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		<title>New Promotional Brochure Available</title>
		<link>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2011/05/11/new-promotional-brochure-available/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 19:39:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Yowell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve just updated our promotional brochure, &#8220;NN/LM Emergency Preparedness &#38; Response Toolkit.&#8221;  See it at http://nnlm.gov/webreports/ep/uploads/2009/06/NNLM-EPR-Toolkit-May-2011.pdf, or click on the &#8220;About the NN/LM Plan&#8221; tab on the top menu, then click on &#8220;Promotional Brochures.&#8221;  The new brochure contains more detail about what&#8217;s in the Toolkit and how you can use it.  Let us know what you think!]]></description>
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		<title>Closing Tweets</title>
		<link>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2011/01/27/closing-tweets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 15:40:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Yowell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[In the News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Service Continuity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A quick review of the &#8220;NEPR Times&#8221; Twitter feed (see left side bar, &#8220;Library Closings &#38; Related Tweets&#8221;), provides an interesting study of the kinds of events that can cause library closings.  Over the past ten days (January 18-January 27), here&#8217;s the distribution: Inclement weather (8) Flooding (5) Air quality Staff illness Network upgrade Power outage Threat (bomb?) Interior [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Just the FAQs, Ma&#8217;am</title>
		<link>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2011/01/25/just-the-faqs-maam/</link>
		<comments>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2011/01/25/just-the-faqs-maam/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:22:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Yowell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Toolkit Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emergency preparedness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[libraries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[service continuity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Especially if you&#8217;re new to this site, take a look at our Frequently Asked Questions page (see top or side menu).  We&#8217;ve tried to answer questions that will help you find what you&#8217;re looking for on the site and to know whom to contact for help or more information about emergency preparedness/response and service continuity.  Do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New TTE Page</title>
		<link>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2011/01/20/new-tte-page/</link>
		<comments>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2011/01/20/new-tte-page/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 13:43:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Yowell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Announcements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toolkit Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emergency preparedness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[table top exercises]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TTE]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What is a TTE, you ask?  TTE is the acronym for a key piece of emergency management and planning, the Table-Top Exercise.  Over the past three years, we&#8217;ve used various TTEs in our training with NN/LM members and other groups, and they are always motivating and effective.  They place people in roles in an emergency scenario [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Twitter Feeds in the Toolkit</title>
		<link>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2010/09/16/twitter-feeds-in-the-toolkit/</link>
		<comments>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2010/09/16/twitter-feeds-in-the-toolkit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:42:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Wilson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Toolkit Tips]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We have incorporated Twitter feeds into the Toolkit (right side bar). The feeds are vetted by us before appearing on the Toolkit in order to ensure that they are relevant to the mission of the NN/LM Emergency Preparedness &#038; Response Initiative (NEPR). If you tweet about something related to NEPR, please use the hashtag #NEPRTIMES.]]></description>
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		<title>Toolkit Renovation</title>
		<link>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2010/09/15/toolkit-renovation/</link>
		<comments>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2010/09/15/toolkit-renovation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 18:22:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Yowell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Toolkit Tips]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This site, the online toolkit for NNLM&#8217;s Emergency Preparedness &#38; Response Plan (EP&#38;RP), is undergoing some changes!  While our purpose remains to provide information about emergency preparedness and response in support of the national NNLM project, the site has evolved to be more than just a toolkit over the course of its three-year lifespan.  In addition to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toolkit&#8217;s Greatest Hits</title>
		<link>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2010/02/02/toolkits-greatest-hits/</link>
		<comments>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2010/02/02/toolkits-greatest-hits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Yowell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Information Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toolkit Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[library disaster stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NN/LM emergency preparedness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NN/LM emergency preparedness toolkit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NNLM Toolkit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sample disaster plans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[service continuity training]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Our informal tracking of toolkit pages accessed most frequently over the past months shows that people are finding and (hopefully) using the resources that the toolkit is intended to provide.  We&#8217;re happy to report that the Sample Disaster Plans page is the most frequently-visited one, followed by Library Disaster Stories, About the NN/LM Plan, Toolkit Tutorials, and Service Continuity [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Renaming Pages</title>
		<link>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2009/10/06/renaming-pages/</link>
		<comments>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2009/10/06/renaming-pages/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:19:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Wilson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Toolkit Tips]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In order to make the Toolkit more user friendly, we have renamed some of the pages.  The Plan is now About the NN/LM Plan, Getting Help is now Calling for Help, Pandemic Planning is now Pandemic Planning Resources, Promotional Materials is now Promotional Brochures, 10/Steps Service Continuity is now Service Continuity Training, Disaster Plans/Templates is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Assessing your preparedness for H1N1</title>
		<link>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2009/09/16/assessing-your-preparedness-for-h1n1/</link>
		<comments>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2009/09/16/assessing-your-preparedness-for-h1n1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:12:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Yowell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pandemics/Epidemics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Service Continuity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toolkit Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business continuity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[H1N1 planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pandemic planning]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here at the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, our pandemic planning group met earlier this week to assess the status of our preparedness for possible changes to staffing and operations in the event of the anticipated surge in H1N1 and seasonal influenza.  We are attaching the document that resulted from the discussion at the meeting, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pandemic planning schedule for libraries</title>
		<link>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2009/08/26/pandemic-planning-schedule-for-libraries/</link>
		<comments>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2009/08/26/pandemic-planning-schedule-for-libraries/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:25:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Yowell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Continuity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pandemics/Epidemics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Toolkit Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[H1N1]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[H1N1 influenza]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[WHO]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve added another resource to the Pandemic Planning page here on the Toolkit.  Check out the &#8220;Pandemic Planning Table&#8220; (available in both Word and PDF on the Pandemic Planning Page) for a descriptive and sequential method for developing an effective service continuity plan in the event of a global pandemic, such as the one we are [...]]]></description>
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