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- ISBN-10: 058531585X
- ISBN-13: 978-0585315850
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Disaster Response and Planning for Libraries is a practical guide to help library directors plan for, and/or handle library disasters. It is written in straight-forward style, with little narrative or theory to distract from the instructions. The physical formatting of the text supports this approach. The book is laid out in a double column format with bold faced section headings and bulleted lists. Descriptive case studies from actual libraries are clearly marked and set apart from the main text. The result is a book that is easy to scan quickly to disseminate the informative content The first half of the book is divided into six sections dealing with disaster management: Response, Recovery, Prevention, Planning, and Procedures. Each section includes subheadings, lists, and questions which walk a manager through each step of a disaster, from the small scale to the large. The emphasis is placed on physical details that should not be overlooked, such as having utilities turned off after a fire, but psychological and and emotional issues are also discussed. The second half of the book contains a valuable resource for any manager: an appendix of 31 checklist and forms. These pages are formatted to be very functional, with blank lines and check boxes provided. A manager could use these pages as presented, or use them as blueprints in the development of customized procedures. The supporting material also includes a list of contacts for additional assistance and supplies, a bibliography, and an index. Managers working in an information environment, whether library, historical society, or archive, would find this book helpful not only as they write disaster plans but also as they reevaluate the plans already in place. I highly recommend this book.
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- Transforming Serials: The Revolution Continues : Proceedings of the North American Serials Interest Group, Inc. : 17th Annual Conference June 20-23, 2002 the College of wil by Susan L. Scheiberg on page 241
- Emerging Solutions in Reference Services: Implications for Libraries in the New Millennium (Monograph Published Simultaneously As Legal Reference Services Quarterly, 1/2) by John D. Edwards on page 160
- Disaster Management for Libraries and Archives by Graham Matthews on page 214
- Making Waves: New Serials Landscapes in a Sea of Change : Proceedings of the North American Serials Interest Group, Inc., 15th Annual Conference, June 22-25, 2000, by Joseph C. Harmon on page 30
- Introduction to Technical Services for Library Technicians (Haworth Series in Cataloging & Classification.) by Ruth C Carter in Back Matter
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