[PADG:1063] LAMA Program on Disaster Planning--New Orleans

["Lorraine Olley" <lolley@xxxxxxx>]

Here is more complete information on the program.  Hope to see many of
you there!

Lorraine Olley, LAMA Executive Director
(and way-past chair, PARS)

Title:   When Bad Things Happen to Nice Libraries: Building an
Emergency and Disaster Preparedness Program
Date:   6/24/2006
Time:   10:30 AM- 12:00PM
Location:    Morial Convention Center room: Rm. 352

Description:    Libraries have policies addressing many aspects of 
security, but formulating a response to a major disaster defies easy 
solution. Every library must plan for fire, flood, earthquake or 
other destructive event, both to protect staff and preserve the 
collections. In addition, the library's fiduciary responsibility 
requires some policy to be in place. Speakers will address the 
issues involved in drafting a policy and some actual catastrophic 
experiences. Participants will come away with the perspective and 
skills to construct a practical response to an extreme situation.

Speakers:

Sharman Bridges Smith, Executive Director, Mississippi Library
Commission

Eric Wedig, Chief Bibiliographer for Social Sciences and Government
Publications, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library,Tulane University

Steven Hersh, The Library of Congress

Dean Lance Query, Acting Director, Tulane Law School Library