It’s an Emergency: The Portland State University Library Flood

Authors

Kristen Kern, Portland State UniversityFollow

Published In

OLA Quartlery

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Winter 2008

Subjects

Emergency management, Library materials -- Conservation and restoration -- Oregon, Research libraries -- Book collections -- Conservation and restoration

Abstract

Preservation Librarian Kris Kern discusses flooding at the Portland State University Library and lessons learned to prevent extended damage to the Library collections.

Rights

This is the publisher's final PDF article as it appears in OLA Quarterly.

Persistent Identifier

http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/994

Citation Details

Kern, Kris. “It’s an Emergency: The Portland State University Library Flood.” OLA Quarterly. Vol 14, no. 4 (Winter 2008): 11.