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Hurricane Preparedness and Response: Beyond Buckets and Mops

Learn from the executive director of the Mississippi Library Commission about the destruction of libraries due to hurricanes. Discover strategies to prepare, respond, and redefine your approach to disaster management. Develop skills to face reality, set priorities, and rebuild your library presence after a catastrophe.

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Hurricane Preparedness and Response: Beyond Buckets and Mops

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  1. HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE… more than buckets and mops PREPARATION AND RESPONSE: More than buckets and mops Sharman Bridges Smith, Executive Director Mississippi Library Commission sharman@mlc.lib.ms.us

  2. LIBRARIES DESTROYED/HEAVILY DAMAGED • 11 public libraries • 44 school libraries • 4 academic libraries Gulfport Public Library

  3. Redefining Disaster – Requires Redefined Preparedness and Response

  4. PREPARE AND RESPOND • Prepare for the Worst • Be A Player • Face Reality/Take Charge

  5. Pass Christian Public Library

  6. Prepare for the Worst • No communications • No parent institution/governing authority • No infrastructure • No access • No staff • No resources • No library • No normalcy

  7. BE A PLAYER: Before and After the Disaster • Know & be known • Who can help • Set priorities • Share what you know • Know insurance • Communication options • Prior business relations • Pre-emergency authority Pass Christian PL - 2 weeks after Katrina & 2 months after.

  8. Communicate/Use Linkages Larger Priorities Grieve Access, Assess, & Manage Priorities FACE REALITY

  9. LARGER PRIORITIES

  10. Grieve

  11. Access/Assess & Manage Priorities

  12. Know What You Know • Practice patience/Learn tolerance • Pick your battles • Be a presence/Be part of solution • Speak with authority • Learn to say YES and NO • Reestablish library presence quickly • Hard Lessons, New Opportunities

  13. Reestablish Library Presence

  14. HARD LESSONS, NEW OPPORTUNITIES

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