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PCI Webinar: Crafting a Resilient Library: One-Page Disaster Plan Essentials

This informative webinar is designed to empower library staff with the skills needed to develop a concise and effective one-page disaster plan. This session will cover critical topics including effective communication strategies during emergencies, ensuring continuity of core library services, and building and nurturing partnerships with local disaster planners and law enforcement. 

Participants will gain insights into best practices for maintaining seamless operations and collaboration during times of crisis, ensuring that your library remains a resilient and supportive community hub.

As a result of this program, attendees will:

•        Learn the basics of a one-page disaster plan for libraries.

•        Create effective emergency communication strategies.

•        Maintain essential library services during crises.

•        Access to a one-page disaster plan template.

Date:
Wednesday, September 3, 2025
Time (MST):
11:00am - 12:00pm
Time Zone:
Arizona Time (change)
Location:
Online

Registration is required. There are 96 seats available.

Dan Wilson ~ Biography:

Dan Wilson is the deputy director at the UVA Claude Moore Health Sciences Library with extensive experience in disaster planning. He coordinated the National Network of the Library of Medicine Disaster Planning Initiative, working with libraries nationwide on strategies to maintain library services during emergencies.

Dan contributed to the book, Library as Safe Haven: Disaster Planning, Response, and Recovery; a How-To-Do-It Manual for Librarians, and was interviewed on the American Libraries podcast, Call Number, Episode 95. (interview begins at the 14-minute mark)