Hurricane Preparedness and Response
Originally presented October 21, 2009.
As hurricane season approaches, libraries are looking for ways to be better prepared for disaster response and recovery. Join guest presenter Lauren Mandel, research coordinator for a new project that identifies and collects key service roles, best practices, tools and resources to make better use of public libraries for hurricane and disaster preparation and recovery. The Florida-based project helps libraries reprioritize disaster and recovery efforts to address the needs of the broader community through partnerships with fellow responders (emergency management, local government and other agencies) and to become a safe haven, a recovery center, information hub and evacuee resource. Come learn how this project can inform your library’s disaster preparedness plan and how your library can play an important role in community preparedness and recovery.
Hurricane Preparedness & Response for Florida Public Libraries: hurricanes.ii.fsu.edu/
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Additional Resources:
- Hurricane Preparedness & Response for Florida Public Libraries: hurricanes.ii.fsu.edu/
- Working with Emergency Responders: Tips for Cultural Institutions from Heritage Preservation
- Webcast archive: cci.fsu.edu/news/ on Library Disaster Preparedness with state library directors from the Gulf Coast region
- National Library of Medicine Disaster Information Management Research Center
- NLM Disaster Preparedness and Response Web Links
- DISASTR-OUTREACH-LIB listserv for all-hazards information outreach and related activities that libraries/librarians can offer to their communities and including monthly conference calls (with speakers, updates, discussion) for librarians interested in all-hazards outreach also hosted by the Disaster Information Management Research Center at the National Library of Medicine.
- dPlan™: The Online Disaster-Planning Tool
- From the Virginia Public Records Management Manual see Chapter 3 on Disaster Planning
- From the University of Texas-Austin Hurricane and Related Disasters Emergency Plan
- From the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC) Disaster Response & Recovery
- Florida Division of Emergency Management floridadisaster.org/
- City of Miami Emergency Management
- Resources at MedlinePlus.gov, direct your patrons to H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu) and in Spanish
- National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Southeastern Atlantic Region has occasional funding opportunities related to disaster prep: nnlm.gov/sea
- Free posters and other resources from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention
- Northeast Document Conservation Center's COSTEP: Coordinated statewide emergency preparedness: An emergency response framework for the cultural community, available at: http://statewideplan.pbworks.com/
- For more information on creating a disaster plan, check out the Lyrasis resources at: http://www.lyrasis.org/Preservation/Disaster-Resources/Disaster-Prevention-and-Planning.aspx
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