Emergency planning and response for libraries, archives and museums
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Emergency planning and response for libraries, archives and museums
Facet Pub., 2012
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-224) and index
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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 organisation’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 organisations offering a breadth of relevant experience and advice. Regardless of your time or cost constraints this text will outline exactly how to minimise 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 sectors
getting started on your plan
alarm raising and incident containment
the recovery operation
salvaging collections
critical documents such as priority lists, floorplans and disaster kits
business continuity and IT recovery
ensuring the plan’s efficacy
risk management and disaster prevention.
Readership: 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.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
Why is a plan important?
Definition and terminology
Will your existing plan work in practice?
Writing an effective plan – how to use this book
2. Case studies
Flood recovery at the State Library, Queensland, Australia
The fire at the Royal Horticultural Society Lindley Library, London
The New Zealand earthquakes
Wider recovery from a river flood at the University of Sussex, UK
Fire and flood recovery at Norfolk County Record Office, UK
Impact of power loss on an archive service in a UK local authority
Wider impacts after flooding to a university campus, including the archive
Strategies for preparedness at the Library of Congress
The Tohoku Earthquake and subsequent tsunami of 11 March 2011 and its impact on library and archive collections
3. Roles and responsibilities
Introduction
Emergency response activities
Emergency Management Team roles
Emergency Management Team additional roles
Ensuring your Emergency Management Team works effectively
4. Incident control
Introduction
Categorized response?
Uniform approach
Immediate responses to water damage
Immediate responses to fire
Immediate responses to flood or storm warning
Immediate responses to other types of incident
5. Planning the recovery operation
Emergency Management Team meeting
Tactics – in-house or outsource?
Triage assessment
Involving insurers
Health and safety
Ending the emergency phase
6. Collections salvage
Planning salvage
Stabilization and salvage strategy
Moving damaged items
Assessing damaged items
Air-drying techniques
Large-scale drying
Fire and smoke damage
7. Supplementary content
Personnel contact lists
Priority lists
Floor plans
Emergency equipment
External suppliers and utility companies
Additional appendices
Incident report forms
8. Dealing with the building
Water damage
Fire damage
Preventative measures
9. Business continuity
How to write a business continuity plan
Effective communications
10. Ensuring the plan’s efficacy
Making your plan user-friendly
Plan distribution
Plan testing
Training
Working with other sections of your organization
Continuous improvement
ConclusionBibliography and references
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