Active Shooter In (or in the Vicinity of) the Library

What are your library's policy and procedures?

Frank J. Basloe Library, Herkimer, New York

Quiet of Herkimer library shattered by lockdown, gunshots. (Syracuse Post-Standard, 3/13/2013)

Tenants forced to evacuate their apartments went to the nearby public library for shelter. A few hours later, police told library staff to evacuate the library, or, as I actually translate it after reading the entire article, police allowed those who wished to leave the library to do so.

Next-to-last paragraph of article:   After the library locked down, staff members and about a dozen patrons watched through the windows as the police gathered. Others followed reports of the action on the library computers.

If an active shooter was still in the area, I hope they were looking through the windows at a distance.

Active Shooter in the Library:  How to Plan for, Prevent, and Survive the Worst.  By Amy Kautzman.  Library Leadership & Management.

Related post:
What to do in an 'active shooter' situation.  (2/19/2013)