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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.…

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

Template of a Disaster Plan Manual.

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

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.

The University of Iowa Libraries blog provides information on preservation and conservation issues pertinent to library including the following categories: digital preservation, book and paper conservation, flood recovery, materials, equipment and…

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

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…

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…