2015 CARA Spring Meeting, April 21 at Robert M. Myers Archives, Society of the Divine Word

Society of the Divine Word, Techny, Illinois

The CARA Spring Meeting will be held Tuesday afternoon, April 21, 2015. We will be hosted by Marcia Stein at the Robert M. Myers Archives, Society of the Divine Word.

When: April 21, 2015, 2-4pm

Where: Robert M. Myers Archives, Society of the Divine Word, 1985 Waukegan Rd., Techny, IL. Driving instructions. Please contact Jerice Barrios at cenacle.archives@gmail.com for details about parking.

What:
2 pm Networking and light refreshments
2:20 pm CARA business meeting (Steering Committee election results, Treasurer's report)
2:30 pm Presentation and discussion, "Disaster Preparedness and Response for Small Religious Archives" by Patricia Carroll and Jerice Barrios:
  • The abundance of information available on the topic of disaster preparedness and response for libraries, archives, and museums is of limited help in preparing a specific plan for a specific collection in a specific location. For those archivists who have not tackled digesting this daunting body of literature, this presentation will be an introduction to thinking about the unthinkable.
  • How-to topics to be discussed include assessing your unique facility for reasonable threats, gaining institutional support for developing a disaster recovery plan, training, identifying resources to rely on in case of an emergency, and responding if a disaster strikes your collection.
3:30 pm Tour of Robert M. Myers Archives

This meeting is free. Space is limited, so please RSVP by April 15, 2015 to Jerice Barrios, cenacle.archives@gmail.com.

We will also be collecting annual dues, so please bring $10 cash or check (payable to CARA) to the meeting. If your details have changed since last year, please fill out a membership form; otherwise, you do not need to do so. Receipts will be available at the meeting.

Hope to see you there!