Jeanne Drewes

With over thirty-five years of experience working in the area of disaster planning, response and mitigation my goal is to reduce damage to through thoughtful action prior to a disaster situation. Having created the first workshops in risk management and insurance issues for Libraries and my goal now is to use my experience to provide guidance before and after disasters strikes.

Awards American Library Association (ALA) Association for Library Collections and Technical Services Section (ALCTS) 2017 Ross Atkinson Life Time Achievement Award. American Library Association ALCTS 2015 Paul Banks and Carolyn Harris Award for Preservation. ALA Federal and Armed Forces Libraries Round Table (FALFLRT) Achievement Award, 2015. American Library Association 2012 Ken Haycock Award for Promoting Librarianship. American Library Association ALCTS 2010 President Citation Award for Preservation Week. American Library Association ALCTS 2006 President Citation Award for Publications. International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) 2019 Scroll of Appreciation for distinguished contribution to IFLA and international librarianship, particularly in the field of preservation and conservation.

Advisory & International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) Advisory Editorial Committee to the Cultural Heritage Programme, elected, 2015-2017, Boards reelected 2017-2019. IFLA Digital Reunification Working Group, elected 2017-2019. Advisory Committee member, NEH grant “Finding Common Ground” 2017- BMI/LBC voting member for ISO/NISO standards, 2015-2019. Preservation, Digital Technology & Culture, Editorial board 2011- ALA ALCTS Series, Editor 2010-2012: changed title to ALCTS Monograph, 2012-2015. ISO/TC 46 Deacidification of paper test Working Group, 2012-2015. ALA ALCTS LRTS Editorial Board, 1999-2003. American Institute for Conservation (AIC) Foundation of the AIC (FAIC)

1 Board Member 2010-2016. Heritage Preservation, Taskforce on Emergency Response, 2006-2009. IMLS Conservation Shelf Selection Committee, 2007, Grant Review Panels 2002-2006. Northeast Document Conservation Center, Advisory Committee, 1997-1998; 2002-2003. Southeast Library Network (SOLINET), Preservation Advisory Committee, 2000-2004. Michigan State University, Kresge Art Advisory Committee 2000- 2005; University Collections Council, 1999-2003; 2005-2006; Center For Great Lakes Culture Advisory Committee, 2001-2005.

Recent 2006-2019 Library of Congress, Washington DC Professional Chief, Binding and Collections Care Division/ Mass Deacidification. Experience Responsible for preservation of the general collections of approximately 34 million volumes, including binding (contracts and preparation), housing, reformatting, conservation treatment, deacidification of volumes and sheets from special collections; initiated replacement workflow for damaged materials. Responsible for coordination of disaster response and training for federal libraries through FEDLINK, and for regional libraries. Created and Maintain Disaster Mitigation Planning Assistance website http://resources.conservation-us.org/disaster/

1/99-6/06 Main Library, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI Assistant Director for Access and Preservation. Responsible for preservation of of over 5 million volumes. Responsible for collections risk management implementation, emergency response and recovery training. 2004-2006 School of Information, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI Adjunct Professor, . Developed curriculum and taught one graduate course per semester on preservation management, budgets and hiring, special projects, and preservation processes including digital, binding, conservation, environmental monitoring, and disaster recovery.

12/96-1/99 Milton S. Eisenhower Library, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD Head, Preservation Department. Supervised all preservation activities including collection maintenance, conservation, commercial binding, and disaster preparedness for a collection of nearly 4 million volumes. Responsible for library and university staff training, education, and outreach for preservation; created and maintained content for preservation, and web pages for University and public outreach. Developed resources for disaster response for all libraries in the area in association with the Baltimore Academic Library Consortium.

9/95 - 11/96 Main Library, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan Assistant Preservation Librarian. Supervision and training of staff performing preservation activities; and user

2 education and outreach; environmental monitoring; collections disaster preparedness; created and maintained content for preservation Web pages, monitored and deployed budget resources; developed grant proposals.

1/95-9/95 Museum of Art, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Imaging Project Coordinator. Set up and coordinated a one-time project to digitize and images of the entire museum art collection. Responsible for establishing procedures and policies within the project, established quality control for digitization of photographic slides and formatting photo CD images, designed work flow for the project within the flow of usual museum activities, trained other members of the imaging team in ARGUS collections software and procedures.

11/93-8/94 Pittsburgh Regional Library Center, Pittsburgh, PA Preservation Services Manager (Project Manager). Managed NEH grant-funded position to extend preservation education and outreach to the region of western PA, western MD and WV. Responsible for planning, advertising, and conducting preservation workshops on a variety of topics including disaster preparedness, developed new workshops in insurance and risk management, developed environmental monitoring kit for small libraries and .

