Action Plan For
The University Archives
Erietta Papadopoulou
Archivist and Records Manager
Friday 31st, October 2014
Preface
The following draft action plan was prepared in view of the measures that would need to be taken after a fire in a repository, belonging to a university college established in the nineteenth century. The basic points included in the plan are appraisal of the damage, conservation of the damaged building and material, implementation of actions and a risk management plan for damage prevention.
In order for the plan to be as accurate as possible some of the information, such as budget and policies, derive from existing universities and archives, “The University of Glasgow”, “The Glasgow School of Art” and “The National Archives” which are simply modified to better serve the desirable objective.
For the purpose of this draft action plan the university college with be referred to as “The University” and the repository as “The Archive”
Table of Contents
PREFACE 2
INTRODUCTION 4
SECTION 1 - IMMEDIATE RESPONSE 5
SECTION 2 – DESCRIPTION OF TASKS 7
TASK NO. 1 STORAGE AND BUILDING SAFETY 7
1.1 Building damage assessment 7
1.1.1 New internal space 7
1.1.2 Funding by the university or external sources for new storage space. 7
1.2 Cost assessment and conservation of damaged building. 7
TASK NO.2 APPRAISAL OF DAMAGE AND COMMENCE CONSERVATION 8
2.1 Damage appraisal 8
2.2 Cost assessment 8
2.2.1 Smoke damaged records 8
2.2.2 Water damaged records 8
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