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Security for Rural Librarians: Staying Safe at Work When Help is Far Online
This webinar will provide tools for safely working alone or almost alone in a rural library. Topics will include how to decide whether to stay onsite or leave, setting up phone trees, code words, exit and evacuation plans, and improving physical security through cameras, panic alarms, better door hardware, remote locking devices and safe rooms. It will also cover the value of Security Incident Reports, and how to get better results from law enforcement. Scenarios unique to rural libraries will be used to demonstrate the concepts shared. The presentation will include a Q&A portion.
The intended audience for this is rural library staff, trustees, and volunteers.
Guest presenter Dr. Steve Albrecht is internationally known for his training programs and consulting work in workplace and school violence prevention and library safety and security. Since 2000, he has trained thousands of library employees in 28+ states, in person and online, on the topics of safety, and security. He is the author of 20+ books, including The Safe Library: Keeping Users, Staff, and Collections Secure, published in 2023 by Rowman & Littlefield, and Library Security: Better Communication, Safer Facilities, published in 2015 by the American Library Association. He is a regular presenter for Library 2.0, state libraries, and at national library conferences.
1.5 CEUs, Elective category
- Date:
- Friday, May 10, 2024
- Time:
- 10:30am - 12:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Online:
- This is an online event. Event URL will be sent via registration email.
- Categories:
- Elective Topic: Facility Management Topic: Library Administration Topic: Other