Emergency Preparedness Committee
The RAC Emergency Preparedness Committee is a standing committee of the NN/LM SE/A regional advisory structure. The committee is comprised of a representative from each state in the region, with one person serving as chair and one member serving on the RAC Oversight Committee. The network access coordinator is an ex-officio member of the committee. Committee members will be appointed by the SE/A executive director to a three year term. The committee will meet virtually at least twice a year and will maintain an electronic discussion list to conduct business.
Committee Charge:
The RAC Emergency Preparedness Committee will provide leadership in promoting emergency preparedness, continuity of service and follow-up reporting for events. Committee members will:
- Assist the SE/A with developing and implementing a regional emergency preparedness plan to ensure continuity of service for Network members.
- Serve as regional coordinators for emergency preparedness
activities in the state:
- Promote emergency preparedness in individual libraries and the state.
- When necessary, work as part of the regional emergency team to ensure continuation of services and recovery to affected Network members(s) in the state.
- Provide the SE/A office with follow-up and reporting of events following a disaster to include a description of the incident, the response, follow-up activities, and lessons learned.
- Recommend improvements and new avenues for the SE/A to promote and delivery emergency preparedness/disaster recovery support to Network members.
Meetings
Members (by state)
Alabama
Jie Li, Senior Librarian
University of South Alabama
Biomedical Library
CBBL 02015
Mobile, AL 36688-0002
District of Columbia
Leah Pellegrino, Librarian
George Washington University
Himmelfarb Library
2300 Eye Street
Washington, DC 20037
Florida - Click here for a map of Florida with
area assignments
Nadine Dexter, Director
Health Sciences LIbrary
University of Central Florida
12201 Research Parkway
Orlando, FL 32826-0116
Allison Howard,
Catalog/Reference Librarian
University of South Florida
Shimberg Health Sciences Library
12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd.
MDC 31
Tampa, FL 33612-4799
Beth Layton, Associate Director
University of Florida
HA-HSC Library
P.O. Box 100206
Gainesville, FL 32610
Gediminas (Geddy) Paulaitis,
Director for Access and Biomedical Communications
University of Miami
Calder Medical Library
Miami, FL 33136
Georgia
Kevin Bradford, Instructor/Clinical Information Librarian
Medical College of Georgia
Greenblatt Library
1459 Laney Walker Blvd.
Augusta, GA 30912-4400
Maryland
Teresa Knott, Deputy
Director
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Health Sciences and Human Services Library
601 W. Lombard Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Mississippi
Susan Clark, Head,
Reference
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Rowland Medical Library
2500 North State Street
Jackson, MS 39216-4505
North Carolina
Melanie
Norton, Librarian
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Health Sciences Library
CB# 7585
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
Puerto Rico
Charles
Sequi Caballero, Assistant Librarian III
University of Puerto Rico
Medical Sciences Campus Library
GPO 365067
San Juan, PR 00931-5067
South Carolina
Felicia Yeh, Assistant Director
for Collections Management
University of South Carolina
Library
School of Medicine
Columbia, SC 29208
Tennessee
Marcia Epelbaum, Assistant Director
Vanderbilt University
Eskind Biomedical Library
2209 Garland Avenue
Nashville, TN 37232
Richard Nollan, Associate Professor
University of Tennessee, Memphis
Library
220 Alexander Building
Memphis, TN 38163
Sandra Oelschlegel, Director
University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine
Preston Medical Library
1924 Alcoa Hwy, Box U111
Knoxville, TN 37920-6999
Virginia
Committee Chair
Daniel T. Wilson, Assistant Director
for Collection Management & Access
Representative to Oversight Committee
University of Virginia
Claude Moore Health Sciences Library
P.O. Box 800722
Charlottesville, VA 22908-0722
West Virginia
Jean L. Siebert, Learning Services
Coordinator
West Virginia University
Health Sciences Library
P.O. Box 9802
Morgantown, WV 26506-9802
Beth
M. Wescott, ex-officio
Network Access Coordinator
NN/LM SE/A Region
