Emergency Preparedness Committee
The RAC Emergency Preparedness Committee is a standing committee of the NN/LM SE/A regional advisory structure. The committee is comprised of a representative from each state in the region, with one person serving as chair and one member serving on the RAC Oversight Committee. The network access coordinator is an ex-officio member of the committee. Committee members will be appointed by the SE/A executive director to a three year term. The committee will meet virtually at least twice a year and will maintain an electronic discussion list to conduct business.
Committee Charge:
The RAC Emergency Preparedness Committee will provide leadership in promoting emergency preparedness, continuity of service and follow-up reporting for events. Committee members will:
- Assist the SE/A with developing and implementing a regional emergency preparedness plan to ensure continuity of service for Network members.
- Serve as regional coordinators for emergency preparedness
activities in the state:
- Promote emergency preparedness in individual libraries and the state.
- When necessary, work as part of the regional emergency team to ensure continuation of services and recovery to affected Network members(s) in the state.
- Provide the SE/A office with follow-up and reporting of events following a disaster to include a description of the incident, the response, follow-up activities, and lessons learned.
- Recommend improvements and new avenues for the SE/A to promote and delivery emergency preparedness/disaster recovery support to Network members.
February 2013 Update
Members (by state)
Committee Chair
Daniel T. Wilson, Assistant Director for Collection Management & Access
Representative to Oversight Committee
University of Virginia
Claude Moore Health Sciences Library
P.O. Box 800722
Charlottesville, VA 22908-0722
Alabama
Jie Li, Senior Librarian
University of South Alabama
Biomedical Library
CBBL 02015
Mobile, AL 36688-0002
District of Columbia
Kimberly D. Adams, Chief, Library Service
Washington DC VA Medical Center
Room 1L134
50 Irving Street, NW
Washington, DC 20422
Florida
Deedra J. Walton, Electronic Resources Librarian
Ginsburg Health Sciences Library
College of Medicine
University of Central Florida
Health Sciences Campus at Lake Nona
6850 Lake Nona Blvd.
Suite 207F
Orlando, FL 32827-7408
Susan Epstein, Head, Public Services
Florida State University
College of Medicine
1115 West Call Street
Tallahassee, FL 32306
Allison Howard,
Catalog/Reference Librarian
University of South Florida
Shimberg Health Sciences Library
12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd.
MDC 31
Tampa, FL 33612-4799
Gretchen Kuntz, Clinical Librarian
University of Florida
Borland Medical Library
653-1 West 8th Street, 2nd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32209
Kimberly Loper
University of Miami
Calder Medical Library
Miami, FL 33136
Georgia
Carolyn Klatt, Library Instructor and Reference and Electronic Services Librarian
Memorial University Medical Center
4700 Waters Avenue
P.O. Box 23089
Savannah, GA 31404
Maryland
M. Nichelle Midon, Medical Library Manager
Carroll Hospital Center
Medical Library
200 Memorial Avenue
Westminster, MD 21157
Mississippi
Chemeka Robinson, Head, Access Services
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Rowland Medical Library
2500 N. State Street
Jackson, MS 39216
North Carolina
Susan Hardee, Manager
Wake AHEC Medical Library
3024 New Bern Avenue, Suite G01
Raleigh, North Carolina 27610
Rick Peterson, Deputy Director
Duke University
Box 3702
Medical Center Library
Durham, NC 27710
Puerto Rico
Charles
Sequi, Assistant Librarian III
University of Puerto Rico
Medical Sciences Campus Library
GPO 365067
San Juan, PR 00931-5067
South Carolina
Karen McMullen, Head of Access Services
University of South Carolina
Medical Center Library
Columbia, SC 29208
Tennessee
Marcia Epelbaum, Assistant Director
Vanderbilt University
Eskind Biomedical Library
2209 Garland Avenue
Nashville, TN 37232
Richard Nollan, Associate Professor
University of Tennessee, Memphis
Library
220 Alexander Building
Memphis, TN 38163
Sandra Oelschlegel, Director
University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine
Preston Medical Library
1924 Alcoa Hwy, Box U111
Knoxville, TN 37920-6999
Virgin Islands
Tanisha Mills, Librarian
University of the Virgin Islands
Library
St. Thomas, USVI 00802-9990
Virginia
Daniel T. Wilson, Assistant Director
for Collection Management & Access
University of Virginia
Claude Moore Health Sciences Library
P.O. Box 800722
Charlottesville, VA 22908-0722
West Virginia
Helen Shelton, Senior Office Administrator
WVU HSC Library
3110 MacCorkle Avenue, SE
Charleston, WV 25304
Grace Gmeindl, Circulation Coordinator/Information Services Librarian
West Virginia University
Health Sciences Library
One Medical Center Drive
P.O. Box 9801
Morgantown, WV 26506-9801
PJ Grier, ex-officio
Outreach/Access Coordinator
NN/LM SE/A Region
