The Naval Postgraduate School’s Dudley Knox Library maintains a fantastic database, the Homeland Security Digital Library. I’ll profile that resource in a separate post, but I wanted to showcase the blog the librarian’s write: “On the Homefront“. This is a great resource for keeping up with the latest reports, books, hearings, etc., in the fields of immigration, emergency preparedness and response, homeland security, public health and government actions relating to these fields. Hand-selected resources are described by the librarians, and linked, so it’s a one-stop shop. Check it out!
Archive for July, 2008
Keeping up with… the Homeland Security Digital Library Blog
Thursday, July 17th, 2008CPM Global Assurance Newsletter
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008If you haven’t seen the CPM Global Assurance newsletter, published monthly by the Contingency Planning and Management Group, a business continuity trade group. According to the group, the newsletter:
“… addresses the strategic integration of business continuity, security, emergency management, risk management, compliance and auditing to ensure continuity of operations in business and government — all within the context of good corporate governance. ” (from the current issue’s masthead)
This issue (available as a pdf dowload here ) features three articles:
– Midwest Floods Highlight Knowledge Gaps
- Improving Organizational Communication During Crises
- The Human Factor: The Case for Critical Incident Training
Additionally, each newsletter provides short but informative news pieces on disasters in the U.S. and around the world. Because they are a trade group, there is an extensive “Products” article, but it is easily distinguishable from the rest of the issue.
If you are interested in business continuity during a crisis, this is a highly browsable publication worth the subscription price (free). Know that it comes from a group funded by the industry it is covering, and take the content with appropriate grains of salt. I find it an easy way to improve my knowledge of the field.
ESM Research Blog up & running
Friday, July 11th, 2008The ESM Research Blog is officially up & running. The purpose of this blog is to provide a convenient way for ESM students at the University of Richmond to stay current on the latest research and research tools in the field.
My name is Carrie Ludovico, and I am the SCS Instruction Librarian at the University of Richmond. I provide reference service and library instruction for the adult students in the ESM, Disaster Science, HRM, ISYS, and Weekend College and Liberal Arts programs at SCS.
If you have items you think might be of interest, email me at cludovic@richmond.edu.