ARCS 2025 Emergency Webinar Series

Webinar

Monday, January 27, 2025–Monday, March 24, 2025
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Description

Collection Emergencies are a common occurrence at cultural institutions ranging in type, scope, and severity. Emergencies will continue to increase as climate changes, aging buildings, and reduced funds put a strain on our institutions. During this five- part workshop series, Registrars, Collection Specialists, and other Museum Professionals will be presented with in-depth training on collections emergency preparedness and response. 

This series will utilize recordings from 2021-2023 Emergency Webinar Series presentations which registrants will receive, along with resource materials, in advance of a 30-minute open discussion with the original speakers. This new format is in an attempt to ensure that information from the presentations can be thoroughly reviewed ahead of the discussion and that participants have ample time to present questions to the speakers.

Instructors

• Stacy Bowe, Program Coordinator, Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative
• Samantha Forsko, Director of Ketchikan Museums
• Nicole Grabow, Conservator, Midwest Art Conservation Center
• Irene Karsten, Senior Preventive Conservation Advisor, Canadian Conservation Institute 
• Rebecca Kennedy, Collections Care Specialist, Curae Collections Care, LLC
• Kasey Lee, Conservator, BC HERN
• Anisha Gupta, University of Delaware

Schedule

• Webinar One:  Emergency Planning & Establishing Training Methods January 27, 2025 2:00-2:30pm ET
  Emergency Planning and Emergency Kit: Planning for emergencies can often feel overwhelming for individuals and institutions. This section will provide information on how to use a risk assessment to begin planning for emergencies, as well as some simple steps to begin the process of comprehensive emergency planning.
  Instructor: Samantha Forsko
  
  Establishing Training Methods: Holding regular trainings at an institution builds confidence in staff as responders and improves technical skills. While training is an excellent form of preparedness it also offers opportunities for resilient recovery. This discussion will focus on what types of trainings are encouraged as well as how to execute them.
  Instructor: Kasey Lee
  
  
• Webinar Two: Institutional Buy-In & Risk Management February 10, 2025 2:00-2:30pm ET
  Institutional Buy-in for Emergency Preparedness: While it seems natural that time, money, and capacity should be given to emergency preparedness, it is common to struggle with buy-in from administrators. Learn skills and strategies for building buy-in at your institution offering resiliency to a cultural institution’s recovery and long-term mitigation.
  Instructor: Anisha Gupta
  
  Risk Management and Assessments: Cultural institutions should be comfortable and compliant at completing and interpreting risk assessments. A risk assessment should help the institution truly identify the risks to their collection, including historic structures. This training will cover risk assessment materials that provide a shortcut to assessing emergency risks for the specific purpose of emergency plan development.
  Instructor: Irene Karsten
  
  
• Webinar Three: Technical Response & Emergency Documentation February 24, 2025 2:00-2:30pm ET
  Evacuation and Working with Responders: A well organized evacuation can protect collections and ensure a faster recovery following an emergency. This training will explain the best evacuation techniques and give some case studies to better ensure understanding. This will be coupled with a brief discussion on working with Responders. Almost every emergency requires the assistance of some sort of responders, whether it is inside the institution, emergency first responders, or unlikely partners. The training will discuss how to identify these responders and what benefit they serve the institution.
  Instructor: Rebecca Kennedy
  
  Emergency Documentation: Documenting the incident and object movement during an emergency can feel daunting. Learn tips, tricks, and techniques for continuing to document according to industry standards during an emergency and prevent dissociation.
  Instructor: Rebecca Kennedy
  
  
• Webinar Four: Emergency Salvage March 10, 2025 2:00-2:30pm ET
  Required YouTube videos and readings on salvage, long-term drying, and mold remediation will be provided to participants to set a baseline before joining this two-hour question and answer period. Industry experts, along with the ARCS Emergency Sub-Committee will be present to answer any questions, provide real-life case studies, and encourage collections stewards and registrars to be active participants in collection emergencies.
  Guest Q&A Moderators: Nicole Grabow
  
  
• Webinar Five: Re-Entry Safety & Utilizing Damage Assessments March 24, 2025 2:00-2:30pm ET
  Re-Entry and Safety: The urge to run into an emergency situation can be overwhelming. Setting up re-entry protocols and specific safety needs when working with collections ensure a safe work situation for people and collections. Learn about the health and safety risks common in collection emergencies and how to respond safely.
  Instructor: Stacy Bowe
  
  Utilizing Damage Assessments: Damage assessments gather information to appropriately respond to an emergency. This training will focus on the different types of damage assessments and how to use that document to gather resources, build a team, and respond effectively.
  Instructor: Stacy Bowe

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