Disaster Planning for Special Libraries

ISBN-13: 9780081009482 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 240 str.

Guy Robertson

Opis

Disaster Planning for Libraries is ideal for corporate librarians or corporate library staff members who are charged with developing security and disaster plans. It serves as a reference resource and guide, not only for people who have never considered the disaster planning process, but also for experienced planners. The first four chapters examine the wide variety of settings that corporate libraries occupy, from urban office towers and malls, to smaller buildings in suburban and rural locations. It considers the special circumstances of libraries in hospitals, law firms, manufacturing plants, and government departments, and discusses how corporate-wide security and disaster plans address-or fail to address-the risks in corporate libraries. The book summarizes the planning phases related to preparedness for, and in response to, security breaches, emergencies, and disasters. The next eight chapters cover the business resumption process for corporate libraries, including the implications of declaring a disaster, the best ways to assess damage to corporate library facilities and assets, the need for strategic alliances with different kinds of suppliers, opportunities for alliances with other libraries, and the normalization of library operations. The book then discusses the necessary post-disaster public relations that corporate libraries should organize and maintain after negative events, covering orientation and training programs for corporate library employees, and demonstrating how such programs can be adapted to meet the needs of libraries in various settings.

• Discusses how corporate-wide security and disaster plans address-or fail to address-the risks in corporate libraries
• Presents critical information in an accessible manner
• Offers different approaches to a broad range of security and disaster planning topics in corporate libraries
• Considers a variety of physical settings for corporate libraries, including office towers, malls, and basements, and the associated risks in these settings for staff and library assets

Recenzje

"COVID-19, something that left many library personnel having to think on their feet and be creative, receives attention in the areas it impacted. Initially it is discussed in the area of job security, and income consistency, then, as per its listing in the contents page index: 'Appendix 5: corporate library pandemic management program'. Appendix 5 provides a very interesting and timely discussion on how so many libraries (and many other businesses I imagine) were caught short by the pandemic - and notes this was the case even during the flu pandemic a hundred years ago. While management plans have considered many of the issues common to their location, e.g. floods or earthquakes, and have adjusted with time to include increasingly possible terrorist attacks or computer hacking, the concept of a world-wide pandemic seems to have been too unimaginable to even be considered. What is extremely useful here is the presentation of the NSICL (Norfolk Square Investments Corporate Library) developed Pandemic Management Program. If for no other reason, purchasing this book will give you this well put-together, thorough, and organised plan that could easily be adapted to the unique needs of any library. Over several pages, the check-lists, explanations, and recommendations for Pandemic Preparation are succinct, accessible and something you'll probably find yourself using as a base for your own newly identified policy/procedure needs!" --Journal of the Austrailian Library and Information Associated

Spis treści

1. A disaster planner for your library
2. First challenges
3. Assessing risks to your library
4. Preparedness and risk mitigation
5. Emergency and disaster response
6. Assessing the damage
7. Event recognition, disaster declaration, and crisis management
8. Strategic alliances: Internal and external partners
9. Operational resumption, succession planning, and postdisaster workspace
10. Postdisaster concerns of library personnel
11. Normalization
12. Orientation and training
13. Auditing your disaster plan
14. Future concerns for special librarians: a personal view

Appendix 1: Risk assessment and analysis: the Library and Records Centre of a Financial Services and Investments firm in Vancouver, British Columbia
Appendix 2: Law firm library: risk mitigation program
Appendix 3: Western Petroleum Research Institute Library
Appendix 4: Emergency equipment inspection and audit report
Appendix 5: Corporate library pandemic management program
Appendix 6: Disaster response manager's kit

O autorze

Based in Vancouver, Canada, Guy Robertson is a senior instructor at Langara College, where he teaches library history, reference and readers' advisory services, and records management. He is also an instructor in information security and risk management at the Justice Institute of British Columbia. He works as a consultant to organizations across North America, and has provided advice and services to libraries, archives, records centers, and museums in Europe and Asia. Mr. Robertson is noted for his research into book and manuscript theft, data loss and protection, and financial fraud and forgery. He has delivered keynote speeches, seminars, and workshops at conferences not only for librarians and archivists, but also for other professional and technical groups.