Adding my thanks to Peter for RAIN, and thinking that any disaster will affect more than just the library of an agency or institution. The insurer should be aware and concerned about prevention and preparation, and even more so if the situation is one of self-insurance. In any case, the highest management should be told of any reluctance or delay in disaster preparedness. Ruth Bowman, Student School of Library and Information Science San Jose State University --- Peter Kurilecz <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > On 7/11/06, Scott, Paul (FPM) > <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Patrick Ngulube asked about the views of this > Listserv as to whether > > disaster preparedness should be a major concern > for public librarians. > > > > In my professional opinion, it is a "major > concern" only if you want > > your institution to survive. > > > > here are links to various disasters involving > libraries > > Tropical Storm Alison 2001 > http://www.chron.com/content/chronicle/special/01/flood/index.html > > University of Hawaii Library Flood 2004 > http://www.hawaii.edu/ala/flood.php > > Heritage Preservation > http://www.heritagepreservation.org/PROGRAMS/taskfer.htm > > State Library and Archives of Florida > http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/disasterrecovery/ > > -- > Peter Kurilecz CRM CA > Richmond, Va > > A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV > List sponsored by the Society of American > Archivists, www.archivists.org. > For the terms of participation, please refer to > http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. > > To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to > [log in to unmask] > In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname > lastname > *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES > To post a message, send e-mail to > [log in to unmask] > > Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the > web interface at > > http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html > > Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt > <[log in to unmask]> > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>