[ILL-L] ILL & Disaster Planning?

[Clare Castleberry]

Thanks so much Heather! It would be wonderful if you could 
share JPL's plan.

I was working at Louisiana State right after Katrina. 
 Lots of folks transferred there after the storm, so we 
had an increase in borrowing and lots of other 
institutions kindly helped us out.  It was very 
beneficial, but I think it'd be wonderful to have 
something more organized and easily accessible.

Thanks for everyone who has responded so far.  I'm hoping 
to hear from more of you as this project progresses.

Thanks again everyone!

Clare
Saint Mary's College of California






On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 07:50:50 -0400
  "Campbell, Heather" <HEATHERC at coj.net> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi, Clare and all:
> 
> 
> 
> In 2004, Florida was hit by several hurricanes. 
> Jacksonville was only
> brushed by some of the storms.  The preparation in my 
>area (then in the
> old building in a room with a wall to ceiling plate 
>glass window) and
> the response to the storms in the region and on the 
>listservs then got
> me thinking about how we would deal with any disaster if 
>it struck and
> how we should deal with other libraries dealing with 
>natural and
> man-made disasters.  So, I put together a plan and 
>procedures and it was
> okayed by the library administration.  We've had 
>occasions to test out
> this plan for others and- fortunately so far- just have 
>had to hope that
> the procedures for dealing with our own disaster will 
>work.
> 
> 
> 
> I mentioned this last week.  I would really like to urge 
>that there be
> some statement about dealing with disasters included in 
>the ILL Code. I
> recognize that some will think it's implied in "A 
>supplying library
> should not suspend service to a requesting library 
>without first
> attempting to resolve the problem(s)."   That's not 
>enough.  In a
> disaster, it takes quite a while to get the mail 
>service, phone, and
> electronic communications restored.  And it takes a 
>while to get the
> bureaucracy up and running again that supplies the 
>checks to pay for the
> ILL books that were checked out by the patrons and lost 
>in the storm. It
> can take a borrowing library a while to sort things out. 
> When I first
> brought disaster planning and response to this list, the 
>feedback ranged
> from "Of course, we would forgive the fees for a library 
>going through
> this." to " No excuses. They requested the book; they 
>have to pay for
> the book, no matter what.  It's in the Code."  Even with 
>the publicity
> and support for re-building libraries post-Katrina, I 
>wonder how this
> library would fare. We can plan til the cows come home 
>but the response
> of other libraries is something we can't forsee.
> 
> 
> 
> Jacksonville Public Library should be on your list of 
>libraries willing
> to lend material to others affected by 
>emergencies/disasters, free 
> 
> of charge -of course as we're an LVIS library.  We've 
>been doing than
> all along. Clare, let me know if you want to see JPL's 
>plan and
> procedures.
> 
> 
> 
> Heather Campbell
> 
> Special Services ~ Interlibrary Loan and Books By Mail
> 
> Jacksonville Public Library
> 
> Jacksonville, Florida 32202
> 
> ill at coj.net    904-630-2985 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
>From: ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org
> [mailto:ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of 
>Clare Castleberry
> Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 5:53 PM
> To: ill-l at webjunction.org
> Subject: [ILL-L] ILL & Disaster Planning?
> 
> 
> 
> Hi everyone,
> 
> 
> 
> I'm going to try and see if I can get sort of a contact 
> 
> list together.  This would be libraries willing to lend 
> 
> material to others effected by emergencies/disasters, 
>free 
> 
> of charge.  I'd like to include a section about this on 
> 
> the ILL wiki, if possible.  If you want to help out or 
>if 
> 
> you have any other ideas about helpful resources, I'd 
>love 
> 
> to hear from you!  Could you reply off the list?  My 
>email 
> 
> address is mcc6 at stmarys-ca.edu.
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> 
> 
> Clare Castleberry
> 
> Saint Mary's College of California
> 
> mcc6 at stmarys-ca.edu
> 
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