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The New York State Archives offers archives and records management training statewide. If your preferred workshop is not available near you, please contact us at archtrain@nysed.gov to request it.

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Workshop Description Type Audience Topic More Information
Disaster Response for the Records Manager

Are you prepared for disaster? Do you have a plan ready to avoid or recover from a records disaster quickly, safely, and effectively? This webinar will present actual disaster and recovery examples to illustrate how to respond to a disaster to your records. It will also discuss planning to mitigate damage that could occur to your organization's records management operations.

 

 Webinar Local Governments Disaster Planning See Disaster Response for the Records Manager for upcoming availability, webinars, and more.
Electronic Records Disaster Planning and Recovery
This webinar focuses on electronic records disasters. Electronic records are susceptible to damage from water from floods and fires, heat from fires, power surges, computer viruses, and accidental or intentional destruction of data. Participants will learn how to mitigate these risks and respond to these disasters.
 
This webinar will explain how to:
 
  • Assess your organization's risk of experiencing an electronic records disaster
  • Reduce the chances that a disaster will damage your electronic records
  • Salvage various types of electronic media
  • Recover data stored on damaged electronic media
 Webinar Local Governments, State Agencies Disaster Planning, Electronic Records, Questions for IT, General Records Management See Electronic Records Disaster Planning and Recovery for upcoming availability, webinars, and more.
Emergency Preparedness Basics: Getting Started 

Presenter: Amelia Parks, Archives Specialist, DHPSNY
One of the most important steps any cultural institution can take to safeguard its collections is to be prepared in the event of an emergency or disaster. How do you get started on this process? This webinar will focus on the first steps an institution should take, including drafting a Pocket Response Plan (PReP), determining salvage priorities, and establishing a cache of disaster supplies.

 Webinar Historical Records Repositories Disaster Planning See Emergency Preparedness Basics: Getting Started  for upcoming availability, webinars, and more.
Introduction to Emergency Planning and Preparedness

Presenter: Samantha Forsko, Preservation Specialist, Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts Emergency preparedness is one of the most important steps any cultural institution can take to safeguard its collections. This webinar provides a “big picture” overview of emergency planning and preparedness.

 Webinar Historical Records Repositories Disaster Planning See Introduction to Emergency Planning and Preparedness for upcoming availability, webinars, and more.
Risk Assessment for Collecting Institutions 

Presenter: Samantha Forsko, Preservation Specialist, Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts
This webinar explores the basics of conducting a risk assessment at your institution. Conducting a risk assessment is one of the first steps an institution can take in the preparation and updating of an emergency preparedness and response plan.

 Webinar Historical Records Repositories Disaster Planning, Historical Records See Risk Assessment for Collecting Institutions  for upcoming availability, webinars, and more.
Stories from the Field: Mold at RPI

Presenters: Tammy Gobert, Preservation and Access Archivist, Institute Archives and Special Collections, RPI Jenifer Monger, Assistant Institute Archivist, Institute Archives and Special Collections, RPI Dealing with a large mold outbreak is one of the most difficult situations an institution can face; in this webinar, staff from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Library share insight and lessons learned after they tackled a large mold outbreak in the collections.

 Webinar Historical Records Repositories Collections Storage​, Disaster Planning, Historical Records See Stories from the Field: Mold at RPI for upcoming availability, webinars, and more.