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This manual provides answers to the following questions related to library disaster preparedness: Who do I call? (emergency contact information) What do I do now? (steps during disaster) How do I salvage materials? (detailed instructions post…

This Sacramento Public Library Authority document uses the Sylvan Oaks Branch Library as the sample plan for all branch library's disaster plan. This library emergency policies and procedures manual provides information on: evacuation procedures,…

This University of Nebraska Libraries emergency manual provides information on: collections, personnel, data protection and recovery, emergency supplies and maintenance, training strategies for staff, and the emergency response plans for various…

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

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…

One of six Alabama libraries damaged by tornadoes in April 2011, the Pratt City Branch has damaged walls, roof, and equipment and may have to be demolished.

Fire damaged books lie scattered on the ground after an electrical fire at Columbia International University Library in Columiba, SC.

Use of the large, on-site freezer eliminates the need to outsource this part of the salvage process in the Art Library at the University of Iowa after fire sprinklers went off in the library in February 2009.

Books are scattered on the floor and shelving is twisted on the fourth floor of the library at the University of Redlands.

Stacks lean precariously in the University of Washington Engineering Library following the 2001 earthquake.