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Dakota Collections Care Initiative (DCCI)
A Collaborative Project between North and South Dakota

Register Now for Free Disaster Preparedness and Response Planning Workshops

The Dakota Collections Care Initiative (DCCI) is pleased to offer a FREE disaster preparedness planning and response training workshop series for collecting institutions (museums, libraries, archives, cultural organizations, etc.) at four locations in both North Dakota and South Dakota in 2013. This is a great opportunity to develop or update a disaster plan for your institution with the assistance of a trained conservator, Terri Schindel, who led the 2012 DCCI workshops.

TRAVEL STIPENDS OFFERED
DCCI is pleased to offer 20 travel stipends per location for the 2013 workshops. Stipends of up to $100 per person may be used for lodging and mileage reimbursement. They are available on a first-come, first-served basis and may be requested through the online registration process.

WORKSHOP OVERVIEW
You are encouraged to bring as many people from your institution as possible to all three workshop days and are welcome to attend whichever workshops best fit your schedule.

Planning Workshop (April-May)

  • What to include in your disaster preparedness and response plan
  • Risk assessment and hazard mitigation planning
  • Coordination with emergency managers and first responders
  • Care of collections before, during and after an emergency

Plan Development (May-August)

  • Each participating institution develops or updates its disaster preparedness and response plan
  • Free mentoring and assistance is provided by Conservator Terri Schindel via phone and email

Hands-on Workshop and Practice Drill (August)

  • Response/recovery scenarios
  • Drills with first responders

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE

  • Location
     
  • Dickinson, ND
  • Bismarck, ND
  • Minot, ND
  • Fargo, ND
  • Aberdeen, SD
  • Brookings, SD
  • Pierre, SD
  • Deadwood, SD
  • Two-Day Planning
    Workshops
  • April 29-30
  • May 1-2
  • May 6-7
  • May 8-9
  • May 13-14
  • May 15-16
  • May 20-21
  • May 22-23
  • One-Day Response Recovery
    Hands-on Workshop
  • Aug. 5
  • Aug. 6
  • Aug. 7
  • Aug. 8
  • Aug. 12
  • Aug. 13
  • Aug. 14
  • Aug. 15

REGISTER ONLINE
Workshops are free, but registration is required. Registration closes one week prior to each workshop.

About DCCI
Funded by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the Dakota Collections Care Initiative (DCCI) is a partnership between collections care professionals at museums, libraries and archives in North and South Dakota to improve collections care and emergency preparedness and response for small and mid-sized collecting heritage institutions across the two states.
DCCI is based on the findings from statewide planning projects undertaken separately by North and South Dakota between 2008 and 2010.

Below is a brief overview of the DCCI activities over the next two years. For more information, please contact the project administrator.

Year One Activities – 2012

  • 12 institutional assessments, six in each state, and completion of follow-up projects by the 12 institutions in consultation with the conservator
  • 12 three-day hands-on collections workshop series, six in each state

Year Two Activities – 2013

  • 8 disaster preparedness workshops, 4 in each state
  • 8 disaster recovery workshops, 4 in each state
  • Development of a mutual aid network to connect paid and unpaid collections staff across the two states

DCCI Advisory Committee

  • DCCI Project Co-Director: Chelle Somsen, Archivist, South Dakota State Historical Society State (SDSHS)
  • DCCI Project Co-Director: Mark Ryan, Director of Collections and Operations, Plains Art Museum
  • Ann Jenks, State Archivist, State Historical Society of North Dakota (SHSND)
  • Stacia McGourty, Collections Services Librarian, South Dakota State Library
  • Ronette Rumpca, Curator of Interpretation, SDSHS
  • Jay Smith, Museum Director, SDSHS
  • Jenny Yearous, Curator of Collections Management, SHSND

DCCI Project Staff

Address:
612 East Boulevard Ave.
Bismarck, North Dakota 58505
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Hours:
Museum Store: 8am - 5pm M-F; Sat. & Sun. 10am - 5pm.
State Archives: 8am - 4:30pm., M-F, except legal holidays, and 2nd Sat. of each month, 10am - 4:30 pm.
State Historical Society offices: 8am - 5pm M-F, except legal holidays.

Contact Us:
phone: (701) 328-2666
fax: (701) 328-3710
email: histsoc@nd.gov