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Preparing for the Worst, Planning for the Best: Protecting our Cultural Heritage from Disaster : Proceedings of a special IFLA conference held in Berlin in July 2003 / ed. by Johanna G. Wellheiser, Nancy E. Gwinn.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: IFLA Publications ; 111Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : K. G. Saur, [2011]Copyright date: ©2004Description: 1 online resource (192 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783598218422
  • 9783110931440
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 025.82
LOC classification:
  • Z679.7 .P747 2005
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  • online - DeGruyter
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  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
I-IV -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CONFERENCE PROGRAM -- SESSION 1: NATIONAL POLICY PLANNING -- A COOPERATIVE APPROACH TO EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE -- SETTING UP EMERGENCY PLANS: A REGIONAL APPROACH FOR DUTCH CULTURAL HERITAGE -- SESSION 2: PLENARY SESSION -- THE BLUE SHIELD: THE CULTURAL RED CROSS? -- SESSION 3: INSTITUTIONAL PLANNING -- EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AT THE ISTANBUL MUSEUMS -- DISASTER MANAGEMENT AND LIBRARIES; PLANNING INTO ACTION: THE INSTITUTIONAL PERSPECTIVE -- PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS AND RECOVERY -- SESSION 4: DISASTER PLANS IN ACTION -- THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF DISASTER PLANS: THE BERLIN EXPERIENCE -- THE PRAGUE FLOOD DIARY -- VIETNAMESE LIBRARIES: THE COLLECTIONS, THEIR VALUE, AND THE PROTECTION OF THE DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE FROM DISASTER -- HURRICANES AND DISASTER RESPONSE: LESSONS LEARNED IN JAMAICA FROM "GILBERT" -- SESSION 5: ASSESSING THE RISK -- SEEKING BALANCED RISK MITIGATION: RISK ASSESSMENT AT THE CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE -- WRITING A DISASTER PLAN: IDENTIFYING RISK -- SESSION 6: OPTIONS FOR COLLECTIONS RECOVERY -- COMPARISON OF DRYING METHODS -- RECOVERY OF A WATER-SOAKED PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION IN THE NETHERLANDS -- AUDIOVISUAL AND MODERN INFORMATION MEDIA: DISASTER MITIGATION & RECOVERY -- APPENDIX 1: SPEAKERS CONTACT LIST -- APPENDIX 2: TRADE FAIR
Summary: Im Juli 2003 fand in Berlin eine Tagung statt, die den Vorkehrungen gewidmet war, die Bibliotheken zum Katastrophenschutz treffen können, sowohl Katastrophen, die von Menschenhand ausgelöst werden (Konflikte, Kriege) als auch Naturkatastrophen (Erdbeben, Überschwemmungen, Orkane). Ein Gremium internationaler Experten tauschte Erfahrungen aus und diskutierte beispielsweise Planungsmaßnahmen, Verhaltensstrategien, Schulungsanforderungen sowie institutionelle Rahmenbedingungen. Dieser Band enthält die Beiträge zu dieser Tagung.Summary: In July 2003 a special IFLA conference was held in Berlin, devoted to the preparedness of library collections in the face of 'man made' disasters (conflict, war) and/or natural disasters (earthquakes, floods, hurricanes). A panel of international experts discussed these issues and exchanged views. Papers focused on both national policy planning and on the institutional level, with an emphasis on what has been shown to work on the basis of practical experience in libraries and other sectors: In addition, case studies, on a worldwide scale, are presented. This book contains the proceedings of that conference.
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I-IV -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CONFERENCE PROGRAM -- SESSION 1: NATIONAL POLICY PLANNING -- A COOPERATIVE APPROACH TO EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE -- SETTING UP EMERGENCY PLANS: A REGIONAL APPROACH FOR DUTCH CULTURAL HERITAGE -- SESSION 2: PLENARY SESSION -- THE BLUE SHIELD: THE CULTURAL RED CROSS? -- SESSION 3: INSTITUTIONAL PLANNING -- EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AT THE ISTANBUL MUSEUMS -- DISASTER MANAGEMENT AND LIBRARIES; PLANNING INTO ACTION: THE INSTITUTIONAL PERSPECTIVE -- PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS AND RECOVERY -- SESSION 4: DISASTER PLANS IN ACTION -- THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF DISASTER PLANS: THE BERLIN EXPERIENCE -- THE PRAGUE FLOOD DIARY -- VIETNAMESE LIBRARIES: THE COLLECTIONS, THEIR VALUE, AND THE PROTECTION OF THE DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE FROM DISASTER -- HURRICANES AND DISASTER RESPONSE: LESSONS LEARNED IN JAMAICA FROM "GILBERT" -- SESSION 5: ASSESSING THE RISK -- SEEKING BALANCED RISK MITIGATION: RISK ASSESSMENT AT THE CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE -- WRITING A DISASTER PLAN: IDENTIFYING RISK -- SESSION 6: OPTIONS FOR COLLECTIONS RECOVERY -- COMPARISON OF DRYING METHODS -- RECOVERY OF A WATER-SOAKED PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION IN THE NETHERLANDS -- AUDIOVISUAL AND MODERN INFORMATION MEDIA: DISASTER MITIGATION & RECOVERY -- APPENDIX 1: SPEAKERS CONTACT LIST -- APPENDIX 2: TRADE FAIR

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Im Juli 2003 fand in Berlin eine Tagung statt, die den Vorkehrungen gewidmet war, die Bibliotheken zum Katastrophenschutz treffen können, sowohl Katastrophen, die von Menschenhand ausgelöst werden (Konflikte, Kriege) als auch Naturkatastrophen (Erdbeben, Überschwemmungen, Orkane). Ein Gremium internationaler Experten tauschte Erfahrungen aus und diskutierte beispielsweise Planungsmaßnahmen, Verhaltensstrategien, Schulungsanforderungen sowie institutionelle Rahmenbedingungen. Dieser Band enthält die Beiträge zu dieser Tagung.

In July 2003 a special IFLA conference was held in Berlin, devoted to the preparedness of library collections in the face of 'man made' disasters (conflict, war) and/or natural disasters (earthquakes, floods, hurricanes). A panel of international experts discussed these issues and exchanged views. Papers focused on both national policy planning and on the institutional level, with an emphasis on what has been shown to work on the basis of practical experience in libraries and other sectors: In addition, case studies, on a worldwide scale, are presented. This book contains the proceedings of that conference.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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