Description
Book SynopsisLearn from those who actually dealt with disaster! Regardless of the type of library, natural disasters can have catastrophic effects on its collections and artifacts. Dealing with Natural Disasters in Libraries provides an inside look at different disasters and how diverse types of libraries dealt with the consequences. This useful resource covers a wide range of natural disasters, including flood, fire, water damage, mold, sick building syndrome, and hurricane damage. Librarians from different types of libraries describe personal efforts to cope with real-life cases of disaster, and discuss principles and lessons which can be used to plan forand better respond tofuture catastrophic occurrences. Every library should have a disaster plan in place. Dealing with Natural Disasters in Libraries provides realistic guidance on how to best prepare for catastrophic damage and loss, and practical suggestions on how to best respond once disaster does strike. The
Table of Contents
- 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
