{"id":471,"date":"2026-09-17T18:39:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T18:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region-one-insights\/?p=471"},"modified":"2026-09-17T18:39:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T18:39:16","slug":"september-is-national-preparedness-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region-one-insights\/september-is-national-preparedness-month\/","title":{"rendered":"September is National Preparedness Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Disaster. Crisis. Emergency.\u00a0 Where there is a critical and immediate community need, there is a crisis, an emergency, or a disaster.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> Libraries show up in moments of crisis because they have spent years earning the trust of the people they serve. When disaster hits, when a pandemic reshapes daily life, or when the quieter crisis of mental health need settles into a community, people find their way to the library. The question is whether staff will have what they need to respond in ways that\u00a0meet people where they are.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Join NNLM Region 1 for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nnlm.gov\/training\/class\/ready-now-framework-disaster-response-libraries\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ready Now: A Framework for Disaster Response in Libraries<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> on September 23<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">rd<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, 11:00am-12pm ET. \u00a0Learn about the Ready Now <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lor.nnlm.gov\/op\/op.Download_Share.php?documentid=6744\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Toolkit,<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> which guides organizations and staff in shifting mindsets and strategizing effective ways to navigate response, and learn how it is being used in libraries.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Register <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nnlm.gov\/training\/class\/ready-now-framework-disaster-response-libraries\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">here<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> to reserve your spot! \u00a0If you can\u2019t make it, register anyway. \u00a0The webinar will be recorded.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disaster. Crisis. Emergency.\u00a0 Where there is a critical and immediate community need, there is a crisis, an emergency, or a disaster. Libraries show up in moments of crisis because they have spent years earning the trust of the people they serve. When disaster hits, when a pandemic reshapes daily life, or when the quieter crisis&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region-one-insights\/september-is-national-preparedness-month\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1171,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region-one-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region-one-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region-one-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region-one-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1171"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region-one-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=471"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region-one-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":472,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region-one-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471\/revisions\/472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region-one-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region-one-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region-one-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}