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A blackened, jumbled scene is viewed through the doors of the library; the roof has fallen in and the building is open to the sky. There are scarcely any recognizable items.

Devastation after the Greensburg Tornado shows books from the public library exposed and surrounded by rubble.

Doris Hildreth Cooper cleans up at the Elba (Alabama) Public Library after severe flooding; books are tumbled to the floor.

This workbook focuses on the disaster-related needs of librarians, archivists, and records managers in documentary collections--that is, in collections of printed documents, magnetic media, electronic records, and so on--of the United States Navy.…

A complete disaster plan template created by the Portland, OR Library System, links to preservation and recovery resources are also provided.

This California Preservation Program Website is designed as a template for libraries to use to create a local disaster plan and emergency preparedness plan, providing links to services and resources. A series of word documents can be downloaded to…

A workshop sponsored by the Rural Library Initiative to teach administrators and staff how to complete a disaster plan, train staff to prepare for and deal with a disaster, and to deal with different salvage stategies. The workshop is archived with…

The Conservation Department is composed of the Conservation Laboratory and the Digital Imaging Laboratory, whose joint responsibility is to maintain and make available research materials in the Frick Art Reference Library. The Library consists of the…

Template of a Disaster Plan Manual.

Video of the Georgetown Public Library in Washington, D.C. on fire and fire crews on scene.