Preparing for the Worst, Planning for the Best

Download or read book Preparing for the Worst, Planning for the Best written by Johanna G. Wellheiser and published by München : Saur. This book was released on 2005 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book contains the Proceedings of a special IFLA conference held in Berlin in July 2003 which was devoted to the preparedness of library collections for situations of "man made" disasters (conflict, war) and/or natural disasters (earthquakes, floods, hurricanes). A panel of international experts discussed these issues and exchanged their views. Papers concentrated on different aspects of the issues. One part focuses on national policy planning with contributions by speakers from countries that have established national planning efforts and strategies for handling disasters, specifically as they relate to cultural organizations, such as libraries, archives and museums. Another part concentrates on the institutional level, with an emphasis on what has shown to work based on practical experiences in libraries and other sectors: human resource and response issues, training requirements, pitfalls and success factors. In addition a worldwide scala of case studies is presented."--Cover description