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		<title>2009 Cologne Archives Collapse: a Firsthand Account</title>
		<link>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2011/12/27/2009-cologne-archives-collapse-a-firsthand-account/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:56:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been nearly three years now since the Cologne Archives building collapsed on March 3, 2009.  Below is a firsthand account of the collapse from Bettina Schmidt-Czaia, director of the municipal depository, who was in the building at the time.  The article is from The Guardian Weekly. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/mar/27/germany-cologne]]></description>
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		<title>Crowdsourcing Disasters</title>
		<link>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2011/08/04/crowdsourcing-disasters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 13:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Yowell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Emergency Response]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interesting article on the use of social media to assist in determining disaster response&#8230;check here:  Crowdsourcing, Disasters, and Trust.]]></description>
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		<title>A Busy Season for the American Red Cross</title>
		<link>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2011/06/23/a-busy-season-for-the-american-red-cross/</link>
		<comments>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2011/06/23/a-busy-season-for-the-american-red-cross/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:30:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Yowell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Emergency Response]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In the News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Red Cross]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disaster relief]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Since late March of this year, the American Red Cross (http://www.redcross.org/) has responded to 42 disasters in the U.S., from fires to floods and tornadoes.  They&#8217;ve opened 270 shelters, and handed out over 3 million meals.  Take a look at the map linked here  http://www.redcross.org/www-files/Documents/pdf/donation/HowWeAreHelping.pdf  to see the distribution by state of their activities as of June 15, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shooter in the Vicinity</title>
		<link>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2011/01/13/shooter-in-the-vicinity/</link>
		<comments>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2011/01/13/shooter-in-the-vicinity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 13:49:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Yowell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Emergency Response]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shooter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Violent Incident]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shooter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[violence in the workplace]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On September 28, 2010, we were all dismayed to hear about the shooter on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin.  The crisis ended with the shooter running into the Perry-Casteneda Library, where he took his own life, not having injured anyone else.  While the incident was unfolding, the University acted immediately to instruct [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Libraries Vital in Emergencies</title>
		<link>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2011/01/11/libraries-vital-in-emergencies/</link>
		<comments>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2011/01/11/libraries-vital-in-emergencies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 18:42:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Yowell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Announcements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emergency Response]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In the News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The American Library Association provided a press release yesterday, noting that Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) has succeeded in his efforts to have FEMA designate libraries as temporary relocation sites for their communities following an emergency or disaster.  See the details here:  http://connect.ala.org/node/127510.  Many thanks to Cheryl Rowan at NN/LM&#8217;s South Central Region for the heads up, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NIMS for the New Year</title>
		<link>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2011/01/07/nims-for-the-new-year/</link>
		<comments>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2011/01/07/nims-for-the-new-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 17:21:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Yowell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Emergency Response]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Information Resources]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Want to be able to communicate with your community or institutional first-responders in case of an emergency?  Would you like to be included in emergency preparedness and response activities in your institution or community?  If so, you need to become familiar with the National Incident Management System (NIMS).  This system provides a common language and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Librarians and the Medical Reserve Corps</title>
		<link>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2011/01/06/librarians-and-the-medical-reserve-corps/</link>
		<comments>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2011/01/06/librarians-and-the-medical-reserve-corps/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 13:55:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Yowell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Emergency Response]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Preparedness]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, we facilitated a meeting in Hampton, VA which was aimed at establishing relationships among public libraries, medical libraries, and community emergency preparedness and response.  Our guest speaker was Teresa Blakeslee, the Peninsula Medical Reserve Corps Coordinator for Virginia.  She spoke about the role of the Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) in community preparedness and response, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>North Carolina Health Sciences&#8217; MAA</title>
		<link>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2010/08/10/north-carolina-health-sciences-maa/</link>
		<comments>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2010/08/10/north-carolina-health-sciences-maa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 13:04:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Wilson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Emergency Response]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Representatives from NC academic health sciences libraries and hospital libraries met last month to develop an emergency response Mutual Aid Agreement.  Dan Wilson facilitated the meeting which included a table-top exercise, a discussion of different types of agreements, and the actual writing of the agreement.  By the end of the day, most of the MAA [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CPR for wet books</title>
		<link>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2010/07/19/cpr-for-wet-books/</link>
		<comments>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2010/07/19/cpr-for-wet-books/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:41:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Yowell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Emergency Response]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recovery Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water Leaks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[collection conservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[collection preservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[collection salvage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heritage Preservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[salvaging wet books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water damage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wet books]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As our airconditioning systems are cranking away in the summer heat and humidity, creating condensation build-up on some interior pipes and ducts, as the 2010 hurricane season gets into full swing off the southern/southeastern coasts of the continental U.S., and as many parts of the country experience weekly thunderstorms, here&#8217;s some helpful information from Heritage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Information Resources for Haitian Relief Efforts</title>
		<link>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2010/01/26/resources-for-haiti-from-university-of-miami/</link>
		<comments>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2010/01/26/resources-for-haiti-from-university-of-miami/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:56:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Yowell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Earthquakes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emergency Response]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Information Resources]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We learned about the extraordinary efforts of the University of Miami&#8217;s Louis Calder Memorial Library of the UM School of Medicine from Mary Moore, Chair, who posted excellent information on the DIMRC listserv about how they are communicating with and meeting the information needs of UM health professionals working in Haiti.  Many thanks to Mary for [...]]]></description>
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