Disaster Response and Planning for Libraries - Softcover

Kahn, Miriam B.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0838908373 ISBN 13: 9780838908372

Publisher: ALA Editions, 2002

Synopsis

Offers instructions on writing and implementing disaster plans for libraries.

About this title

From Library Journal

If your library doesn't already have a disaster plan, this book will give you enough adrenaline to start writing one. The author (Disaster Prevention and Response for Special Libraries, Professional Reading, LJ 5/1/95) is a specialist in preservation and disaster response, serving all types of cultural institutions, corporations, businesses, and disaster response companies. The unique presentation in this distinctive guide starts right off with a disaster. Kahn assumes that you may have an out-of-date plan or none at all. From the plan you move to recovery and a review of procedures used during the disaster in order to change and/or update your plan to reflect the actual steps followed during the disaster. Remaining chapters deal with prevention, planning, and response and recovery procedures. There are how-to-do-it instructions for materials in many formats, and case studies completing each chapter illustrate the information discussed. Dealing with computers and various storage formats is covered in detail, e.g., you may back up your hard drive every Friday onto tapes or discs, but do you store them off-site or keep them near your computer? CDs and CD-ROMs and what little is known about saving the information on this relatively new technology is discussed. Appendixes contain checklists, forms, and contacts. The excellent, current bibliography is arranged by format. Every library should buy a copy of this and keep it right next to the disaster plan. Invaluable.?Marie Bruni, Huntington Memorial Lib., Oneonta, NY
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist

A disaster can strike any library, and recovery from it depends largely on the work put into planning for dealing with it and responding to it. Kahn first considers response to disaster, including initial assessment of the situation, calling for outside assistance, and setting priorities for recovery. Especially important is dealing with the emotional states of persons affected by the disaster. Kahn ties all these responses into the planning that precedes development of the disaster plan. In the book's third and fourth sections, she deals with preventing disasters and developing a plan for dealing with one should it occur. She devotes the final section to recovery procedures for various types of materials. Valuable checklists and forms and a list of contacts for additional assistance and supplies are included. Edward Swanson

About this edition

• Publisher: ALA Editions
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0838908373
• ISBN 13: 9780838908372
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 168