For this paper to be presented, the topic of disaster planning and the way that disasters have been managed in academic libraries around the world will be discussed. Disaster planning and recovery is an often returned to topic in the library and information services world, as it is something that can happen to any information service and unlike many other organisations the majority of the responsibility in disasters lies with the information service itself. Unfortunately as the research will show, though many academic libraries are simply not prepared enough. At the same time, there are possible solutions that have been put forward from the result of various case studies. Academic Libraries are often thought of as the hub of a college or university so when a disaster happens in one then it is a major disaster for the whole of the institution not just the library. Articles from the countries and continents of Australia (Murray, 2006), Greece (Kostagiolas, Araka, Theodorou, & Bokos, 2011), Nigeria (Obokoh, 1991), U.S.A (Topper, 2011), Pakistan (Shaheen, 2008) and the islands of Hawaii(Davis, 2007) were reviewed with details gleaned from them to compare and compile common results and points of view in cases of commentary. Two of these were results of quantitive surveys with expert sampling (Kostagiolas et al., 2011; Murray, 2006)and four being more qualitative case studies (Davis, 2007; Obokoh, 1991; Shaheen, 2008; Topper, 2011). Case studies are taken through observation after the fact, which gives a more disaster management rather than disaster preparedness point of view, with the surveys giving more of disaster preparedness. There was surprisingly little research done in this field in Australia, considering most of the rest of th... ... middle of paper ... ...(2011). Disaster management approaches for academic libraries: An issue not to be neglected in Greece. Library Management, 32(8), 516-530. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/01435121111187888 Murray, J. (2006). A Newfies Guide to Risk Management. Incite, 27(7), 6-7. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com.dbgw.lis.curtin.edu.au/docview/871966293?accountid=10382 Obokoh, N. P. (1991). Coping with Flood Disaster: The Experience of a University Library. Library Review, 40(6), 22-29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000001481 Shaheen, M. A. (2008). Earthquake effects on educational institutions and libraries of Azad Kashmir An appraisal. Library Review, 57(6), 449-456. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/00242530810886724 Topper, E. F. (2011). After Hurricane Katrina: The Tulane Recovery Project. New Library World, 112(1-2), 45-51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/03074801111100445
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Hurricane Katrina was one of the most devastating natural disasters to happen in the United States. The storm resulted in more then US$100 billion in damage when the cities flood protection broke and 80% of the city was flooded (1). The protection failure was not the only cause for the massive flooding, the hurricanes clockwise rotation pulled water from north of New Orleans into the city. 330,000 homes were destroyed and 400,000 people from New Orleans were displaced, along with 13,00 killed (1). Although the population quickly recovered, the rate of recovery slowed down as the years went on leading us to believe not everyone
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Uncertainty lies in business environments due to impromptu occurrences of a crisis, which may cause an unknown amount of damages to an organization. A crisis is an unpredictable negative incident or situation that may cause varying amounts of damage to an organization’s reputation, financial standings, and/or operational disruptions (Coombs, 2008; Valackienė & Virbickaitė, 2011). In order to prepare for an unpredictable crisis, organizations may prepare business continuity (BC) and/or disaster recovery (DR) plans to assist in mitigating the negative effects of a crisis. Business continuity involves actions that are carried out by an organizational to ensure critical or otherwise deemed priority operations continue under normal conditions or those in which business operations are degraded by an unforeseen incident (Arduini & Morabito, 2010; Salman Sawalha, 2013). Additionally, disaster recovery is the procedures and processes that are undertaken by an entity to recover its technical capabilities and continue with business operations after a natural disaster or cyber-attack (Sasi Rekha, 2013). For BC plans, organizations should conduct due diligence in identifying the various crisis types that may potentially affect the organization. Moreover, identifying critical business functions is arguable a necessity in creating and maintaining organizational BC and DR plans that assist in negating the effects of a crisis. Additionally, the organization should identify critical organizational assets that need protection in the onset of a crisis.
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Regardless of your occupation or trade when a disaster occurs you must be prepared for it. For a bank this is very important for them to have a Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) in place, because of the high demand for the services the bank provides as well as the
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Disaster Recovery Planning is the critical factor that can prevent headaches or nightmares experienced by an organization in times of disaster. Having a disaster recovery plan marks the difference between organizations that can successfully manage crises with minimal cost, effort and with maximum speed, and those organizations that cannot. By having back-up plans, not only for equipment and network recovery, but also detailed disaster recovery plans that precisely outline what steps each person involved in recovery efforts should undertake, an organization can improve their recovery time and minimize the disrupted time for their normal business functions. Thus it is essential that disaster recovery plans are carefully laid out and carefully updated regularly. Part of the plan should include a system where regular training occurs for network engineers and managers. In the disaster recovery process extra attention should also be paid to training any new employees who will have a critical role in this function. Also, the plan should require having the appropriate people actually practice what they would do to help recover business function should a disaster occur. Some organizations find it helpful to do this on a quarterly or semi-annual basis so that the plan stays current with the organization’s needs.
Most of the disasters especially natural disaster cannot be prevented. Nevertheless, their result can be alleviated. Thus, by having a proper disaster management plan, unnecessary loss of lives and damages towards the assets and properties can be prevented.
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