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.
| ISBN: | 9781843347309 |
| Publication date: | 15th December 2014 |
| Author: | Guy (Justice Institute of British Columbia, Canada; Adjunct professor, University of British Columbia; Senior instru Robertson |
| Publisher: | Chandos Publishing (Oxford) Ltd an imprint of Woodhead Publishing Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 232 pages |
| Series: | Chandos Information Professional Series |
| Genres: |
Natural disasters Social impact of disasters Knowledge management |