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Federal Depository Conference Presentations
Mary M. Finley
U. S. Documents Librarian
California State University, Northridge
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Library Conference: October 2001 / April
1999 /
Effective Disaster Plans: Response, Mitigation, and Continuity
A presentation at the 10th Federal Depository Conference held October 14-17, 2001 in Alexandria Virginia. Conference proceedings were published by the United States Goverment Printing Office and are available online in one or more formats (html, PDF, Word, etc). All opinions are those of the author.
Additional material for the 2001 presentation:
Disaster Statistics
- Declared Disasters by Year or State (Federally Declared Disasters by Calendar Year, the page used in the 2001 presentation is no longer at FEMA site. This content is similar).
- U.S. Natural Hazard Statistics (National Weather Service)
Disaster Risks
- Federal Disaster Declarations (Federal Emergency Management Agency). Includes information on current disasters. (Note: the original page used in this presentation is no longer at the FEMA web site; now there is simply a list of current disasters rather than a map).
- Wind Zones in the United States (FEMA)
- Tornado Activity in the United States (FEMA)
- National Seismic Hazard Mapping Project (USGS)
- FEMA Flood Map Store sells official Flood Insurance Rate Maps.
Examples of earthquake damage to library shelving
- University of Washington, Nisqually Earthquake, February 28, 2001
- Photo collection of Damage to Kobe University Libraries Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake of January 17th, 1995, (Kobe, Japan)
- San Fernando Valley State College, San Fernando Earthquake of February 9, 1971. This campus, renamed California State University, Northridge in 1972, was also affected by the Northridge Earthquake of January 17, 1994. In a different building, the University's Library again sustained damage in the Northridge Earthquake, but this did not include damage to the shelving itself (which had been bolted and braced).
- Disaster Planning for Libraries: Selected Readings, a bibliography by Stephen Henson and Mary M. Finley and handout (outline of presentation).
Disaster Planning for Libraries: Lessons from California State University, Northridge
A paper presented at the 8th Federal Depository Library Conference held April 12-15, 1999 in Bethesda, Maryland. Conference proceedings were published by the United States Goverment Printing Office and are also available online. All opinions are those of the author.
Additional material for the 1999 presentation:
- Oviatt Library Quake Damage includes photos of damage from the January 17, 1994 Northridge Earthquake.
Page created and maintained by Mary M. Finley
Originally created 11 October 2001; Modified to update links 22 May 2006
Comments and Questions: mary.finley@csun.edu
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