The Information Department of Nicholas Copernicus University Library as the Flood Relief Headquarters and its role in rescuing flooded book collections of Lower Silesia in July 1997.

Bednarek-Michalska, B The Information Department of Nicholas Copernicus University Library as the Flood Relief Headquarters and its role in rescuing flooded book collections of Lower Silesia in July 1997., 1999 [Conference proceedings]

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We describe the experience of the staff of Information Department, Nicholas Copernicus University Library in Toruń, Poland, during the flood of Summer 1997. The Department organized and coordinated help for the libraries of Lower Silesia (southern Poland) whose collections were seriously damaged by the flood. In this presentation, we focus on the process of change in the functioning of the library Information Department, its role, organization of work, with the emphasis on the transition from spontaneous willingness to help to a coordinated aid action, planned and conducted on a longer time scale. We discuss the means that were used to gather and exchange information about damaged or endangered collections, to mobilize librarians in other academic centres to join the aid action, and to raise funds, acquire materials and facilities for the restoration of damaged prints. The use of media and Internet is treated in detail. Finally, we sum up the experience and draw conclusions about efficient cooperative projects and protective measures for the future implementation.

Item type:	Conference proceedings
Keywords:	flood in the library, library disasters,
Subjects:	B. Information use and sociology of information > BG. Information dissemination and diffusion. F. Management. > FA. Co-operation.
Depositing user:	Bożena Bednarek-Michalska
Date deposited:	11 Oct 2013 11:30
Last modified:	02 Oct 2014 12:28
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10760/20370

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