Pandemics: Library Planning and Responding

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• Pandemic Preparedness, American Library Association: http://www.ala.org/tools/atoz/pandemic-preparedness.
  • Includes "Topics to include in an individual library policy" as well as federal, state, local government, and online resources.
•  Wisconsin Public Libraries, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction: 
  • Pandemic Flu Planning: https://dpi.wi.gov/pld/boards-directors/disaster-planning.
  • Pandemic Flu Planning Tools (school oriented): https://dpi.wi.gov/sspw/pupil-services/school-nurse/communicable-diseases/pandemic-flu/planning-tools
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Influenza: 
  • https://www.cdc.gov/flu
  • https://cdc.gov/coronavirus/
• Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for an Influenza Pandemic, United States Department of Labor / OSHA: https://www.osha.gov/Publications/influenza_pandemic.html
• National Library of Medicine. Disaster Information Management Research Center. Pandemic Influenza: Preparedness and Response:  https://disasterinfo.nlm.nih.gov/pandemic-influenza