Dealing with Natural Disasters in Libraries

Every library should have a disaster plan in place. Regardless of the type oflibrary natural disasters can have catastrophic effects on its collections andartif... » 

Every library should have a disaster plan in place. Regardless of the type oflibrary natural disasters can have catastrophic effects on its collections andartifacts. Dealing with Natural Disasters in Libraries provides an inside lookat different disasters and how diverse types of libraries dealt with theconsequences. This useful resource covers a wide range of natural disastersincluding flood fire water damage mold sick building syndrome andhurricane damage. Librarians from different types of libraries describepersonal efforts to cope with reallife cases of disaster and discussprinciples and lessons which can be used to plan forand better respond tofuture catastrophic occurrences. «