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
| ISBN: | 9781780633961 |
| Publication date: | 9th December 2014 |
| Author: | Robertson, Guy |
| Publisher: | Elsevier Science |
| Format: | Ebook |
Libraries are constantly at risk. Every day, many libraries and their collections are damaged by fire, flooding, high winds, power outages, and criminal behaviour.
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Disaster Planning for Libraries was written by Robertson, Guy and published by Elsevier Science
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