Crafting a Resilient Library: One-Page Disaster Plan Essentials

To register for this webinar please follow this link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/5617463564669/WN_4sb0VF5mQ52dW9dHzCrCvQ. Sessions are free and available only to members of the Michigan library community. Registrants will receive instructions and a link to attend the session directly from PCI after they register.

This informative webinar is designed to empower library staff with the skills needed to develop a concise and effective one-page disaster plan. This session will cover critical topics including effective communication strategies during emergencies, ensuring continuity of core library services, and building and nurturing partnerships with local disaster planners and law enforcement.

Participants will gain insights into best practices for maintaining seamless operations and collaboration during times of crisis, ensuring that your library remains a resilient and supportive community hub.

As a result of this program, attendees will:

• Learn the basics of a one-page disaster plan for libraries.
• Create effective emergency communication strategies.
• Maintain essential library services during crises.
• Access to a one-page disaster plan template.

Instructor: Dan Wilson is the deputy director at the UVA Claude Moore Health Sciences Library with extensive experience in disaster planning. He coordinated the National Network of the Library of Medicine Disaster Planning Initiative, working with libraries nationwide on strategies to maintain library services during emergencies.

Dan contributed to the book, Library as Safe Haven: Disaster Planning, Response, and Recovery; a How-To-Do-It Manual for Librarians, and was interviewed on the American Libraries podcast, Call Number, Episode 95. (interview begins at the 14-minute mark)

PCI Webinars are recorded and available to members of the Michigan library community in the Library of Michigan's Niche Staff Skills Academy about a week after they air. New webinars will be in the New category for several weeks. You do not need to register for a webinar in order to view it later in the Staff Skills Academy.

This project is made possible by grant funds from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) administered by the State of Michigan through the Library of Michigan.