10/92-10/93 Hatcher Graduate Library, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Mellon Intern for Preservation Administration. Rotated through each Preservation Division department and worked on specific projects including exhibition in main lobby and assisted with disaster recovery after fire in graduate library.

7/89-10/92 Simpson Library, Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg, VA Director of Instruction & Access Services. Responsible for public services including Special Collections (Rare & Archives), Reference, Circulation, ILL, Government Documents, and Bibliographic Instruction; developed in-house treatment of damaged materials work area. 8/86-7/89 Law Library, Baylor University, Waco, TX Acquisitions/Serials Librarian. Responsible for acquisitions, interlibrary loans, serials, part-time cataloging, and preservation. Developed campus wide exhibit on disaster recovery.

Professional American Library Association (ALA), 1985-present Associations  CALM (Committee on Archives, Libraries and Museums) 2014- 2017.  ALA International Relations Committee, 2000-2002  IRC Subcommittee on Latin America, 2002-2005  IRC Bogle International Travel Fund Subcommittee, 2001-2003

3  ALA President's Committee on Preservation Policy, 1989-1991; PARS revision committee, 2007-2008  International Relations Round Table, 1999-present  LIRT PR/Membership Committee, 1989-1991 ALA- Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Section  ALCTS Monograph Managing Editor, 2010-2015  ALCTS Publications Working Group 2011-2015  ALCTS Working Group, Preservation Week, Chair 2009-2011  ALCTS elected representative IFLA Preservation & Conservation Section, 2007-2011, Corresponding Member 2012-2013, reelected 2013-  ALCTS IRC Committee, 2006-2008  ALCTS Publications Committee, 2004-2006; 2011-2015  ALCTS Esther Piercy Award Jury Committee, 1998-99 PARS/PLMS/RLMS  PARS Oral History working group chair, 2016-2018  PARS Service Project Working Group, 2015-2017  PARS Member at Large, 2005-2008, 2015-2018  PARS Program Planning & Publications Committee, 2001-2003, chair 2004-2006  PARS Taskforce: Cooperative Preservation Organizations, 1999- 2002  PARS Secretary, 1994-1995  PARS/PLMS Discussion Group co-chair, 1993-1995; PADG co- chair 1999-2000  PARS Intellectual Access Committee 1997-2001, Chair 2000- 2001  PLMS 1994 Program Committee (co-chair) 1993-1994  PLMS Preservation Management Committee 1992-1994  PLMS Task Force on Staffing Issues 1993-1994  RLMS Committee on Copying 1993-1994 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) 2006-present Strategic Program on Preservation and Conservation (PAC) 2006-present, USA and Canada Regional Center, director 2013- Preservation and Conservation Standing Committee 2007-present; P & C section Newsletter Editor 2008-2011 P & C section Information Coordinator 2013-2015 Chair of Standing Committee 2019-present American Institute for Conservation (AIC) 1993-95; 1999-present Professional Associate status, 2015. FAIC Governing Board Member 2010-2016.

4 National Heritage Responders (NHR), member 2009-present, Hurricane Sandy hot line responder, Puerto Rico phone assistance General Session Organizing Committee 2005 Book and Paper Section, 1999-present Nominating Committee Book and Paper 2005, 2007, 2015 Electronic Media, 2002-present Guild of Book Workers 1993-present Potomac Chapter, 1998-present Midwest Chapter, 1999-present, Co-chair, 2000-2002 Award Nominating Committee, 2012, Chair, 2015 Washington Conservation Guild, 2006-present Michigan Alliance for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage Governing Board, 1999-2006, President, 2002-2006. Created Award for community involvement and Angels projects to assist communities with preservation needs. American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) 1986-1989 AALL Call for 1988 “Computers, Planning for Disaster,” Law Library Journal, March 1989. Also published in Disaster Planning and Recovery, Special Libraries Association, 1989. A shortened version of this paper was presented at the Texas Library Association Annual Meeting, April 1989.

