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Education Program

Infrastructure

Putting your Emergency Plan to the Test: Lessons Learned

Saturday, June 28, 2025
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 121 B C
How confident are you that your collections, equipment, and space can withstand an emergency? Hear from academic and public library leaders whose buildings experienced devastating damage, and how they used disaster and emergency preparedness plans to quickly move forward towards recovery. Having a plan in place saves valuable time when assessing damage, finding experienced vendors, and securing your facilities for staff and the public. Learn the building blocks needed to create a working disaster preparedness plan for your own library, and how to begin identifying weak points in your infrastructure that need attention before another natural disaster strikes.

Learning Objectives:

  • Participants will be able to define the key components of a library disaster preparedness plan
  • Upon completion, participants will be able to identify missing components in their library's disaster plan and understand the next steps necessary to make additions to their disaster plan
  • Participants will be able to identify other agencies to partner with when creating a disaster preparedness plan for their library