Emergency preparedness and disaster recovery in school libraries
Subtitle: creating a safe haven
By: Christie Kaaland, in consultation with and photographs by William Lokey, former FEMA Federal Coordinating Officer
Contributors: Lokey, William M.
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 203
ISBN-13: 9781610697293; 9781610697309
Subjects: School libraries; Safety measures; Security measures; Emergency management; Planning; Disaster relief; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Library & Information Science / Administration & Management; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Library & Information Science / General
Description: "When disaster strikes, school librarians can play a key role in keeping kids safe. This is the only book written specifically to provide school librarians with emergency preparedness and recovery tools as well as curricular tie-ins. "--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-195) and index.
Table of contents: title: Library leadership during emergency preparedness and disaster recovery; title: Natural disasters; title: Human-caused disasters, intentional and accidental; title: Communication; title: Risk assesment and threats of school violence; title: Vulnerability assessment for the school library and beyond; title: Drill, drill, drill; title: Emergency planning, emergency kits; title: Recovery; title: Books that heal, books that help: using literature in disaster preparedness and recovery; title: Summary : the library as safe haven.