An emergency can be as wide-scale as an earthquake or flash flood or as local as a burst pipe in the book stacks. Do you know how to ensure the continuation of your primary services and access to your primary resources in the event of an emergency at your library? Learn (and share) strategies during this 90 minute online (Adobe Connect) class being offered from 1:30 to 3 PM PDT on Tuesday, September 23, 2008. Dan Wilson,Coordinator, NN/LM Emergency Preparedness Project, will present a simple, relatively quick approach to creating a service continuity plan. Dan Wilson is Associate Director for Collection Management and Access Services at University of Virginia Claude Moore Health Sciences Library.

To register for this class go to http://nnlm.gov/psr/training/reg/service_continuity.html.

Registration deadline: September 19, 2008. Instructions on how to participate via Adobe Connect will be sent to you the week prior to the class.

More information about Service Continuity Planning can be found on the NN/LM Emergency Preparedness and Response Toolkit website at http://nnlm.gov/ep/category/service-continuity-planning/.