Theme
Response of libraries and archives to disasters: Preserving Memories, Community, and Restoring Hope
Start Date
1-6-2011 7:00 PM
End Date
1-6-2011 9:00 PM
Document Type
Poster
Description
The poster explores training of staff, identification of emergency exits and management perspective on the subject. The poster will illustrate: the variety of roles that librarians can assume in emergency and disaster planning, preparedness, response, and recovery; phases of preparedness to avoid unnecessary loss of collections and equipment, and the type of damages that library properties can sustain in periods of disaster.
Flood, hurricanes, fires and storms… a look at disaster preparedness in the Open Campus Libraries
The poster explores training of staff, identification of emergency exits and management perspective on the subject. The poster will illustrate: the variety of roles that librarians can assume in emergency and disaster planning, preparedness, response, and recovery; phases of preparedness to avoid unnecessary loss of collections and equipment, and the type of damages that library properties can sustain in periods of disaster.
