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From: Norton, Elizabeth (NIH/NLM) [C]
Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 11:46 AM
To: List DISASTR-OUTREACH-LIB
Subject: [DISASTR-OUTREACH-LIB ] Oct 22 1:30pm EST Disaster Information Specialist Project meeting - w/ Special Presentation

The Disaster Information Specialist Project monthly meetings are open to all and may be attended in person or by conference call.

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Dear Colleagues,

We have a meeting scheduled for Thursday, October 22, 2009 (rescheduled from Oct 8), 1:30-3:00 pm (eastern) in the Edward Rhodes Stitt Library at the National Naval Medical Center, 8901 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD. To join by phone, please call 1-888-813-8477 and enter passcode 394248. A separate email will be sent to local participants with directions and logistics.

We are very fortunate to have Dr. Kenneth Schor, Acting Director, and Kandra Strauss-Riggs, Joint Program Coordinator, from the National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health (NCDMPH) joining us for the meeting. The newly launched NCDMPH was established under Homeland Security Directive 21 (HSPD-21). The Center is actively engaging input from the Federal and non-Federal sectors to develop a cross-boundary disaster medicine and public health education and training collaboration that is cutting-edge, innovative and outcomes focused.

Dr. Schor will share a brief history of the Center and its role as an education center for disaster health preparedness. Following the presentation, he will join us in a discussion about the information needs of the Center, the roles librarians can play in disaster preparedness training and how the Center will transform disaster medicine and public health training and education.

This will be an excellent presentation that your staff or persons in your organization may be interested in attending. Please feel free to invite them and to join us on the phone.

The usual announcements and business items will also be included on the agenda.

I hope you'll be able to join us on the 22nd.

Elizabeth Norton

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Due to a conflict with a major regional Medical Library Association meeting, the October 8 Disaster Information Specialist project meeting has been rescheduled to Thursday, October 22 at 1:30 pm EDT. More info about the meeting here: http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lmcguire/hslm/2009/10/conference_call_presentation_b.html

Another announcement with logistical detail about the October 22nd meeting is forthcoming.

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This item from the disaster listserv was passed along to me, about an upcoming presentation by the Acting Director of the National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health. The presentation looks interesting, and is is open to anyone who would like to join the conference call. Details below if you're interested!

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Dear Colleagues,

We have a meeting scheduled for Thursday, October 8, 2009, 1:30-3:00 pm (eastern) in the Edward Rhodes Stitt Library at the National Naval Medical Center, 8901 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD. To join by phone, please call 1-888-813-8477 and enter passcode 394248. A separate email will be sent to local participants with directions and logistics.

The agenda will feature a presentation by Dr. Kenneth Schor, Acting Director of the National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health. http://ncdmph.usuhs.edu/Pages/default.aspx. Dr. Schor will share a brief history of the Center and its role as an education center for disaster health preparedness. Following the presentation, he will join us in a discussion about the information needs of the Center and the roles librarians can play in
disaster preparedness training.

This will be an excellent presentation that your staff or persons in your organization may be interested in attending. Please feel free to invite them to join us on the phone.

The usual announcements and business items will also be included on the agenda.

I hope you'll be able to join us on the 8th. - Elizabeth Norton

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Four Things YOU Can Do RIGHT NOW in Preparation for H1N1 Pandemic Flu

1. Memorize 1-800-DEV-ROKS
This is the NN/LM toll-free number (1-800-338-7657) in an easy-to-remember form, ROKS without a "c". It connects to the regional office of the Greater Midwest Region. Call this number when disaster strikes and overwhelms your ability to continue to provide services. The GMR will respond and assist you based on the national NN/LM Plan.

2. Develop and maintain a disaster plan
Even a little preparation, using simplified approaches, can substantially increase your ability to respond and recover from a disaster. For example, have you identified the unique resources you have and where they are located so you know what you must save when recovery time is limited? The NN/LM Emergency Preparedness & Response Toolkit External Link Indicator can help you identify the four key elements of a disaster plan.

3. Identify a back-up library
Develop a relationship with a partner library and create a formal or informal mutual understanding of what will help if disaster strikes. Use the Model MOU/MAA tab on the NN/LM Emergency Preparedness and Response Toolkit External Link Indicator to find sample agreements.

The University of Minnesota Health Sciences Libraries will help Minnesota colleagues to the extent possible with patient-care emergency literature searches or document delivery requests (within the limits of our various licenses) in the event of pandemic flu. The most effective way to alert us to that need would be through our medref@umn.edu account, with a subject line that begins EMERGENCY REQUEST, or a phone call to our Reference Desk at 612-626-3260 (during normal business hours, 8am-5pm M-F). If there is an extensive research or document delivery need, we could handle that through our fee-based service, InfoNOW (http://www.lib.umn.edu/infonow/)

4. Get to know your GMR Emergency Preparedness Regional Coordinator for Minnesota

For a contact list and description of the coordinator's responsibilities, see NN/LM Greater Midwest Region Emergency Preparedness Regional Coordinator Role Statement PDF file ( 43 kb, rev: Aug 24, 2009).

Paul Elliott Dahl, the Emergency Preparedness Regional Coordinator for Minnesota, may be contacted at 651-201-5092 or by e-mail at paul.dahl@state.mn.us

Posted by Lisa McGuire at 1:23 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Attached is another emergency preparedness and recovery plan provided by Logan Ludwig from the Loyola University Medical Center (Maywood, IL). Please make proper attribution if you utilize any part of Logan's plan in your own plan.

Paul Dahl, Regional Coordinator for Minnesota

Barr Library, Minnesota Department of Health
625 North Robert Street, PO Box 64975
St. Paul, MN 55164-0975
Phone: 651-201-5090 Fax: 651-201-5099
email: library@health.state.mn.us
Check out the Library's web site at: http://www.health.state.mn.us/library/library.htm

Posted by Lisa McGuire at 11:45 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Attached is an example of a emergency and disaster recovery plan developed by Robert Koehler of the Meriter Hospital Medical Library located in Madison, Wisconsin. Please make sure proper attribution is made to Robert Koehler if you utilize any part of the Meriter Hospital Medical Library's plan in the development of your own plan.

A disaster plan provided by the San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center is also located at http://nnlm.gov/webreports/ep/uploads/2008/08/sample-plan-from-sf-hospital-library.pdf

An academic institution having a disaster and emergency preparedness plan is the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library at the University of Virginia Health System is found at http://nnlm.gov/webreports/ep/uploads/2008/08/emergency-preparedness-response-plan-public-aug-20081.pdf

Thanks to Daniel T. Wilson and Susan Yowell for their work on the public edition plan. The University of Tennessee Health Center Health Sciences Library and Biocommunications Center also has a emergency and disaster recovery plan at http://nnlm.gov/webreports/ep/uploads/2008/04/ut-library-disaster-plan-2007-final.pdf

A service continuity planning slide show is also available at http://www.slideshare.net/dtw2t/service-continuity-class?src=embed

Paul Elliott Dahl
Regional Coordinator for Minnesota

Paul Elliott Dahl, Library Director
R. N. Barr Library (Freeman and Golden Rule Buildings)
Minnesota Department of Health
Phone: 651-201-5092
Fax: 651-201-5099
paul.dahl@health.state.mn.us

Physical Address:
Orville L. Freeman State Office Building, C-132
625 Robert Street North
St. Paul, MN 55155-2538

Mailing Address:
P. O. Box 64975
St. Paul, MN 55164-0975

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