Massachusetts Policy Collection: Safety

The Emergency Planning for Public Libraries webinar was held on February 28, 2013.

Presenter: Dr. Steven B. Goldman

• Library Employees Emergency Response Procedures TEMPLATE (Download Word Doc)
• How to complete the Library Employees ERP Template(Download Word Doc)
• Emergency Planning Webinar (February 2013) [1hr:10min]
• Emergency Evacuation Planning Guide for People with Disabilities (The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA))
• “How to Plan for Workplace Emergencies and Evacuations” (U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration)

Sample Massachusetts Policies & Plans:

• Bolton Public Library: Emergency and Disaster Plan
  
• Charlton Public Library: Crisis Plan
  
• University of Massachusetts/Lowell: Campus Crime Report
• Tewksbury Public Library:
  

• Emergency Response Procedure
• Evacuation Procedure
• Medical Response Emergency Procedure

• J. V. Fletcher Library, Westford: Proactive Pandemic Policy

• Weston Public Library: Lockdown Preparation and Execution Guideline
  

Sample United States Policies:

• University of South Carolina Libraries: Safety Policies

General Information:

• American Library Association: Pandemic Planning
• Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners: Disaster Planning
• Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners: Disaster Resources
• Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners: Emergency Assistance Program Fact Sheet
• Massachusetts Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS): Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect
• United States Department of the Treasury: Bomb Threat Checklist

Additional Resources:

• Disaster Response: A Selected Annotated Bibliography. American Library Association, 2008.
• Solving Difficult Situations in the Library. Library Video Network/American Library Association, 2003. DVD/VHS 28 minutes
• Alliance Library System, Illinois, nd. Forms. (Includes:Incident Report Form (page 3) | Suspicious Activity Report (page 6) | Accident/Injury/Illness Report Form (page 7) | Bomb Threat Form (page 8) |
• Workplace Violence: Hazard Awareness. U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 2007.