
http://www.heritagepreservation.org/PROGRAMS/Katrina.HTM
Weblog from the Society
of Southwest Archivists (SSA)
www.ssacares.org
SSA has established a weblog to capture and share information
about archivists and collections in Louisiana and Mississippi affected
by Hurricane Katrina. If you're wondering about the fate of an individual
and/or a repository, this is a good place to look for information or
to post a query.
Library Community
Relief Links
http://rochellejustrochelle.typepad.com/copilot/
2005/09/library_communi.html
