num_pages: 267
description: Written by experienced librarians who know because they've recovered from disasters, this important how-to helps librarians prepare for hurricanes, computer hackers, earthquakes, explosions, fires, floods, terrorist attacks, and other events too awesome to contemplate. Disaster Planning shows you how Create a working disaster team; Establish a communications strategy; Develop response plans, and Identify the proper relief/recovery agencies for your library. The companion CD-ROM is full of tools you can use, sample disaster plans, a downloadable and customizable template for creating your own disaster plan, links to disaster planning Web sites, a comprehensive directory of electronic resources and planning aids, and a disaster planning database with links to national agencies. No library, museum or archive - small or large - should be without this preparedness guide.
language: English
title: Disaster Planning: A How-to-Do-It Manual for Libraries (Book & CD-ROM)
titlecomplete: Disaster Planning: A How-to-Do-It Manual for Libraries (Book & CD-ROM) (How-To-Do-It Manuals for Libraries)
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Neal-Schuman Publishers