[Libs-Or] [Fwd: [ALACOUN:13723] Fwd: Sri Lanka Disaster Management Committee for Libraries, Information Services and Archives established]

[Diedre Conkling]

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From: Alfred Kagan <akagan at uiuc.edu>
Date: 2005/01/07 Fri AM 07:03:15 PST
To: ALA Council List <alacoun at ala.org>
Subject: [ALACOUN:13723] Fwd: Sri Lanka Disaster Management Committee for Libraries, Information Services and Archives established



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> From: sophie.felfoldi at ifla.nl
> Date: January 7, 2005 8:13:08 AM CST
> To: ifla-l at infoserv.inist.fr
> Subject: Sri Lanka Disaster Management Committee for Libraries, 
> Information Services and Archives established
>
> Sri Lanka Disaster Management Committee for Libraries, Information 
> Services and Archives established
>
> With the assistance of the National Library and Documentation Centre, 
> Unesco, IFLA and a number of Sri Lankan organisations today formally 
> established the Sri Lanka Disaster Management Committee for Libraries, 
> Information Services and Archives [SL DMC for LISA].
>
> It comprises representatives from the National Library and 
> Documentation Services Board, the Department of National Archives, Sri 
> Lanka Library Association, the National Institute for Library and 
> Information Sciences, National Science Foundation, from the Ministries 
> of Culture, Education & Higher Education and from Unesco and IFLA.
>
> In draft already are a Constitution, Objectives and an Action Plan.
>
> The DMC for LISA's primary aim will be to rehabilate libraries, 
> archives and information services destroyed or damaged by the tsunami 
> after completion of a survey of the damage.
>
> This is now nearly complete despite the many difficulties occasioned 
> by damaged roads and missing bridges and debris everywhere and more 
> recently flooding from the monsoon rains.
>
> A primary aim will be to take the opportunities provided by the 
> disastrous tidal waves, three in all, to move forward and develop 
> libraries and information services appropriate to the Information 
> Society. Lists of requirements are nearly ready and these will be 
> agreed at a meeting on Monday (10th of January 2005) after which it is 
> intended to be very specific in the requests for monies, library 
> furniture and equipment, IT equipment, books and AV and other 
> materials and also advice and expertise.
>
> The list is expected to be available by Monday evening and it is will 
> be widely publicised and put up on IFLANET: 
> http://www.ifla.org/V/press/tsunami04.htm
>
>
> Please watch this space!
>
> Russell Bowden
> Honorary Fellow of IFLA
> KOTTAWA, Sri Lanka
>
>
Al Kagan
African Studies Bibliogrpaher and Professor of Library Administration
University of Illinois Library
1408 W. Gregory Drive
Urbana, IL 61801

tel. 217-333-6519
fax 217-333-2214
akagan at uiuc.edu

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