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Selected bibliographies of materials available in the library, article databases, and other online resources.
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eBook
Disaster recovery planning [electronic resource] / Roopendra Jeet Sandhu [with NIIT]. Cincinnati, Ohio : Premier Press, c2002.

025.82 SWITZER
Safe at work? : library security and safety issues / Teri R. Switzer. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 1999.

363.3487087 DISASTE
Disaster preparedness : for people with disabilities / American Red Cross, Disaster Services [Washington, D.C.? : The Services, 1997]

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3 Days, 3 Ways
A site to a developed through a joint effort between emergency management agencies throughout King County to raise awareness of citizens to get prepared for a major event. The campaign is designed to be easy to learn the steps to preparedness to place residents in a stronger position to be more resilient in a major event such as earthquake, winter storms, or terrorist attack.
ALA Disaster Preparedness and Recovery
Resources for libraries of all sizes and types. Contains information/links for collection valuation, disaster preparedness web sites, information on available training and other available resources.
ALA Library Fact Sheet 10: Disaster Response: A Selected Annotated Bibliography
Selective resource for libraries of all sizes and types. Contains links to disaster preparedness web sites information on available training, and other available resources, including a select book bibliography.
California Preservation Program
Provides information, education, and expert assistance on preservation of collections to libraries, archives, historical societies, cultural institutions and records repositories. Includes a Library Disaster Plan template.
Disaster Mitigation Planning Assistance
Information on disaster plans for cultural institutions, including libraries, museums, historical societies and archives help to mitigate damage to collections in the event of a disaster; information on recovery techniques; links to regional conservation preservation field service offices; search search by state, multiple states nationally or by type of service, expert or supply.
Disaster Preparedness & Response
Information from Conservation Online (CoOL), a project of the Preservation Department of Stanford University Libraries, covering disaster preparedness and response information of interest to those involved with the conservation of library, archives and museum materials.
Disaster Planning for Libraries
Includes information and links for repair/preservation of books, objects, film, video and other materials; preservation material products and vendors; and disaster plans.
Emergency Preparedness & Response (CDC/NIOSH)
Resoruces CDC's National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health, including emergency preparedness for business, emergency response resources, disaster site management, storm & flood cleanup, chemical agent information, personal protective equipment, terrorism response, and more. Also available is the NIOSH pocket guide to chemical hazards.
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Disaster preparedness and response information for emergency personnel, businesses and professionals, government, institutions, individuals, and kids.
Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC)
General preservation information, including a disaster assistance section, a Preservation 101 online tutorial, Emergency Management Technical Leaflets, and links to other online resources.
Washington Emergency Management Department (WEMD)
Washington State EMD coordinates and facilitates resources to minimize the impacts of disasters and emergencies on people, property, the environment and theeconomy. This website is for public education and preparedness measures, not for initial alert and warning notifications of emergencies.

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