Select Publications Flood in Florence 1966 A Fifty Year Retrospective: Proceedings of Symposium, Maize Books Ann Arbor, 2018; “The Unlucky Ditch: Forward through Preparation for Disaster” pp.111-117. "Book Review: The Preservation Management Handbook: A 21st–Century Guide for Libraries, Archives, and Museums." Library Resources Technical Services 59, no 2 (2015): 95-96. “To Protect and Preserve.” American Libraries 45, no. 3/4 (Mar./Apr. 2013): 48-49. “Engage for Preservation Week” Archival Products News, Vol. 17, no. 2 (2012): 1-3. Digital Book Printing for Dummies, Book Industry Study Group, Inc., Wiley Publishing, Hoboken, NJ, 2010 (Contributor). “Putting Disaster Preparedness at the Top of the ‘To Do List’” MLA Forum, Vol. 4, No.2, Dec. 15, 2005. http://www.mlaforum.org/volumeIV/issue2/article1.html “Alkaline Paper Versus Acidic Paper in Current Publishing: A Preliminary Analysis,” Changing Book Conference and Proceedings, July, 2005. Risk and Insurance Management Manual for Libraries, LAMA ALA, Chicago IL, 2005 (Managing Editor and Contributor), new edition updating begun 2018 “The Urge to Preserve: Cuban Collaborations,” World Libraries, Spring, 2002 http://www.worlib.org/vol13no1-2/index.shtml

5 “Cuba Paradigms: The Johns Hopkins University Experience” and “The Use of Handheld Computers in Preservation and Conservation Settings,” Book and Paper Group Annual (AIC), Vol. 19, 2000. “Understanding Property Insurance Values” (Valuing Library Collections), URMIA Journal, 2001. “The Cuba-U.S. Exchange Program,” International Leads, June 1999. Promoting Preservation Awareness in Libraries: A Sourcebook for Academic, Public, School, and Special Collections, Greenwood Press, Westport, CT, 1997(Co-editor and Contributor). Updated appendices on companion site, 2006; http://www.abc- clio.com/BookCompanion.aspx?id=2147498078 “Selling Collections Care to Funders,” Abbey Newsletter, May 1995. “A Widening Circle: Preservation Literature Review, 1992,” Library Resources & Technical Services, July 1993. “Meeting Reports, ALA LIRT Midwinter Forum,” Conservation Administration News July 1992. “Converging Concepts,” Library Instruction Round Table News, June 1992. “Library Instruction and Preservation: A report from the Midwinter Program,” Library Instruction Round Table News, March 1992. SCMLA Fall 1988 Conference “The Importance of Hidden Identity in Malory's Mort d’Arthur,” published as “The Sense of Hidden Identity in Malory's Morte Darthur,” in Sir Thomas Malory: Views and Re-views, edited by D. Thomas Hanks, Jr., AMS Press, 1992.

Selected IFLA 2017 Satellite meeting New Challenges for the Preservation of Presenta- documentary heritage; “If the future is now, can the past also be now? tions/curat- The developing relationship between conservation and scientific ed exhibits evidence”. IFLA 2015 Satellite “Sustainable decision-making to preserve the national

and international collections at the Library of Congress: A shared responsibility” and World Conference program “Digitization to avoid intellectual content loss from natural disasters”. “Should it Stay or Should it Go” Keynote Address Caxton Club Symposium on the Book, Preserving the Evidence, April 17-18, 2015. “A Light on Cuba through the Library of Congress’ Ediciones Vigia Collection” March 3 &10, 2015 Rare Books and Special Collections Division Library of Congress. “Knowledge for Disaster planning: lowering the risk, lowering the stress” invited speaker, SERCA Annual meeting, Savannah, GA. March 6-7, 2015. British Library “Evolution or Revolution: Collections Conservation conference October, 2013; paper presentation “The developing relationship between Collections Care and Digitization: a symbiotic relationship”. University of Missouri Cultural Bricolage Artist Books of Cuba’s Ediciones Vigia November 11-13, 2012; panel “Why Collect Ediciones Vigia Books?” and speaker, “Preserving Vigia”. HBI/LBI Conference October, 24-26, 2012 “LOC and a Publishing Industry Update”. IFLA World Conference August 11-17, 2012; Acquisitions & Collection

