NICOP stands for the Northwest Interlibrary Cooperative of Pennsylvania. We are a consortium of 28 libraries from the 7 county region that includes Clarion, Crawford, Erie, Forest, Mercer, Venango, and Warren counties. Altogether, NICOP’s libraries serve a population of about 600,000 people.
For more information, see “Who we are and what we do”.
There are numerous resources on the web that can be helpful in creating a disaster plan. Included below are links to help, educate, plan and eventually implement a disaster plan.
It is helpful to explain to staff and administrators on the need for a library disaster plan. There are numerous articles on the imprortance of disaster plans. This site here has a pretty comprehensive list of disaster articles.
Looking at ohter libraries disaster plans can also be a helpful. This site lists numerous disaster plans from large academic and public libraries, such as Harvard University.
Finally being able to develop a disaster plan from a template can be useful, especially for libraries with limited resources. Amigos Library Systems has developed a pdf file that covers all of the areas that should be covered in a disaster plan. The pdf document can be found here .
The next NICOP meeting will be held on Friday, August 18, 2006 at the Riverside Inn in Cambridge Springs, from 10:00 am to 12:00 am.
AGENDA:
Registration at 10:00. Meeting begins at 10:30.
Minutes of the April 2006 meeting @ Meadville
Report of the Treasurer
Lunch buffet is available for those who wish to stay.