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Speakers & Presentation Slides

Rebecca Hamilton
Rebecca Mitchell
Judith Ring
Peggy Rudd
MaryEllin Santiago
Sharman B. Smith

Background

These six experts have had "hands–on" experience in assisting libraries to plan for and respond to hurricanes. As such they are assisting the Information Institute in completing a study that will identify public library best practices in hurricane preparedness and response, create a web portal to organize and access a broad range of information that can be of assistance to public librarians and local communities regarding hurricanes, and provide training to public libraries for how best to use this website and the various materials generated by the study. Detailed background information about the study, its goals, funding, activities, can be found at: Public Library Hurricane Preparedness and Response.

Topics Discussed

• Lessons from recent hurricanes in Texas, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Florida
• Roles of public libraries in hurricane preparedness
• Rebuilding libraries and community infrastructure
• Local and state politics in hurricane preparedness and response
• Integrating public library preparedness and response with the local community
• Coordinating public library response with other emergency management services
• The role of the state library in supporting and assisting communities and public libraries
• Strategies for how public libraries can be better prepared to assist their community
• Audience question/answers

Acknowledgement

This program is supported in part by the Florida Catastrophic Storm Risk Management Center at the College of Business, Florida State University.

Additional Information

Contact Dr. Charles R. McClure, Director, and Francis Eppes Professor of Information Studies cmcclure@lis.fsu.edu for additional information.