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When disaster strikes, school librarians can play a key role in keeping kids safe. This is the only book written specifically to provide school librarians with emergency preparedness and recovery tools as well as curricular tie-ins. No school is immune to disaster, whether in the form of a natural event like a tornado or a tragedy like the violence that occurred at Sandy Hook Elementary School. The key to minimizing injury or death in an emergency is preparedness—something the school librarian is uniquely positioned to lead. This must-have book will show you how to be proactive in getting your school ready for the worst. It provides comprehensive preparedness and recovery plans, check lists, and curricular recommendations on preparedness that can be tailored to your individual library and community. Covering natural disasters, human-made disasters, and school violence, the book shows you how to conduct drills, assess vulnerabilities and risk, communicate preparedness plans, and use bibliotherapy for disaster recovery. It also describes how your library can be a safe haven for students who feel disconnected, bullied, or otherwise disenfranchised. Although the book is primarily intended for school librarians, classroom teachers will also find many ideas here for helping students be better prepared for disasters, whatever their cause or severity.

The Labor Mobilization Project, after research and successful table-top exercises in the test counties of King and Snohomish in Washington State, demonstrates that: Labor, Associated General Contractors, the National Defense Transportation Association, and United Way have the skills and resources which can be tapped to assist government in emergencies. An effective ongoing communications system between the groups and government is a prerequisite. For this, these groups should be involved in the planning and decision-making process for emergencies. The Labor Mobilization Plan, to involve the above groups, consists of an assessment team and a call-out mechanism. The assessment team is a pre-assigned and trained team of federal, state, local government, labor, contractors, and community services representatives. The team's joint and professional nature assures quick, reliable, and accurate assessments of manpower and equipment needs and a communication link to the groups. Resources needed are tapped through call-out lists of key contact names from the above groups. (Author).

Forwards a copy of a document concerning William Duer. Informs Knox that he must present his case before the Supreme Court or the district judge.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1840.

Discusses testifying in a court case against William Duer.