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Disaster planning for libraries : process and guidelines /

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 prac...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Robertson, Guy, 1890-1960 (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Chandos Publishing, [2015]
Colección:Chandos information professional series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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 smal. lSupplements technical information with interviews and case studiesIncludes appendices ...
Notas:Includes index.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781780633961
1780633963
1322478759
9781322478753