"Ready — or Not" California Cultural Heritage Disaster Preparedness Information Session & Preservation Tips

Is your archive or special collection prepared to withstand a disaster? Did you know you can have an expert visit and audit your space to give you tips to prepare?

Join NEDCC's "Ready — Or Not": Cultural Heritage Disaster Preparedness Project's Outreach & Travel Coordinator for an overview of the project and how to set up a site visit for your organization in California. Following the information session, a Preservation Specialist will discuss some preservation basics and tips, helpful both as a refresher or as an introduction.

Audience:

This webinar is designed for any library staff member interested in learning how to protect collections within the library.

Bios:

Alyssa Magnone, Associate Preservation Specialist

From her office in Aiken, South Carolina, Alyssa Magnone provides preservation consultations, training programs, assessments, and disaster advice to a variety of cultural heritage organizations nationwide, with a focus on the Southeast. Since joining NEDCC in 2023, she has completed preservation assessments for a variety of organizations and has led over 25 hours of webinars and presentations on audiovisual preservation, physical collections care, and emergency preparedness. She has developed content for a new webinar “Disaster and Emergency Planning Refresher” as well as customized webinar and workshop content for private clients. Alyssa is currently serving as the project manager for a series of hands-on emergency preparedness and salvage workshops, scheduled for Spring 2025. She serves on the Southeastern Registrars Association Board and the American Association for State and Local History’s Nomenclature Task Force. She was recently awarded a DPOE-N Microgrant to complete Library Juice Academy’s Digital Curation Certificate.

Alyssa has nearly a decade's worth of experience working with art, archaeological, history, and natural history collections. She is a 2018 graduate of the Smithsonian’s Heritage Emergency & Response Training (HEART) and a 2022 graduate of the Georgia Archives Institute. Alyssa earned a BA in Anthropology and History from Mercyhurst College and an MA in Museum Studies from the University of Florida.

Celeste Knight, Outreach and Travel Coordinator, Ready or Not Cultural Heritage Disaster Preparedness Project

From her office in Albuquerque, NM, Celeste Knight provides outreach and travel support for the "Ready—or Not" Cultural Heritage Disaster Preparedness Project, which provides emergency preparedness assessments to California organizations that care for cultural and historic resources (e.g., archives, libraries, museums, and tribal nations). Celeste is a museum professional who has worked in guest experience and education with the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center and the University of New Mexico Art Museum. She holds an BA in Communication with a concentration in Intercultural Communication from the University of New Mexico and is fluent in English and Spanish.

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