Dealing with Natural Disasters in Libraries

ISBN-13: 9780789036094 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 260 str.

William Miller

Opis

'Dealing with Natural Disasters in Libraries' is an inside look at different disasters and how diverse types of libraries dealt with the consequences. Librarians discuss principles and lessons which can be used to plan for - and better respond to - future catastrophic occurrences.

Spis treści

• Introduction: Dealing with Natural Disasters (William Miller )
• A Selected Bibliography of Library Disaster Stories: Before, During, and After (Jane Strudwick)
• Coming Back from Major Disaster: Month One (Susan C. Curzon)
• The Importance of Disaster Planning for the Small Public Library (Sonya L. Green and Thomas H. Teper)
• Fire at University of New Mexico Library (Terry Gugliotta)
• The Seven Deadly Sins of Disaster Recovery (Randy Silverman)
• The Great University of Georgia Libraries Fire of ’03: Lessons Learned and Questions Raised (Ryan Perry)
• Lessons Learned from Katrina: What Really Matters in a Disaster (Kay L. Wall)
• Steamy Situation: Water Emergency in Sterling Memorial Library (Tara D. Kennedy)
• Riding the Surf: Dealing with Library Disasters in Island Communities (Lynn Ann Davis)
• The Complicated Symptoms of Sick Buildings (Richard P Widdicombe)
• Major and Minor Mold Outbreaks: Summer of 2002 (Nancy E. Kraft)
• Keeping the Beast at Bay: Fighting Mold at the University of Missouri-Columbia Journalism Library (Cindy Dudenhöffer)
• Observations of Ground Zero: From the Outside (Sharman Bridges Smith)
• Rebuilding a High School Library Collection After Hurricane Katrina (Idella Washington)
• "Nor Any Drop to Drink": New Orleans Libraries in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina (Robert E. Skinner)
• The 2004 and 2005 Gulf Coast Hurricanes: Evolving Roles and Lessons Learned for Public Libraries in Disaster Preparedness and Community Services (Paul T. Jaeger, Lesley A. Langa, Charles R. McClure, and John Carlo Bertot)
• SOLINET’s Gulf Coast Libraries Recovery Projects for Public and Academic Libraries (Kate Nevins and Sandra Nyberg)
• Index
• Reference Notes Included

O autorze

William Miller, Rita Pellen