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Peer reviewedDyer, Victor – Public Libraries, 1987
A hands-on workshop simulated a library disaster and demonstrated the best strategies for salvaging library materials. Participants learned how to assess the available personnel and materials, the nature and extent of a disaster, and how to decide on a recovery strategy. (EM)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Emergency Programs, Higher Education, Inservice Education
Sautter, Roberta; Shea, Margaret – 1984
This plan was developed to prevent any unnecessary loss of Rhode Island's library resources in the event of a disaster. Representatives from public, academic, and special libraries, town clerks' offices, and historical societies formed the Rhode Island Disaster Information Task Force, which collected materials from a wide range of institutions.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Archives, Check Lists, Emergency Programs
Peer reviewedMagrath, Lynn L.; Dowlin, Kenneth E. – Special Libraries, 1987
Presents the role of the Pikes Peak Library District's services in the creation and dissemination of an online clearinghouse in all four phases of emergency management: mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. Seven agencies and organizations involved in the network of community information that has been created are briefly described.…
Descriptors: Civil Defense, Clearinghouses, Community Information Services, Cooperative Programs
Peer reviewedGriffen, Agnes M. – Special Libraries, 1987
An urban public library responds to an invitation from the local Fire and Rescue Services Department to make suggestions for improving communication between the library and the County Emergency Management Program. Recommendations are made for library involvement in long-term prevention, preparedness to respond, response to emergencies, and…
Descriptors: Community Information Services, County Officials, Emergency Programs, Letters (Correspondence)
Download full textCentral New York Library Resources Council, Syracuse. – 1993
From August to November of 1992, 10 institutions from central New York State (Colgate University Library, Fayetteville Free Library, Herkimer County Community College Library, Oneida Community Mansion House, Onondaga Community College Library, Onondaga County Public Library, Onondaga Historical Association, Skaneateles Library Association, State…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Emergency Programs, Higher Education, Library Administration
