{"product_id":"9781780633961","title":"Disaster Planning for Libraries: Process and Guidelines","description":"Libraries are constantly at risk. Every day, many libraries and their collections are damaged by fire, flooding, high winds, power outages, and criminal behaviour. Every library needs a plan to protect its staff, sites and collections, including yours. \u003ci\u003eDisaster Planning for Libraries\u003c\/i\u003e provides a practical guide to developing a comprehensive plan for any library. Twelve chapters cover essential areas of plan development; these include an overview of the risks faced by libraries, disaster preparedness and responding to disasters, resuming operations after a disaster and assessing damage, declaring disaster and managing a crisis, cleaning up and management after a disaster and normalizing relations, staff training, testing disaster plans, and the in-house planning champion.\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProvides a practical approach to developing a comprehensive plan for any library, big or small\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSupplements technical information with interviews and case studies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncludes appendices covering pandemic management, moisture control, and library security\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Elsevier Science","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47140037001456,"sku":"9781780633961","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781780633961_p0.jpg?v=1763713245","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781780633961","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}