ERIC Number: EJ586269
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-9769
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What I Learned from the Flood of 1997: Or, Why Archival Class Is Essential.
Reinertson-Sand, Mary
American Libraries, v30 n3 p40-45 Mar 1999
Relates the author's experiences of salvaging items following the Grand Forks (North Dakota) flood of 1997. Highlights include restoring home movies, paper documents, and photographs; setting realistic recovery goals; and preserving document copies in other locations. A sidebar describes experiences of the public library in Elba (Alabama) after flooding. (LRW)
Descriptors: Archives, Films, Floods, Natural Disasters, Personal Narratives, Photographs, Preservation, Printed Materials, Public Libraries, Water
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Alabama; North Dakota
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