[Libs-Or] [Fwd: Sichuan earthquake damages to libraries]
Althea Pribyl
apribyl at pdx.edu
Tue Aug 19 16:21:04 PDT 2008
I am posting this message on behalf of Frances Lau, the Far Eastern
director at Blackwell's Book Services. Please send any inquiries to her
email: Frances.Lau at blackwell.com.
Althea Pribyl
Serials/Electronic Resources Cataloging
Portland State University Library
Portland, Oregon 97207-1151
(503) 725-4550
apribyl at pdx.edu
Dear all,
You may be interested in reading the email following mine. If you know
of anyone who is willing to donate funds to help to rebuild the Chinese
libraries, please feel free to forward the email to them.
Best wishes,
Frances
Frances Lau
Blackwell
Director, Library Services, Far East
6024 Jean Road, Building G, Lake Oswego, OR 97035
Phone: +1 503-638-0133
Fax: +1 503-638-8825
www.blackwell.com <http://www.blackwell.com/>
www.blackwell.com/chinese/ <http://www.blackwell.com/chinese/>
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From: Sally Tseng [mailto:sctseng888 at yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 11:30 AM
To: CALA
Subject: [calalist] Article in American Libraries on Chinese Earthquake
& CALA Task Force on Rebuilding Chinese Libraries
Dear CALA Members and Friends:
In the August 2008 issue, p. 24, of the American Libraries published a
very touching article entitled, "Libraries Toppled in Devastating
Chinese Earthquake". Thanks to Mr. Gordon Flagg, Managing editor,
American Libraries, for his permission for us to share the online
version with you.
The URL for the online version of the story is
http://www.ala.org/ala/alonline/currentnews/newsarchive/2008/may2008/sichuanchinaearthquake.cfm
I included the full text at the end of this message for your reference.
Dr. ShaLi Zhang, CALA President, appoints a CALA Task Force on
Rebuilding Libraries in the Earthquake Disastrous Areas in China. We
are working diligently on our charges:
v Assist CALA President issuing Press Release.
v Raise funds from donors and foundations committed to rebuild
libraries in the disastrous earthquake areas in China.
v Send official acknowledgement and receipt to each donor.
v Work with the Library Society of China (LSC), some provincial
libraries, and other related organizations on helping the rebuilding
efforts.
v Send periodical updates to you and/or related organizations.
v Manage and distribute the funds and other resources to libraries
and injured library workers, etc.
As of today, we have over 150 donors. We sincerely thank you for your
generous support . Every donors will receive a CALA "Thank You Letter"
and an official "Receipt" for your donation toward this good cause.
CALA is an IRS 501 (c) (3) Non-profit organization and donations to CALA
are tax deductible. Our tasks will have long term projects. CALA
continues to accept donations to the CALA China Earthquake Libraries
Rebuild Fund. Donations can be made by check payable to CALA and mailed to:
Dr. Shuyong Jiang, CALA Treasurer
Chinese American Librarians Association
P.O. Box 2733
Champaign, IL 61825
Donors can also donate via CALA's PayPal account. Please visit our
Website at: http://www.cala-web.org/forms/earthquakedonation.htm and
click on the button "Donate".
We thank you for your continuing support. We also welcome receiving
suggestions.
Best wishes,
Sally C. Tseng
CALA Honorary Executive Director, and Chair
CALA Task Force on Rebuilding Libraries in the Earthquake Disastrous
Areas in China
P.O. Box 4992, Irvine, CA 92616-4992
Phone: 949-552-5615
Email: sctseng888 at yahoo.com <mailto:sctseng888 at yahoo.com>
The URL for the online version of the story is
http://www.ala.org/ala/alonline/currentnews/newsarchive/2008/may2008/sichuanchinaearthquake.cfm
Full text of the article in the American Libraries , August 2008 issue,
p. 24
Libraries Toppled in Devastating Chinese Earthquake
The 7.9-magnitude earthquake that struck Sichuan Province in western
China on the afternoon of May 12 killed more than 40,000 people and left
another 5 million homeless. In the week after the quake, the Library
Society of China posted information on damage to libraries in the region
on its Chinese-language website.
The library building in Beichuan County collapsed, burying five staff
members under the debris, but all were rescued after being trapped for
more than 70 hours. Marcia Zeng, professor at the Kent State University
School of Library and Information Science, posted an account of the
rescue on professional discussion lists: "The team which rescued Li Chun
had to launch three actions because of the still-falling bricks and
worked two-plus hours nonstop with their bare hands and used a small
knife to cut through the wood pieces around her." The Library Society of
China reported that Li Chun was recovering in Huaxi Hospital in Chengdu.
The Sichuan Provincial Library in Chengdu, the capital of the province,
consists of a reading building, storage building, and office building.
Although the facility suffered collapsed bookshelves, fallen ceilings
and bricks, and broken windows, no patrons or staff were injured.
Sichuan Province has 21 city libraries, most in the larger,
prefecture-level cities. The city libraries in Mianyang and Guangyuan
are seriously damaged, as is the Chotian regional library in Guangyuan
city. Those in Neijiang, Meishan, Zhuning, Nanchong, Ya'an, and Ziyang
(which was newly built) reported cracked walls. At the Mianyang city
library, one staff member suffered a leg injury.
The prefecture-level city of Guang'an has six libraries; although all
reported some damage, no one was injured. Guang'an is the hometown of
Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping; at the library named after him, the
electricity and water supplies were cut off, the central air
conditioning was leaking, and 12 computers and two elevators were damaged.
In the county-level city of Mianzhu, the library walls were partially
collapsed, but all 10 staff members were safe.
The earthquake was also felt in neighboring Gansu Province near Inner
Mongolia. On May 19 the Gansu Province Library Association telephoned 17
libraries in the earthquake zone and learned that four library buildings
were severely damaged, six library buildings had less-serious cracks,
and the other library buildings were untouched. The staff of all 17
libraries were safe, although two library workers' homes were damaged.
The most serious damage in Gansu Province was reported at the Wei County
library, where the building was unusable after its foundation sank
between one and three stories. One staff member's house was severely
damaged.
Cracks were reported at the libraries in Wen, Li, Cheng, Dangchang,
Xihe, and Lianglang counties.
In the Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in southern Gansu Province,
the library buildings in Zhouqu, Tai'an, and Diebu counties suffered
cracks. In Tianshua city library, some bookshelves collapsed but the
building escaped damage. Also escaping damage were the libraries in
Wushan and Gangu counties and the Maiji regional library.
The Chinese American Librarians Association has set up a website for
donations to support earthquake recovery efforts in China. Posted on
May 21, 2008.
Updated by Sally Tseng on August 18, 2008:
The magnitude of the deadliest earthquakes on May 12, 2008 were measured
at 8.0 on the Richter scale which did massive destructions to the
region, including 69,200 death tolls with 18,195 persons still missing;
374,216 were injured; over 15 million people lived in the hard hit
areas, and tens of thousands of buildings collapsed or completely
ruined, including libraries, archives, and museums.
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