Disaster Planning for Libraries: Process and Guidelines

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 prac...

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Main Author: Robertson, Guy 1954- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Kent Elsevier Science 2014
Series:Chandos Information Professional Series
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Online Access:FAW01
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Summary: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.Provides a practical approach to developing a comprehensive plan for any library, big or smallSupplements technical information with interviews and case studiesIncludes appendices covering pandemic management, moisture control, and library security
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Physical Description:1 online resource (230 pages)
ISBN:9781780633961
9781843347309

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