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

by Deborah D. Halsted, Richard P. Jasper, Felicia M. Little

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 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, 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.

267 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2005

Reviews

[Mack Little · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was co-author on this one.