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Resilience / Rebekkah Smith Aldrich.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Aldrich, Rebekkah Smith, author.
- Series:
- Library futures
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Libraries and community.
- Libraries and society.
- Library planning.
- Emergency management.
- Sustainability.
- Libraries and community--United States--Case studies.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 87 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
- Other Title:
- At head of title: ALA Center for the Future of Libraries.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : ALA Neal-Schuman, an imprint of the American Library Association, 2018.
- Summary:
- Resilience is the second volume in a new series from ALA's Center for the Future of Libraries which focuses on emerging trends in the profession, provoking discussion on how to shape the future by sharing ideas and exploring joint solutions to the challenges facing libraries and society. Resilience (or resiliency) incorporates preparations for and rapid recovery from physical, social, and economic disruptions, including environmental disasters, terrorist attacks, or economic collapse. As city, state, and the federal governments adopt resiliency as a strategy for addressing potential disasters, libraries may need to align their facilities, services, and programs to demonstrate a resilient strategy. Additionally, libraries may find themselves competing for funding with other programs or initiatives, especially in an increasingly limited pool of government spending. A founding member of ALA's Sustainability Round Table, and a longtime public library development consultant, in this book Aldrich discusses how resilience can align with library values of equity and access, and why libraries and information professionals may be ideal partners or providers in helping individuals and the communities which they serve adopt resilient practices. This thought-provoking treatment of timely topic offers important points of consideration for library administrators and managers, as well as scholars of urban planning, public policy, disaster recovery, and related disciplines. Listen to an American Libraries Dewey Decibel podcast featuring the author now!
- Contents:
- Understanding resilience
- Disruption in our world
- The roles of government and net states
- A culture of resilience
- Resilience in libraries
- Understanding, respect, empathy
- Social cohesion, equity, access
- Empower, engage, energize
- From the field
- In the aftermath
- In the planning
- In the community
- In the preparation
- Collective impact
- For the future
- Opportunities for the future
- Acute readiness: inside your library
- Acute readiness: in your community
- Long-term readiness: inside your library
- Long-term readiness: in your community.
- Notes:
- At head of title: Center for the Future of Libraries.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780838916346
- 0838916341
- OCLC:
- 1035250457
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