Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Conference Program -- Session 1: National Policy Planning -- A Cooperative Approach to Emergency Preparedness and Response -- Disaster Prevention in Latin America and Ibero-American Countries -- Setting up Emergency Plans: A Regional Approach for Dutch Cultural Heritage -- Session 2: Plenary Session -- The Blue Shield: The Cultural Red Cross? -- Session 3: Institutional Planning -- Earthquake Preparedness at the Istanbul Museums -- Disaster Management and Libraries -- Planning into Action: The Institutional Perspective -- Psychological Stress and Recovery -- Session 4: Disaster Plans in Action -- The Development and Use of Library Disaster Plans: The Berlin Experience -- The Prague Flood Diary -- Vietnamese Libraries: The Collections, Their Value, and the Protection of the Documentary Heritage from Disaster -- Hurricanes and Disaster Response: Lessons Learned in Jamaica from "Gilbert" -- Session 5: Assessing the Risk -- Seeking Balanced Risk Mitigation: Risk Assessment at the Canadian Museum of Nature -- Writing a Disaster Plan: Identifying Risk -- Session 6: Options for Collections Recovery Comparison of Drying Methods -- Recovery of a Water-soaked Photograph Collection in The Netherlands -- Audiovisual and Modern Information Media: Disaster Mitigation & Recovery -- Appendices -- 1. Speakers Contact List -- 2. Trade Fair.