Coronavirus: Library and Business Operations Planning

Posted by Carolyn Martin on February 27th, 2020 Posted in: Emergency Preparedness, News from NLM, Public Health
Tags: disaster preparedness, disease outbreak, public health

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The following information was sent by the NLM Disaster Information Management Research Center (DIMRC).

Please continue to refer to the National Library of Medicine for updates on the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).

For Continuity of Operations planning, businesses and libraries may want to review these resources:

• On February 12, 2020, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released Interim Guidance for Businesses and Employers to Plan and Respond to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).
  • Engage state and local health departments to confirm channels of communication and methods for dissemination of local outbreak information.
• If you complete the freely available NLM online course In Case of Emergencies: Continuity of Operations (COOP) Planning you will end up with a fully developed one-page plan.

In addition, the Federal Depository Library Program has scheduled a free webinar, “Pandemic! NLM Resources for Librarians to Assist Researchers and the Public in Understanding the Coronavirus and Influenza”, on March 25 at 11:00 a.m. PT. The session will be recorded.

NNLM PNR will continue to post information and resources about the coronavirus in the Dragonfly blog as information becomes available.