The Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners announces

Leaky Pipes and Broken Windows:
Disaster Preparedness for Libraries and Archives
and an introduction to dPlan: an Online Disaster Planning Tool

Are you having problems determining what information you need for your disaster plan? Have you collected information but cannot seem to put it into a format that works as a cohesive plan? Are you having problems getting started on developing your institutional disaster plan? Have you had problems with frozen pipes or another type of disaster in the recent past?

Developing an emergency preparedness plan is crucial to the survival of an institution’s collections in the event of a disaster, as was so clearly demonstrated following Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma. All too many institutions are not prepared and do not have a plan. The Leaky Pipes and Broken Windows workshop will introduce participants to a disaster, the theory and practice of developing a disaster preparedness plan, and describe and demonstrate dPlan: an Online Disaster Planning Tool. The deadline to register is May 2, 2008.

This workshop will be offered at five locations statewide. Come and learn first-hand what to do before, during and after an emergency. Wear your grubbies, bring a bag lunch, and be prepared to participate actively in simulated disaster activities. Workshops run from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m (unless otherwise noted). Please note there is a 25 person maximum per workshop. If there is a large enough waiting list, we will schedule another workshop.

Schedule of 2008 Leaky Pipes and Broken Windows:
Disaster Preparedness for Libraries and Archives
and an introduction to dPlan: an Online Disaster Planning Tool

Workshop runs from 9 am to 4 pm

Thursday, May 29, 2008 Merrimac Public Library, MA

Please register by Friday, May 2, 2008.

Click here for registration form