Disaster Planning for Libraries - Process and Guidelines (Paperback)

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

General

Imprint:	Chandos Publishing (Oxford) Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Chandos Information Professional Series
Release date:	December 2014
Authors:	Guy Robertson
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 7mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	232
ISBN-13:	978-1-84334-730-9
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Library & information sciences > Library, archive & information management
LSN:	1-84334-730-X
Barcode:	9781843347309

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