[PADG:546] RE: Research on disaster plans

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Patricia Turpening
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Subject: [PADG:541] Research on disaster plans


Hi,

A colleague of mine in another academic law library wonders whether any 
empirical research has been done on the cost effectiveness of disaster 
plans. Do libraries with explicit, detailed plans fare substantially
better 
than libraries with fill-in-the-blank forms and do those with the
simpler 
forms fare substantially better than those with no plans? Is the time
and 
effort that goes into extremely detailed plans paid back when a disaster

occurs?

Pat


Patricia Turpening
Head, Preservation and Archives
Senior Librarian
Organizing Committee Co-Chair, AAUP
University of Cincinnati Law Library
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Cincinnati, OH 45221-0142
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