<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Free MayDay! Disaster Response
Workshop</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Sponsored by the Portland Area
Disaster Response Group (DIRG)</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">and the Oregon Library Association
Preservation Roundtable</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Friday, May 1, 10am-12pm</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Portland State University<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">   </span>Millar Library<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">   </span>Room 160</span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">1875 SW Park Avenue, Downtown
Portland</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none">Earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, floods,
building collapse -- we are all susceptible to natural and manmade disasters.
In our post-911, post-Katrina world, we all know the importance of being
prepared. A specific plan of action that aims to reduce immediate and continued
threats and salvage already-damaged items could make all the difference to
compromised collections. But did you know that your ability to act – and to pay
for that action – hinges on requirements set forth by your institution’s
insurance policy?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>Have you
factored insurance into your disaster plan?</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none">DIRG and the OLA Preservation Roundtable invite you
to MayDay! 2009, a free workshop for all concerned about disaster planning and
response for your library, archive, historical society, or museum, regardless
of your level of preparedness. This year’s workshop will highlight important
aspects of insurance, as well as a variety of useful resources to get your own
plan in tiptop shape. If you have an updated plan, outdated plan, or no plan,
we are here to help and to provide resources and expertise. Please reserve a
spot now! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>And of course, refreshments
provided.</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none">RSVP to Kris Kern, <a href="mailto:kernk@pdx.edu">kernk@pdx.edu</a></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none">Visit the new DIRG website:<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes">  </span><a href="http://sites.google.com/site/disasterresponsegroup/">http://sites.google.com/site/disasterresponsegroup/</a></p>