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Dear colleagues,

 

During the month of May, archives, galleries, libraries, museums, cultural
heritage sites and organisations across Australia are encouraged to
participate in MayDay - a national campaign for the protection of cultural
heritage from disaster. Originating in the United States in 2006, the MayDay
concept is promoted in Australia by Blue Shield Australia.

 

MayDay aims to raise awareness about disaster preparedness and to encourage
people to perform at least one disaster-preparedness task in May each year.
There are many types of emergency that we can be better prepared for, from
the potential impact of faulty electrical wiring in the building next door,
to bushfires, cyclones, and internal or external floods. 

 

In 2009, people in cultural heritage organisations are encouraged to print
the MayDay 2009 flier and post it on a notice board before 1 May. 

 

Click
<http://www.collectionscouncil.com.au/thirteenth+announcement+24+march+2009.
aspx>  HERE
(http://www.collectionscouncil.com.au/thirteenth+announcement+24+march+2009.
aspx) to download your copy of the MayDay flier and to learn how you can be
involved in MayDay 2009.

 

For more information contact Blue Shield Australia's secretariat at
blueshield at collectionscouncil.com.au, or call (08) 8207 7287. 

 

Sincerely, 

 

Margaret Birtley

Secretariat, Blue Shield Australia

c/- Collections Council of Australia Ltd

PO Box 263

Rundle Mall  SA  5000

AUSTRALIA

 

Tel:   + 61 (0)8 8207 7272

Fax:  + 61 (0)8 8207 7207

Mobile: + 61 (0)418 814 957

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