Disaster Planning: A How-to-Do-It Manual for Libraries (Book & CD-ROM) (How-To-Do-It Manuals for Libraries)

Written by experienced librarians who know because they've recovered from disasters, this important how-to helps librarians prepare for hurricanes, computer hackers, earthquakes, explosions, fires, floods, terrorist attacks, and other events too awesome to contemplate. Disaster Planning shows you how to: Create a working disaster team; Establish a communications strategy; Develop response plans, and Identify the proper relief/recovery agencies for your library. The companion CD-ROM is full of tools you can use, including: sample disaster plans, a downloadable and customizable template for creating your own disaster plan, links to disaster planning Web sites, a comprehensive directory of electronic resources and planning aids, and a disaster planning database with links to national agencies. No library, museum or archive - small or large - should be without this preparedness guide.

Whether a disaster is caused by avalanche, hurricane, computer hackers, explosion, flood, terrorist attack, or other event, this guide will help readers develop a precise, logical, and flexible plan for being prepared. Step-by-step instructions discuss creating a working disaster team, establishing a communications strategy, identifying relief and recovery agencies, developing response plans, and examining issues of cutting-edge library security. The accompanying CD contains a comprehensive directory of electronic resources and a disaster planning database with links to national agencies plus the disaster plan templates, which lay out "the rudimentary elements of a strategic response to emergency events." This valuable resource is an important addition to most professional collections. Susan Awe
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