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CHICAGO – The (ACRL) announces the publication of the “,” an essential toolkit for libraries of all types and sizes. Authors Frances Wilkinson, Linda Lewis and Nancy Dennis provide practical and experience-based approaches on preparing for a disaster by creating a plan, responding to an emergency and the intricacies of recovering from a disaster.



“Comprehensive Guide to Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Recovery” features seven compelling, reality-based case studies from six university libraries that recovered from earthquake, fire, flood or hurricane damage. The clearly organized text contains numerous photographs and a comprehensive appendix featuring an extensive bibliography and glossary, a model disaster preparedness plan and a model RFP for selecting a disaster recovery vendor, as well as useful Internet sites and print resources. The work provides sound explanations and advice on every aspect of disaster preparedness, response and recovery in libraries.



“Comprehensive Guide to Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Recovery” is available for purchase through the 91´«Ã½ Online Store (), by telephone order at (866) 746-7252 in the U.S. or (770) 442-8633 for international customers.



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The (ACRL) is a division of the 91´«Ã½, representing more than 12,000 academic and research librarians and interested individuals. ACRL is the only individual membership organization in North America that develops programs, products and services to meet the unique needs of academic and research librarians. Its initiatives enable the higher education community to understand the role that academic libraries play in the teaching, learning and research environments. ACRL is on the Web at , Facebook at and Twitter at .