{"id":11147,"date":"2019-09-30T16:48:16","date_gmt":"2019-09-30T20:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.brown.edu\/libnews\/?p=11147"},"modified":"2019-09-30T16:48:16","modified_gmt":"2019-09-30T20:48:16","slug":"venditelli-un","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/venditelli-un\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcement | Head of Preservation, Conservation, and the Library Annex Exhibits Disaster Preparedness Kit at the United Nations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Michelle Venditelli describes the Brown University Library’s disaster preparedness kit to colleagues from India at the UN<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In May of this year, Michelle Venditelli, Head of Preservation, Conservation, and the Library Annex, attended \u201cSustainable Development Goals in Libraries today: the role of libraries in strengthening our communities,\u201d<\/a> a panel discussion at the United Nations\u2019 Dag Hammarskj\u00f6ld Library in New York. While there, she was invited to exhibit at the 68th<\/sup> Annual United Nations Civil Society Conference<\/a> at the Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, Utah. She was also asked to be a mentor during the Youth Mentorship Circle – Setting the Stage for Success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The three-day conference, held August 26 – 28, 2019, was co-hosted by the UN Department of Global Communications, Salt Lake City, and the NGO Executive Committee. It featured opening and closing plenary sessions, interactive thematic sessions, NGO-sponsored workshops, exhibits, and a youth hub. Speakers and attendees included leaders and other representatives from NGOs, UN agencies, academia, faith traditions, the public and private sectors, and youth from around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference focused on #11 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)<\/a>, a blueprint for action, advocacy, and partnership and a compass to ensure that no one is left behind, including those who are poor and vulnerable. The 11th SDG is, \u201cto make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable by 2030.\u201d The conference also explored the interlinkages among all 17 Goals, including critical issues relating to gender.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the exhibition component, Michelle presented an exhibit entitled \u201cReducing Risk in Libraries, Museums, and Cultural Institutions through Disaster Preparedness Kits.\u201d She was accompanied by a fully stocked disaster kit, which represents the Brown University Library\u2019s new approach to localized threats to our collections. Showcasing the kit at this conference provided Michelle with an opportunity to discuss cutting edge preservation efforts and techniques with professional peers from around the globe. \u201cIt was an honor to exhibit at this unique and critically important conference,\u201d Michelle said. \u201cInteracting with experts in disaster preparedness as well as professionals seeking to develop best practices around disaster prep for collections of all kinds was incredibly informative and rewarding.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The kit was extremely well received and sparked robust, excited conversation from library and museum colleagues from states throughout the U.S. and abroad. More than once, a colleague told Michelle that the kit is \u201clike a crash cart for disasters.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Staff from the University of Utah\u2019s Marriott Library were particularly impressed with the kit. At the conclusion of the conference, instead of shipping the sizable unit back to Brown, Michelle and the Brown Library gifted it to the Marriott Library, providing them with a much-needed preservation tool, which they were thrilled to receive.
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In May of this year, Michelle Venditelli, Head of Preservation, Conservation, and the Library Annex, attended \u201cSustainable Development Goals in Libraries today: the role of libraries in strengthening our communities,\u201d a panel discussion at the United Nations\u2019 Dag Hammarskj\u00f6ld Library in New York. While there, she was invited to exhibit at the 68th Annual United … Announcement | Head of Preservation, Conservation, and the Library Annex Exhibits Disaster Preparedness Kit at the United Nations<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,155,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exhibits-events","category-home-page","category-staff-transitions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11147\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}