ClipNote #40: Emergency Response Planning in College Libraries

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Item Number
978-0-8389-8524-3
Published
2009
Publisher
ACRL
Pages
162
Width
8 12"
Height
11"
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Softcover
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Emergency Response Planning in College Libraries (CLIP Note #40) provides information on disaster and emergency response planning and management to assist librarians in the creation and updates of emergency response plans. This publication updates Emergency Planning and Management in College Libraries (CLIP Note # 17), with responses to a new survey and the compilation of newer plans and policies that reflect our awareness of more recent events such as Hurricane Katrina and September 11. Selected documents contain procedures for coping with a wide range of potential emergencies, from power failures to armed intruders, and a bibliography points not only to articles and books but also professionally developed web sites containing extensive documentation on current best practices.

This book is suitable for community college, college, and university libraries as well as a pedagogical tool for library and information schools.

Introduction
Objective
Background: Survey Procedure, Organization of Documents

ANALYSIS OF SURVEY RESULTS
General Information on the Survey Respondents
Past Experience with Emergencies and Disasters
Emergency Response Planning: Manuals
Emergency Response Management
Conclusion

BIBLIOGRAPHY

SURVEY RESULTS

DOCUMENTS
The Plan: Introduction, Organization, Communication, Priorities
Responses to Emergencies
Prevention Resources (Internal and External)
Recovery, Insurance, Reports, Business Resumption

Marcia Thomas

Marcia Thomas is Director of Technical Services, Illinois Wesleyan University (Bloomington, IL)

Anke Voss

Anke Voss is Director of Special Collections, Urbana Free Library (Urbana, IL).