[Libs-Or] [Fwd: [alacoun] Fwd: [IFLA-L] Professional Libraian and Archivist help for Haiti]

[Suzanne Sager]

FYI,

Suzanne L. Sager
Oregon ALA Chapter Councilor

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Subject: 	[alacoun] Fwd: [IFLA-L] Professional Libraian and Archivist 
help for Haiti
Date: 	Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:58:10 -0500
From: 	Barbara A Genco <bagencoconsulting at gmail.com>
To: 	ala council list <alacoun at ala.org>



FYI: Librarians and Archivists needed to work with the International 
Committee of the Blue Shield  http://www.ancbs.org <http://www.ancbs.org>.

About The Blue Shield

The Blue Shield is the cultural equivalent of the Red Cross. It is the 
protective emblem specified in the 1954 Hague Convention(Convention for 
the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict) for 
marking cultural sites to give them protection from attack in the event 
of armed conflict. The Blue Shield network consists of organizations 
dealing with museums, archives, audiovisual supports, libraries, as well 
as monuments and sites.

The International Committee of the Blue Shield, founded in 1996, 
comprises representatives of the five Non-Governmental Organisations 
(NGOs) working in this field:

the International Council on Archives (www.ica.org <http://www.ica.org/>), 
the International Council of Museums (www.icom.museum 
<http://www.icom.museum/>),
the International Council on Monuments and Sites (www.icomos.org 
<http://www.icomos.org/>), and 
the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions 
(www.ifla.org <http://www.ifla.org/>) 
the Co-ordinating Council of Audiovisual Archives Associations 
(www.ccaaa.org <http://www.ccaaa.org/>)

National Blue Shield Committees have been founded in a number of 
countries./ /The Association of National Committees of the Blue Shield 
(ANCBS), founded in December 2008, is coordinating and strengthening 
international efforts to protect cultural property at risk of 
destruction in armed conflicts or natural disasters. The ANCBS has its 
headquarters in The Hague.


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From: *Sjoerd Koopman* <sjoerd.koopman at ifla.org 
<mailto:sjoerd.koopman at ifla.org>>
Date: Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 3:43 AM
Subject: [IFLA-L] Professional help for Haiti
To: IFLA-L <Ifla-l at infoserv.inist.fr <mailto:Ifla-l at infoserv.inist.fr>>
Cc: "Mulder, J. (Hans)" <j.mulder at uu.nl <mailto:j.mulder at uu.nl>>


The Association of National Committees of the Blue Shield (ANCBS) wants 
to help the people of Haiti.

 

The earthquake in Haiti of 12th January has caused an enormous 
devastation. The amount of people that lost their lives is beyond 
imagination. At the moment basic humanitarian aid and the rebuilding of 
a functioning infrastructure is crucial. 

However, as soon as the situation in Haiti has become more stable, Blue 
Shield wants to help to enable experts from all over the world to 
support their Haitian colleagues in assessing the damage to the cultural 
heritage and therefore to the identity of their country. Subsequently, 
Blue Shield wants to support recovery, restoration and repair measures 
necessary to rebuild libraries, archives, museums, monuments and sites.   

An important task of ANCBS is to coordinate information. ANCBS needs to 
know who and where the experts are. ANCBS therefore calls upon 
archivists, restorers, curators, librarians, architects and other 
experts to register online as a volunteer.  

ANCBS wants to be able to bring experts in contact with those 
organizations that will send missions to Haiti, and make sure that 
volunteers will be informed about the situation in Haiti. 

Please join Blue Shield to help your Haitian colleagues. 

You may find the application form via: 
http://haiti2010.blueshield-international.org/. 

For the statement of Blue Shield on the Haitian earthquake see: 
http://www.ancbs.org/ <goog_1264429302945>.

The actions of Blue Shield can also be followed on Facebook: 
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=info&gid=247281734340 and Twitter: 
http://twitter.com/blueshieldcoop.

 Please feel free to spread this message!

On behalf of ANCBS,

 Karl von Habsburg, President

 

-- 
Barbara A. Genco, MLS
Editor, Collection Management, Library Journal
Consulting~Seeking Creative Solutions
170 Prospect Park West #2R
Brooklyn, NY USA 11215
718.499.8750
347.228.6384 Mobile
BAGencoConsulting at gmail.com <mailto:BAGencoConsulting at gmail.com>

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Suzanne L. Sager
Library East, Cataloging
Portland State University

503-725-8169
503-725-5799
sagers at pdx.edu

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