Emma Dadson. Emergency Planning and Response for Libraries, Archives and Museums. Lanham: Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2012. 230p. ISBN 978-0810887565. $80

Abstract

Disaster and emergency planning for libraries and heritage institutions can be a daunting task, especially for individuals not already familiar with creating these plans. As someone who has recently been tasked with updating an existing disaster plan—or emergency plan, as Dadson prefers to call it—I approached Emergency Planning and Response for Libraries, Archives and Museums as both a reviewer and an interested reader. Despite coming in at only 230 pages, this book is a fully comprehensive guide to both creating and using a disaster plan. A quick glance at the table of contents told me everything I needed . . .