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[PADG:997] RE: not just wet books...
Cathy:
At the National Library of Medicine, collections disaster
response guidance is available on the NLM Intranet and in print.
NLM is on the campus of the National Institutes of Health.
NIH has responsibility for issuing guidance for dealing with the other
problems you refer to. The Collections Disaster Response Chief is informed
of updates and changes, and a brief review of the NIH guidance is included
in collections disaster response training.
On the NLM Intranet main page there are links to a variety
of emergency situations (the "Water Emergencies Endangering NLM
Collections" link is is one way for staff to access collections response
information):
As you
know, there is no "finished version" of response guidance. Call lists and
other components of the plan require periodic review and
updating. We are doing this quarterly, using spreadsheets and e-mail
to collect staff changes and updates from response team
heads. When we update the call list, we advise team heads to review
online guidance with their teams and let us know who needs collections disaster
response training.
-
Walter Cybulski
Preservation & Collection Mgmt.
Section
National Library of Medicine
301-496-2690
All,
I know many of us
have written disaster plans that outline what we should to do when there has
been a fire and some books get wet or there is an outbreak of mold after a rainy
weekend. But how many of us have an 'emergency' plan that
addresses what to do when there is a suspicious duffel bag left in the Lobby? Or
mysterious white powder is found on the top of the circ desk one
morning? Or what if a employee who was recently let go comes into the
staff lounge with a loaded weapon? What happens if your network
security is hacked and every computer in your systems becomes corrupted? How do
staff in wheelchairs on 2nd floor and above get out of the building when the
elevators are turned off in a fire situation?
Do you have such an
'emergency' plan at your Library? Is your 'damaged library materials'
plan (what we Preservation folk traditionally think of as a disaster plan)
integrated with the 'emergency' plan? Or are they separate? Are you,
as the Preservation Administrator, responsible for both? If not you,
who?? Possibly the Human Resources officer?
Any URL's or
information you can provide would be most appreciated. I will summarize
for the list if there is sufficient interest.
Thanks,
Cathy
Cathleen L. Martyniak
Head, Preservation
Department
Smathers Libraries
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32611
352-392-6962 (voice)
352-392-6597 (fax)
cathy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx