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Inclusive Disaster Planning with Public Librarians at the Table with Marcia Mardis, Faye Jones, and Denise Gomez
April 24 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am CDT
The Stafford Act, passed in 1988 and amended in 2021, designates public libraries as essential disaster response facilities, complementing the Florida Statutes’ recognition that public librarians may be asked to act as emergency responders.
This session will review the state of public libraries’ disaster planning, response, and recovery contributions, then explore, with audience input, effective collaborative public library planning practices that enhance community resiliency.
Session facilitators will actively engage participants in thinking about their own library systems, strategy identification, and inclusive action planning and evaluation for their own localities.
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This project was funded either under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act from the Institute of Museum and Library Services or the Library Cooperative Grant program. Florida’s LSTA and LCG programs are administered by the Department of State’s Division of Library and Information Services. For FY2024, 73% of the total costs for the PLAN Continuing Education program ($223,959) is supported by federal money and 27% of this program ($81,361) is supported by state money. The total budget of the project is $305,320.