Disaster planning for libraries process and guidelin

• Main Author: Robertson, Guy (Author)
• Format: Unknown
• Language: English
• Published: Waltham, MA Elsevier, 2014
• Series: Chandos information professional
• Subjects: Libraries > Safety measures; Libraries > Security measures; Library materials > Conservation and restoration; Emergency management > Conservation and restoration
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• Item Description: Includes index
• Physical Description: viii,207 pages : 24 cm
• ISBN: 9781843347309; 184334730X (pbk.)

Libraries are constantly at risk. Every day, many libraries and their collections are damaged by fire, flooding, high winds, power outages, and criminal behaviour. Every library needs a plan to protect its staff, sites and collections, including yours. Disaster Planning for Libraries provides a practical guide to developing a comprehensive plan for any library. Twelve chapters cover essential areas of plan development; these include an overview of the risks faced by libraries, disaster preparedness and responding to disasters, resuming operations after a disaster and assessing damage, declaring disaster and managing a crisis, cleaning up and management after a disaster and normalizing relations, staff training, testing disaster plans, and the in-house planning champion.