LAST CHANCE!\xA0 REGISTRATION CLOSES NOVEMBER 12th.

Space is still available for the NJSL Disaster Planning Workshops on November 19, at Plainfield Public Library and November 20, at the Mount Laurel Public Library, presented by the Northeast Document Conservation Center, one of the foremost centers for Preservation in the country.

Download flyer at: http://www.njstatelib.org/News/disasterworkshopfall08.pdf

Register online at http://www.njstatelib.org/LDB/Events/

Cost:\xA0 $15.00. Covers continental breakfast and lunch

EVERY library needs a disaster and continuity plan, not only for catastrophic events like Hurricane Katrina, but for any kind of regional emergency in your own community or contained in your library.

Kay Due, Manager of Public Services at the Memphis Public Library and Information Center, discusses the role for libraries and librarians in disaster planning, response, and recovery efforts after the hurricanes that affected her library in July 2003 and August 2005.\xA0 (For the full interview see the National Network of Libraries of Medicine at http://nnlm.gov/ep/2007/06/06/central-memphis-public-library-and-information-center-tennessee):

     \x93The library should serve as the centralized resource for information to be collected from service providers and then distributed to citizens in need. This is a necessity during emergencies\x85 
     Libraries enjoy a high degree of public trust and are known to provide unbiased information on other topics, so are uniquely situated to serve as reputable, accessible providers of disaster-related information. Citizens view their libraries as open, welcoming places in their everyday lives; therefore, coming to the library or getting information from a library during a crisis is logical and comforting.
     The library should be an active participant in the local emergency plan. Libraries should serve as \x93second responders\x94 during disaster. Their role is not to respond such as fire and police departments are mandated to do. As defined by the United Way: \x93The \x91Second Response\x92 follows closely, and sometimes in sync with, the First Response during and after a disaster. Responders are community and faith-based organizations which provide critical health, human and social services to victims of disaster.\x94 Libraries provide an essential information service which is key to any disaster recovery effort. Unlike shelters and the Red Cross and FEMA/TEMA and others who are telling those in crisis what to do, libraries provide needed information. Library customers can maintain some element of control in their lives, which is vital to successfully working through the crisis at hand.\x94

For further information contact Michele Stricker at mstricker@PROTECTED or 609-278-2640, Ext. 164.

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