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Emergency Management for Records and Information Programs

Virginia A. Jones, CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. , and Kris E. Keyes

Updated to better address electronic records, as well as salvage and recovery procedures See: explosive ordnance disposal procedures. , this essential guide will help you prepare for and recover from natural or manmade disasters.

Its five sections provide a step-by-step guide through the essential phases of emergency management--prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery--and include such topics as

* the basic concepts of emergency management and insights on selling it to top management

* vital records, risk management, and disaster prevention planning

* preparation of the emergency management plan

* recovery and resumption of operations

"Chapter Checklists" at the end of each chapter review major concepts and guide you in forming your emergency plan, and "Small Business Tips" give information of special importance to smaller organizations.

ISBN ISBN
abbr.
International Standard Book Number


ISBN International Standard Book Number

ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m 
:0-933887-98-1 (ARMA) Soft cover, English, 120 pages, 2001 Catalog No. A4715 $61, ARMA member $42

An Ounce of Prevention: Integrated Disaster Planning disaster planning - disaster recovery  for Archives, Libraries, and Record Centers, 2nd Ed.

Johanna Wellheiser and Jude Scott, with the assistance of John Barton People commonly known as John Barton include:
  • John Barton — 18th century abolitionist
  • John Barton — 18th century engineer noted for his engravings using his Ruling Engine
  • John Barton — 19th century English football player
 

This second edition of the award-winning Ounce of Prevention from the Canadian Archives Foundation, published in cooperation with Scarecrow Scarecrow

goes to Wizard of Oz to get brains. [Am. Lit.: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz]

See : Ignorance


Scarecrow

can’t live up to his name. [Am. Lit.: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz; Am.
 Press, is essential for larger archives, libraries, or record centers beginning or updating an institutional disaster plan.

The authors take the approach that disaster recovery planning must touch every department of an organization and that emergency response must be a carefully mapped strategy. This broad-based approach to integrated disaster planning explains each phase, with chapters covering planning for prevention, protection, preparedness, response, and recovery. The authors consider collections, records, facilities, and systems and include a chapter on post-disaster planning as well. The authors also cover Canadian federal and local assistance programs and list other sources for financial assistance.

ISBN: 0-8108-4176-2 (Scarecrow Press) Soft cover, English, 304 pages, 2002 Catalog No. B4821 $30 ARMA member or non-member

Manager's Guide to Contingency Planning for Disasters

Kenneth N. Myers

The second edition of this book helps you plan to prevent a disaster, or, if one should occur, to be prepared to recover without a great loss of time or income.

This book

* will help you establish a corporate contingency plan A plan involving suitable backups, immediate actions and longer term measures for responding to computer emergencies such as attacks or accidental disasters. Contingency plans are part of business resumption planning.  policy and strategy while minimizing plan development costs

* provides sample computer contingency plans and business continuity strategies and case studies

ISBN:0-471-35838-X (Wiley) Hard cover, English, 251 pages, 1999 Catalog No. B4203 $65 ARMA member or non-member

Disaster Recovery Yellow Pages, 12th Ed.

Steven Lewis, Ph.D.

With more than 3,000 vendor listings in 270-plus categories, this is easily the most comprehensive sourcebook designed to help users locate disaster recovery services throughout the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area.  and Canada. Disaster Recovery's five sections cover restoration services, mobile buildings, computer and emergency equipment, planning and data recovery software, and training publications and videos, and include special features such as

* an alphabetical listing of companies for ease in locating vendors

* a tutorial on areas that are frequently overlooked when preparing disaster recovery plans

* hints on getting started and preparing a disaster plan

A subscription update service is offered by the publisher at a modest cost.

ISSN ISSN
abbr.
International Standard Serial Number
: 1074-0112 (The Systems Audit Group Inc.)

Binder binder: see combine.


An earlier Microsoft Office workbook file that let users combine related documents from different Office applications. The documents could be viewed, saved, opened, e-mailed and printed as a group.
, English, 350 pages, 2003 Catalog No. B4315 $101 ARMA member or non-member

A PC-based CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc.
CD-ROM
 in full compact disc read-only memory

Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser).
 version of this sourcebook includes active links to vendor Web sites.

ISSN: None (The Systems Audit Group Inc.) CD-ROM, English, 2003 Catalog No. B4827 $101 ARMA member or non-member
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Copyright 2004, Gale Group. All rights reserved. Gale Group is a Thomson Corporation Company.

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