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Disaster Preparedness Bibliography


A. General

Anderson, Hazel and McIntyre, John E. 'Planning Manual for Disaster Control in Scottish Libraries and Record Offices'. Edinburgh: National Library of Scotland, 1985

Bohem, Hilda, 'Disaster Prevention and Disaster Preparedness'. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California, 1978.

Buchanan, Sally. 'Disaster Planning: Preparedness and Recovery for Libraries and Archives: A RAMP Study with Guidelines'. Paris: Unesco, 1988.

Buchanan, Sally. 'Disaster: Prevention, Preparedness and Action', Library Trends 30, 2 (1981): 241 - 252.

CAVAL Limited. 'Disaster in Libraries: Prevention and Control'. Richmond, VIC: CAVAL ltd., 1994. (Based on the National Library of Scotland's publication 'Planning Manual for Disaster Control in Scottish Libraries and Records Offices. $AUD45.00, postge free in Australai. Contact Library Coordinator, CAVAL Ltd., 123 Dover St, Richmond, Victoria, Australia 3121. Fax: 03-428-5429.)

Disaster Preparedness Manual

England, Claire and Evans, Karen. 'Disaster Management for Libraries: Planning and Process'. Ottawa: Canadian Library Association, 1988.

Howell, Alan, Mansell, Healther, Roubos-Bennet, Marion (compilers). 'Redefining Disasters: a decade of counter-disaster planning', Proceedings Wednesday 20-Friday 22 September 1995, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Sydney, NSW: State Library of New South Wales, 1996. 260pp. A4. Soft cover on acid-free paper. ISBN 0731066022. $A95.00

Jenkin, Ian Tregarthern. 'Disaster Planning and Preparedness: An Outline Disaster Control Plan'. Boston Spa: British Library, 1987.

Kahn, Miriam. 'Disaster Response and Preservation for Comuter and Data'. Columbus, Ohio: MBK Consulting, 1994.

Miller, R. Bruce. 'Libraries and computers: disaster Prevention and Recovery.' Information Technology and Libraries 7, 4 (1988): 349 - 358.

Morris, John. 'The Library Disaster Preparedness Handbook'. Chicago, Ill.: American Library Association, 1986.

Ungarelli, Donald L. 'Insurance and Prevention: Why and How?'. Library Trends 33 (Summer 1984): 57 - 67.

B. Salvage Techniques

'Fumigation'. Conservation of Library Materials: The Newsletter of the Special Interest Group of the Australian Library and Information Association 5 (1989): 1 - 4.

McCleary, John M. 'Vacuum Freeze-Drying, a Method Used to Salvage Water-Damaged Archival and Library Materials: A RAMP Study with Guidelines'. Paris: Unesco, 1987.

Olson, Nancy B. 'Hanging Your Software Up to Dry'. College and Research Libraries News 47, 10 (1986): 634 - 636.

Osborne, Larry N. 'Those (In) Destructible Disks; or, Another Myth Exploded'. Library Hi-Tech 7, 3 (1989): 7 - 10, 28.

Parker, A.E. 'The Freeze-Drying Process', Library Conservation News no. 23 (April 1989): 4 - 6, 8.

Waters, Peter. 'Procedures for Salvage of Water-Damaged Library Materials'. 2nd ed. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress 1979.

C. Some Disasters Described

Belyaeva, Irina. 'Phased Conservation at the Library of the USSR Academy of Sciences'. Conservation Administration News 46 (1991): 1, 3, 7.

Burgess, Dean. 'The Library Has Blown Up!' Library Journal (1 October 1989): 59 - 61.

Butler, Randall. 'The Los Angeles Central Library Fire'. Conservation Administration News 27 (1986): 1 - 2, 23, 27.

'Leningrad Library Fire'. Abbey Newsletter 12, 4 (1988): 59 - 61.

Lenzuni, Anna. 'Coping with Disaster'. In Preservation of Library Materials: Conference Held at the National Library of Austria, Vienna, April 7 - 10, 1986, ed Merrily A Smith, Vol. 2, 98 - 102. München: K.G. Saur, 1987.

Morris, John. 'Los Angeles Library Fire - Learning the Hard Way', Canadian Library Journal 44, 4 (1987), 217 - 221.

'Special Report: Fire at the USSR Academy of Sciences Library'. Library Journal (15 June 1988): 10, 12.

Strong, Gary E. 'Rats! Oh No, Not Rats!' Special Libraries 76, 2 (1987): 105 - 111.

Sung, Carolyn Hoover, Leonev, Valerii Pavlovich and Waters, Peter. 'Fire Recovery at the Library of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR'. American Archivist 53 (1990): 298 -312.

Underhill, Karen & Butler, Randall. 'Twas the Day after Christmas... the Northern Arizona University Cline Library Flood', Conservation Administration News no. 46 (July 1991): 12 - 14.

Waters, Peter. 'Phased Preservation: A Philosophical Concept and Practical Approach to Preservation'. Special Libraries 81, 1 (1990): 35 - 43.

Watson, Tom. 'Out of the Ashes: The Los Angeles Public Library'. Wilson Library Bulletin (December 1989): 34 - 38, 41.


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