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Christine Ianna

State Library of Queensland, Australia

Developing a Library Preservation Programme

CHRISTINE IANNA has worked in the field of materials conservation in Queensland for more than 28 years. She contributed to the field of collection preservation as she held various positions at the Queensland Museum, Queensland State Archives and the State Library of Queensland. Her early work focused on the conservation treatment of waterlogged objects and metals from maritime archaeological sites and historic shipwrecks off the Queensland coast. Her work across a variety of institutions has further enhanced her drive to encourage communication and collaboration across sectors especially with respect to preventive conservation including all aspects of disaster planning and preparedness.

Abstract

The Queensland Disaster Information Network (Q-Dis) was launched in December 2010 as a crosssectoral discussion group for sharing information on disaster preparedness and planning. This paper will discuss: (1) How a ‘social networking’ site such as Q-Dis can be used to facilitate communication and collaboration across the different but allied sectors of information management, heritage collections (moveable and immovable), libraries, archives, galleries and museums. (2) How risk management, disaster preparedness, planning, response and recovery are not the domain of any one sector after all, the drying of a wet book or register or the cleaning of mouldy files do not depend on the sector they fall under. This paper will also discuss difficulties in getting uptake across sectors and other initiatives. It concludes with how the ‘flood and cyclone events’ of January-February 2011 have clearly demonstrated the value to be gained through communication and collaboration within and across sectors especially in terms of disaster preparedness and risk management expertise, advice, resources and contacts.