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Emergency Preparedness Summit Handouts: Home

Introduction to Emergency and Disaster Preparedness Planning

Melissa Potter, Chief of Preparedness, SC EMD

Creating A Disaster Plan

Michele Stricker, Deputy State Librarian, Lifelong Learning, New Jersey State Library

Caring for the Mental Well-Being of your Staff and Community in the Wake of a Disaster

Taylor Atkinson, Union County Public Library

Emergency Preparedness Considerations for People with Disabilities

Dori Tempio, Director of Community Outreach & Consumer Rights, Able South Carolina

Living Through Disasters: Stories from the Public Library Front Lines

Blair Hinson, Oconee County; Holly Cockfield, Marion County; Bobbie Grooms, Marlboro County; Christina Nielsen, Charleston County; Dwight McInvaill, Georgetown County

Collections & Salvage workshop

Stephanie Garafolo, NEDCC

Fire Safety Planning for Museums, Libraries, and Archives

Michael Trinkley, Chicora Foundation

When Disaster Strikes/Ports in a Storm

Michele Stricker, Deputy State Librarian, Lifelong Learning, New Jersey State Library

Crisis Communications

Derrec Becker, South Carolina Emergency Management Division

Planning for a Successful Disaster Recovery

Ann Frellsen, Preservation Consulting, Book & Paper Conservation, Disaster Planning & Recovery

Design before Disaster

David Moore, MacMillan, Pazdan, Smith Architecture

Disaster Plan Stress Test

Stephanie Garafolo, NEDCC

Supporting Library Staff in Emergencies and Natural Disasters: Making the Case for Serving our Communities Equitably Through Partnerships

Dr. Feili Tu-Keefner, University of South Carolina; Caroline Smith and Denise Lyons, South Carolina State Library; April Hobbs, Charleston County Public Library

Post-trauma Bibliotherapy for Families

Valerie Byrd Fort, MLIS, Instructor at the University of South Carolina and Coordinator, Cocky's Reading Express, South Carolina Center for Community Literacy

How to Build Relationships with Vulnerable and Underserved Communities

Mauricio Orozco, Public Information Coordinator, S.C. Commission for Minority Affairs