Resources on Risk Mitigation and Preparedness

IFLA’s Preservation and Conservation Core Activity resources

• IFLA Disaster Preparedness and Planning: A Brief Manual
• Past editions of the International Preservation News and the International Preservation Issues
• IFLA Principles of Engagement in library-related activities in times of conflict, crisis or disaster
• Combatting Illicit Trafficking of Documentary Cultural Heritage: an Introduction 

The IFLA Preservation and Conservation Section has a range of useful links and useful resources looking closer and risk mitigation and training. 

External Resources

There are a range of resources available worldwide from other libraries. The once mentioned below are an example and are not endorsed by IFLA but are included as they might be useful.

If you feel a certain resource should be included in this list, please contact cultural.heritage@ifla.org. 

• Consortium for the Preservation of Documentary Patrimony in case of Disaster (COSADOCA):
  • Resources in French and English
  • Plan de sauvetage des Documents en cas de Sinstre (Eau et Feu) 
• Disaster plan for the Swiss National Library in German and in French
• Emergency response, preparedness, and recovery of the Library of Congress  [español]
• The Northeast Document Conservation Center (NDCC) resources
• Collection Disaster Plan of the National Library of Australia
• Disaster preparation and planning resources of the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA)
• Arches heritage inventory & management system
• Risk Management Plan of the National Library of Brazil in English, Spanish and Portugese 
• National Library of Medicine – Libraries and Disaster Resources

International Resources

• The Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA)
• The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
• The Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (GDACS)
• Prevention Web
• International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) Heritage Alerts
• International Council of Museums (ICOM) Red Lists
• UNESCO Disaster Risk Reduction resources
• Global Heritage Fund
• ICCROM – the International Centre for the study of Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property
• International Federation of the Red Cross and UNDP Handbook on law and disaster risk reduction
• Resource Collection of Archives and Dealing with the Past by SwissPeace
• Swiss Federal Office for Civil Protection FOCP