{"id":4876,"date":"2018-08-22T14:45:48","date_gmt":"2018-08-22T19:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/preservation\/?p=4876"},"modified":"2018-08-22T14:48:03","modified_gmt":"2018-08-22T19:48:03","slug":"nancy-kraft-reflects-on-disaster-response-in-new-book-chapter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/2018\/08\/22\/nancy-kraft-reflects-on-disaster-response-in-new-book-chapter\/","title":{"rendered":"Nancy Kraft reflects on disaster response in new book chapter"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4877\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4877\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/files\/2018\/08\/flood_in_florence_1966.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4877 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/files\/2018\/08\/flood_in_florence_1966-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Flood in Florence, 1966: A Fifty-Year Retrospective cover art\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/files\/2018\/08\/flood_in_florence_1966-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/files\/2018\/08\/flood_in_florence_1966.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4877\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flood in Florence, 1966: A Fifty-Year Retrospective<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Congratulations to our very own \u201cQueen of Disaster,\u201d Nancy Kraft, on the recent publication of her new book chapter.<\/p>\n<p>Nancy&#8217;s chapter, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/ir.uiowa.edu\/lib_pubs\/236\/\">Bridging the Rivers<\/a>,&#8221; appears in <em>Flood in Florence, 1966: a Fifty-Year Retrospective<\/em>, out now from Michigan Publishing. Find out how Nancy developed her disaster response expertise as she recounts the numerous floods and other disasters she has tackled throughout her career, and reflects on the changes she has seen over time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.3998\/mpub.9310956\"><em>Flood in Florence, 1966: a Fifty-Year Retrospective<\/em><\/a> features the proceedings of a 2016 symposium which marked the fiftieth anniversary of a catastrophic flood in Florence, Italy. Hundreds of thousands of books, manuscripts, and other cultural heritage artifacts were buried in muck, and the subsequent recovery efforts made a lasting impact on the conservation and preservation fields. The symposium proceedings share insights about disaster preparedness and response, conservation, and the past and future of the preservation profession.<\/p>\n<p><em>Flood in Florence, 1966: A Fifty-Year Retrospective, ed. Paul Conway and Martha O&#8217;Hara Conway. Ann Arbor, MI: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2018. DOI: <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.3998\/mpub.9310956\">http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.3998\/mpub.9310956<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to our very own \u201cQueen of Disaster,\u201d Nancy Kraft, on the recent publication of her new book chapter. Nancy&#8217;s chapter, &#8220;Bridging the Rivers,&#8221; appears in Flood in Florence, 1966: a Fifty-Year Retrospective, out now from Michigan Publishing. 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