Randy Silverman discussed how the Tbilisi State University Library experienced a 15-year mold event that damaged 80,000 rare western books. Blue Shield Georgia's successful Cultural Emergency Response grant from the Prince Claus Fund (Amsterdam) supported a 10-day onsite assessment of the problem in January 2017. The consultant assembled conservators, the building's original architect, a preservation architect, and an air conditioning (HVAC) engineer to determine the cause of the bloom in the 1960-period building. Speaker Biography: Randy Silverman has served as the head of preservation at the University of Utah's Marriott Library since 1993. He teaches workshops on disaster planning for the Western States and Territories Preservation Assistance Service (WESTPAS), and is recognized for his national disaster recovery efforts. He has 80 professional publications and has presented professional lectures or workshops in 30 states and 13 foreign countries. He was given the American Library Association's Banks-Harris Preservation Award in 2013, received a Fulbright Specialists award in 2014 and was awarded the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, Gardner Prize, for "outstanding academic contributions" in 2016. For transcript and more information, visit www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=8296

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