Quincy Quarries Gold and Gloom

Quincy Quarries Gold and Gloom
Author: John A. Laukkanen
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Total Pages: 58
Release: 2004
Genre: History
ISBN: 1412022916

Quincy Quarries: Gold and Gloom contains more than thirty pictures of various structures built of world famous Quincy granite during the "Golden Years" and of quarry scenes and individuals involved in various incidents during the years of "Gloom." Many deaths have been recorded due to rock slides, drowning, murder, and suicide.

An Ounce of Prevention

An Ounce of Prevention
Author: Johanna G. Wellheiser
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2002
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 9780810841765

Fire, flood, earthquake, vandalism, a terrorist attack--the issues of safety measures, emergency response, and disaster recovery have now become an important part of the planning strategies for most organizations. For the information organization, such as a library, archives, or record center, this responsibility has taken on new dimensions with the proliferation of various forms of electronic media. The authors take the approach that disaster recovery planning must touch every department of an organization and that emergency response must be a carefully mapped strategy. This broad-based approach to "integrated disaster planning" explains each phase of disaster planning, with chapters covering prevention planning, protection planning, preparedness planning, response planning, and recovery planning. The authors consider collections, records, facilities, and systems and include a chapter on post-disaster planning as well. The authors also cover federal and local assistance programs and list other sources for financial assistance. Although the main thrust of the book is the protection of documents, human safety in case of disaster is stressed explicitly and implicitly throughout. Indispensible for every information organization.