6 Development Section juried program submission:” Inclusionary Tactics for Print and Digital: Managing and Remembering in order to improve access, resource sharing and preservation of print collection. “http://conference.ifla.org/past/ifla78/session-139.htm ALA Program 2012: ALCTS PARS Book and Paper Interest Group Meeting speaker: Mass Deacidification, June 24 FAFLRT Program: “Disaster response Lessons Learned”, June 23, 2012. AIC Conference, May 2012: “Taking the Measure: Treatment and testing in Mass Deacidification”, with Fenella France, Chief, Preservation of Research and Testing Division. ALA programs 2015, 2010: ALCTS/AASL/PLA, “National Preservation Week: Pass it On!” (panel chair), Sunday, June 27, The Library History Round Table Invited Speakers Program: Documenting and Celebrating your Library’s History, June 27, invited speaker Public lectures on care of photographs, books, personal papers, films, videotape, sound recordings, and personal digital collections at Baylor University, Waco, TX; and the Mt. Lebanon Public Library, Pittsburgh, PA. May 9-14, 2010. Week long Bookbinding workshops at Ghost Ranch, New Mexico, 2006 and 2007, Book Treatment, 2015. “Preservation Partners: Engaging staff in Preservation Efforts,” IFLA Conference, Seoul South Korea, August 22, 2006. “Risk and Obsolescence,” Persistence of Memory Conference, November 2- 3, 2005. “Family Treasure Day,” Opening Talk, Oct. 29, 2005 Michigan State Archives. “National Preservation Program for Agricultural Literature—Access and Preservation,” XIth IAALD World Congress 2005, Lexington, KY May 15-18, 2005. “Paper and : An Overview of Key Issues,” Colloquia International sobre el Patrimonio Documental en Papel y Digital, Havana, Cuba, March 2005. “Handheld Computers for Preservation Use,” 6th International Conference on Conservation, CENCREM, Havana, Cuba April, 2003. “Hell & High Water: Planning for Disaster,” invited speaker to deliver presentation on insurance issues at ALA pre-conference, Atlanta, June 13, 2002. “Wrapped Words: Handmade Books from Cuba’s Ediciones Vigía” Opening presentation Kresge Art Museum, January 11, 2002 and continuing through exhibition. Adjunct Kresge Art Museum 2002-2004. “Understanding Property Insurance Values” (Valuing Library Collections), University Risk Managers and Insurance Association Conference (URMIA), September 2000. “The Use of Handheld Computers in Preservation and Conservation Settings,” Books and Paper Section “International Conservation in Cuba: Paradigms,” AIC General Session, June 2000. “Libraries Build International Communities,” ALA President’s Program January 16, 2000. “Moving Librarianship into the Global Village,” ALA Conference ACRL-

7 IRC Program, June 27, 1999. “Are You Covered? Insuring the Library Collection,” ALA Conference Program, June 24, 1995. “Selling Preservation: What to Say to the Customer,” ALA Conference Program, June 27, 1994. “Library Instruction & Preservation Education: Converging Concepts,” ALA Midwinter Library Instruction Round Table (LIRT), Discussion Forum Organizer and Moderator, ALA conference, 1992. “Print Repositories,” North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG) 18th Annual Conference, Portland OR, 2003. “Words in a Frame: Cuban Book Artists” slide/lecture on Ediciones Vigía, book cooperative Matanzas, Cuba, University of South Florida, March 29, 2005; Potomac Chapter, Guild of Book Workers, 1998; Midwest Chapter, 2000; Baltimore Bibliophiles, 1999; Friends of Dard Hunter Conference Chicago 1999; CHARLA Lecture, MSU Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, 1999; MSU Libraries Colloquia Series, Oct. 2000. International Conference on the Preservation of Paper and Photographs, May 11-15, 1998 National Archives of Cuba Havana, Cuba. Presented Spanish CALIPR software (translated through Mellon funding) & participated in Roundtable on Tropical Preservation. (software no longer available) One-day and half-day workshops on disaster planning, insurance issues, bookbinding, preservation principles: various locations. “Disaster Planning,” New Jersey Library Association Spring Conference Program, April 27, 1994.

Grant IMLS Grant participant 2005-2006; Persistence of Memory grant 2005-2006 Awards, review NEH Save America’s Treasures Grant, 2005. Panels Bay Foundation Grant, Board Reattachment workshop Havana, Cuba December 17-21, 2001.

NEH-CIC Reformatting Grant, 2000. NEH-USAIN Reformatting Grant, 2000 and 2002. ACLS/SSRC Working Group on Cuba, grant award to teach repair workshop, National Archives, Havana, Cuba January 24-28, 2000; December 10-14, 2001 Mellon Foundation grant to create a Spanish CALIPR, 1998. Mary Washington College Undergraduate Research Grant (Bioethics) Summer, 1991. IMLS Grants reviewer; Review Board Member 1998- 2006 various years NEH preservation grants reviewer 1994- New York State Preservation Grants reviewer 1998- Michigan Humanities Council Grants 2005. Library of Michigan LSTA grants 2003.

8 Education Mellon Internship, University of Michigan 1992-1993 University of Missouri-Columbia, MO, MLS, Library Science 1986 University of Missouri-Columbia, MO, and Baylor University, Waco, TX, 40 graduate hours in English Literature 1982 - 89 University of Missouri-Kansas City, MO, BA, English, 1976

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