The mechanical building infrastructure employed to detect and spontaneously extinguish fire, and thus prevent catastrophic loss. Examples include: wet pipe fire protection system—A fire sprinkler system where water is held in piping prior to release, dry pipe/pre-action fire protection system—A fire sprinkler system where water is withheld from piping until system detects smoke, heat, or flame, mist fire protection systems—A fire sprinkler system where water turns into steam and the steam cools, wets, and removes oxygen from flames. Mist systems use less water than traditional systems, and may cause less extensive secondary damage during an event. gaseous/clean agent fire protection system—A waterless fire suppression system that employs inert gases to extinguish fire. Halon is a specific gas frequently used in collection/book stack setting. These extinguishing systems present environmental and life safety risks and have been largely banned from use, though older systems remain.
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Disaster Management and Exhibition Loans: Contingency Planning for Items on Display
Patti Gibbons (University of Chicago Library, USA)
Copyright: © 2016
|Pages: 25
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8624-3.ch007
Abstract
Materials on loan to libraries and other cultural heritage institutions are very often historically significant, highly valuable, and frequently irreplaceable, yet traditional disaster management planning literature does not address the additional needs that items loaned for exhibitions present. In the event of an unforeseen incident, this omission leaves loan participants vulnerable to risk and exposed to potential loss. Disaster preparedness and response policies that address risks presented by exhibition loans, and that detail procedures for these materials, can help libraries minimize the potential loss of often prized and high profile borrowed materials in the event of an emergency. The chapter provides information and guidelines on how to address the needs of loaned materials into institutional contingency planning.