ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 856 / C&RL N e w s ■ N o v e m b e r 1999 P r e s e r v a t i o n N e w s Jane Hedberg D isa ste r re sp o n se W eb site T h e N a tio n a l T a s k F o rc e o n E m e rg e n c y R e­ s p o n s e h a s c r e a te d a W e b site, w h ic h fe a ­ t u r e s i n f o r m a t io n a b o u t s a lv a g in g w a te r - d a m a g e d c u ltu ra l m ate ria ls. It h a s lin k s to o rg a n iz a tio n s th a t c a n assist d u rin g a d isa ste r a n d in c lu d e s a list o f t e n tip s fo r h o m e o w n e rs fa c in g th e a fte rm a th o f a d isa ster. T h is is th e s a m e ta s k fo rc e th a t d e v e lo p e d a n d d istrib ­ u te d th e E m e rg e n c y R e s p o n s e a n d S alvage W h e e l fre e o f c h a rg e to th o u s a n d s o f lib ra r­ ies a n d c u ltural institutions. T h e URL is h t tp : / / w w w .h e rita g e p re se rv a tio n .o rg /P R O G R A M S / taskfer.htm . 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B o th t h e S p a n is h a n d E n g lish v e rs io n s a re a v a ila b le a t h t t p : / /w w w .n e d c c . org. ■ Jane Hedberg prepares this column fo r th e College Libraries C om m ittee , Com m ission on Preservation and Access. Submissions m ay be m ade t o Jane H edberg, W ellesley College; jhedberg@ wellesley.edu; fax: (781) 283-3690 http://www.heritagepreservation.org/PROGRAMS/ http://www.ifla.org/ http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla64/045-l mailto:hfha@intrepid.net http://www.nps.gov/hfc/conservation/ex-hibit/ http://www.nps.gov/hfc/conservation/ex-hibit/ http://www.nedcc mailto:jhedberg@wellesley.edu C&RL N e w s ■ N o v e m b e r 1999 / 8 57