RESOURCES AND LINKS
Many of these Web sites will lead you to even more resources. We urge you (or someone in your organization) to spend a little time to learn about all the resources that are available to you! - Wilbur Faulk, Cultural Property Protection Group
If we've missed something, just send us an email and we'll add it. Look for your post-conference via post (CD, photo, participant list) in about a month.
ADA Pre-Employment Questions Guidelines
American Association of Museums
Founded in 1906, the American Association of Museums (AAM) is dedicated to promoting excellence within the museum community. Through advocacy, professional education, information exchange, accreditation, and guidance on current professional standards of performance, AAM assists museum staff, boards, and volunteers across the country to better serve the public.
American Library Association
The American Library Association is the oldest and largest library association in the world, with more than 64,000 members. Its mission is to promote the highest quality library and information services and public access to information.
American Society for Industrial Security, International
Art Theft Response
The theft and illicit trade of cultural artifacts is a major international crime, second only to drug trade, and totaling $4 - 6 billion each year (according to the Museum Security Network). A vast majority of those thefts are committed by someone inside the cultural organization. Very few of us have any personal experience with collections theft. So, we created these Collections Theft Response Procedures to provide guidance to the multiple functions involved in theft response, and to suggest actions to take before and after the incident.
California Alliance for Response
One-day forums designed to bring the cultural community and first responders together before an emergency strikes, made possible through a grant from the Governor's Office of Emergency Services. 2006 Forums were held in Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco and Sacramento.
California Emergency Services Association
The California Emergency Services Association was founded in 1965 with the mission of preserving and protecting property through emergency preparedness and disaster mitigation. Membership is composed of emergency managers and planners from all levels of government (city, county, state, federal, special districts), hospital/medical professionals, education representatives, public service organizations, business/industry emergency planners and other individuals interested in this field. CESA is divided into three geographic Chapters-Inland, Coastal and Southern. By joining one of the Chapters, you automatically become a member of CESA. Each chapter has regularly scheduled Board meetings and holds informational seminars and training sessions throughout the year.
Community Emergency Response Team
The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program helps train people to be better prepared to respond to emergency situations in their communities. When emergencies happen, CERT members can give critical support to first responders, provide immediate assistance to victims, and organize spontaneous volunteers at a disaster site. CERT members can also help with non-emergency projects that help improve the safety of the community.
Disaster Preparedness for Museums
FBI Art Theft Programs
The illicit trade in art and cultural artifacts is a major category of international crime. This includes theft of individual works of art, illegal export of objects protected by international laws, and pillaging of archaeological sites. Art theft is an international problem requiring cooperation at all levels of law enforcement. To aid in this endeavor, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) established the National Stolen Art File (NSAF) to assist law enforcement agencies in resolving this ever increasing problem. The NSAF is a computerized index of stolen art and cultural property as reported to the FBI by law enforcement agencies throughout the United States and internationally. The NSAF consists of images and physical descriptions of stolen and recovered objects, in addition to investigative case information. The primary goal of the NSAF is to serve as a tool to assist investigators in art and cultural artifact theft cases and to function as an analytical database providing law enforcement officials with information concerning art theft.
Federal Emergency Management Agency
In keeping with its goal for building a strong and effective emergency management system, FEMA continues to search for and compile creative ways and means to better utilize the resources that are available at the Federal, State, and local levels of government, as well as in the private and volunteer sectors.
Heritage Preservation
. Protect America's collections from the ravages of hurricanes and other disasters
. Help libraries, museums, and archives better care for our fragile heritage
. Educate families about how to care for their heirlooms
. Bring the best advice from top conservation professionals to the public
. Save America's collection of outdoor sculpture from loss and decay
Infragard
InfraGard's goal is to improve and extend information sharing between private industry and institutions and the government, particularly the FBI, when it comes to critical national infrastructures. Benefits include:
. No cost to user/member
. Networking
. DHS/FBI threat alerts, advisories & warnings
. Training initiatives
. Valuable contacts and data
. Discussion groups and listservs
. Seminars and conferences
. National partnerships
International Committee on Museum Security
The International Committee for Museum Security (ICMS) was formed by the 10th General Assembly of ICOM on June 1974 in Kobenhavn, Denmark. It has played a leading part in activities throughout its twenty years of meetings. Its Rules have changed to conform to the Model Rules of ICOM, dated 1991, declaring ICMS original and unchanging aims:
. to support the aims and objectives of ICOM, in particular with the reference to museum security,
. to formulate and carry out a program of activities related to museum security
. to provide a forum for communication, co-operation and information exchange, between museums, professional museum workers and others concerned with museum security
. to provide advice to ICOM on museum security and be a source of professional expertise to assist in the implementation of ICMS program
. to represent the interests of museum security within ICOM
. to cooperate with the National Committees and affiliated organizations in matters related to the Committees specific mandate and to the broader interests of ICOM.
Interpol
Interpol exists to help create a safer world. Its aim is to provide a unique range of essential services for the law enforcement community to optimize the international effort to combat crime; to be the world's pre-eminent police organization in support of all organizations, authorities and services whose mission is preventing, detecting, and suppressing crime.
Interpol will achieve this by:
. Providing both a global perspective and a regional focus
. Exchanging information that is timely, accurate, relevant and complete
. Facilitating international co-operation
. Co-coordinating joint operational activities of its member countries
. Making available know- how, expertise and good practice
Museum Security Network
Security resource covering broad range of cultural security concerns and issues. Daily e-mailed newsletter
National Fire Protection Association
A worldwide leader in providing fire, electrical, and life safety to the public since 1896. The mission of the international nonprofit NFPA is to reduce the worldwide burden of fire and other hazards on the quality of life by providing and advocating scientifically-based consensus codes and standards, research, training and education.
National Security Institute's Security Resource Net
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Provides information links and downloads to relevant emergency preparedness and response in the workplace information.
Security Management Web site
The security professional's central Web connection
Sprinkler facts
American Fire Sprinkler Association's website offering updates on news, special events (training seminars, etc.), legislation, e-mail forum.
Western States Seismic Policy Council
The mission of the Western States Seismic Policy Council is to develop seismic policies and share information to promote programs intended to reduce earthquake-related losses by:
. Improving the overall awareness of earthquake hazards and methods to mitigate the associated risks, develop strategies to enhance earthquake preparedness
. Support earthquake studies and earthquake preparedness activities that will reduce or eliminate deaths, injuries, and property damage
. Serve as a resource for earthquake-related materials, information, training programs and workshops, in coordination with other regional and national earthquake organizations