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Emergency Planning and Response for Libraries, Archives, and Museums
Author(s): Emma Dadson (Author)
- Publisher: Scarecrow Press
- Publication Date: September 20, 2012
- Language: English
- Print length: 240 pages
- ISBN-10: 0810887568
- ISBN-13: 9780810887565
Book Description
Are you prepared?
Whether you work with a special collection in a local archive or museum, in a large national library or managing records for a healthcare agency, an emergency plan is critical to your organization’s future.
Dadson draws on a decade of experience and award-winning training in this essential practical toolkit, enabling you to respond quickly and effectively to flood, fire and other emergencies. Expert advice is interwoven with cross-sectoral and international case studies drawn from high profile and smaller and medium-sized organizations offering a breadth of relevant experience and advice. Regardless of your time or cost constraints this text will outline exactly how to minimize risk, tackle real emergencies and ensure business continuity.
Each chapter guides you through the essentials including:
an introduction to emergency planning in the information and heritage sectorsgetting started on your planalarm raising and incident containmentthe recovery operationsalvaging collectionscritical documents such as priority lists, floorplans and disaster kitsbusiness continuity and IT recoveryensuring the plan’s efficacyrisk management and disaster prevention.
This is the ultimate resource for all those who work with collections in libraries, archives, museums and historic houses internationally, whether large or small. It’s also an invaluable tool for records managers in companies, local authorities and healthcare agencies. Lastly it offers a concise introduction to emergency planning and response for international library and information students.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“According to a 2005 Heritage Foundation study, 80 percent of U.S. collecting institutions do not have a written emergency plan with staff trained to carry it out. Lack of time and concern about cost are often cited as reasons. In response, Dadson marshals more than a decade of disaster-recovery experience to help libraries and other institutions fast-track emergency plans designed to minimize costly damage in situations such as fire, flood, earthquake, and utility failure. … Incorporating case studies, exercises, and templates, this practical manual lays out a framework that is both comprehensive and customizable. Although materials preservation is covered in detail, Dadson also addresses issues that may be overlooked, such as business continuity, communication, and facilities restoration. A concluding chapter on implementation provides a valuable reminder of the importance of gaining staff buy-in, testing, and training in the emergency-planning process. The book is recommended for libraries of all types.” ―Booklist
“In this book by Emma Dadson, a detailed and elaborate scope is prepared for how to create and maintain a usable plan that can actually be used during emergencies. Highly practical, the book is focused on two main parts: planning what to do during an emergency, such as whom to contact, and focusing on how to salvage a collection post emergency….The book is thorough and detailed, paying close attention to important details that one often overlooks during an emergency.” ―Catholic Library World
“Emergency Planning and Response for Libraries, Archives and Museums is a thorough overview of the steps of emergency response and the issues that need to be considered in planning for and responding to a disaster. Archivists creating or revising emergency plans would do well to read this book in conjunction with other resources written for a North American audience.” ―Archival Issues
“A guide for disaster recovery. Emergency Planning and Response for Libraries, Archives, and Museums, by Emma Dadson, helps you to respond to flood, fire, and other emergencies. It starts with an introduction to emergency planning; other chapters include getting started on your plan, salvaging collections, business continuity and IT recovery, and alarm-raising and incident containment. There is also information on risk management and disaster prevention.” ―Computers in Libraries
