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.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
"The phrase 'if you only buy one book on this subject, make sure it is this one' is all too often over-used these days. However, in the case of Emergency Planning and Response for Libraries, Archives and Museums, this statement is entirely justified. This book is a true pearl. It is a Masterclass that is a standard text in waiting. The question is not whether or not to buy this book but rather how many copies to buy? Should it be one? Or should it be one for each Disaster Box?" - Meic Pierce Owen "This book is a must for anyone working in the heritage sector! It's a realistic and practical primer on all aspects of emergency planning. Emma Dadson is the perfect person to write it, because of her in-depth experience of helping all kinds of organisations in all kinds of emergency, from floods to power outages. There is plenty of useful advice on emergency roles, salvage procedures, service continuity, and forming effective relationships within the parent organisation. The book's value is enhanced by candid case studies in which those involved share lessons learned." - Alison Cullingford "The phrase 'if you only buy one book on this subject, make sure it is this one' is all too often over-used these days. However, in the case of Emergency Planning and Response for Libraries, Archives and Museums, this statement is entirely justified. This book is a true pearl. It is a Masterclass that is a standard text in waiting. The question is not whether or not to buy this book but rather how many copies to buy? Should it be one? Or should it be one for each Disaster Box?" -- Meic Pierce Owen "This book is a must for anyone working in the heritage sector! It's a realistic and practical primer on all aspects of emergency planning. Emma Dadson is the perfect person to write it, because of her in-depth experience of helping all kinds of organisations in all kinds of emergency, from floods to power outages. There is plenty of useful advice on emergency roles, salvage procedures, service continuity, and forming effective relationships within the parent organisation. The book's value is enhanced by candid case studies in which those involved share lessons learned." -- Alison Cullingford "Emergencies happen regardless of whether we have a response plan. Everyone responsible for managing collections - not only in libraries but also in museums, archives, universities, cultural institutions, businesses, government agencies and local councils - will find this book an invaluable resource. Organisations with collections and resources at risk, from one-person libraries to huge institutions with multiple buildings, should keep a copy of Emergency Planning and Response for Libraries, Archives and Museums on the shelf beside their emergency plan, to consult when updating the plan or in case of an emergency." -- Australian Library Journal "...a thorough overview of the steps of emergency response and the issues that need to be considered in planning for and responding to a disaster." -- Archival Issues
Sprache
Verlagsort
Zielgruppe
Für Beruf und Forschung
Professional Practice & Development
Maße
Höhe: 234 mm
Breite: 156 mm
Dicke: 14 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-1-85604-808-8 (9781856048088)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Emma Dadson is widely known in the library and heritage sectors as an expert in emergency recovery and response and has worked with the UK's leading document restoration service, Harwell, for 12 years training over 2,000 individuals. She has been the chairman of the British Damage Management Association and was named Business Continuity Consultant of the Year 2007.
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
