With apologies for cross posting, please see CILIP press release below on
the Tsunami. Look out for your next editions of Gazette, Update and the
International Bulletin.
Best regards
Julie
Julie Robinson
International Officer
CILIP
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News from CILIP
Monday 17 January 2005
For immediate release (Please copy to online discussion lists)
Take time to plan reconstruction of library services after tsunami disaster
says CILIP
Library and information community's response must be ready when needed
CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals is
monitoring the situation in the aftermath of the tsunami earthquake
disaster, and a strategy and action plan for CILIP's involvement will be
discussed by the Institute's Executive Board on 20 January and by its
governing Council on 9 February.
"Given the immensity of the disaster and the urgency of the need to supply
food, water, sanitation, shelter and medical assistance, as well as the
need to deal promptly but sensitively with physical debris and human
remains, it is likely to be some time before attention turns to library
services in the process of reconstruction and renewal," says CILIP's Chief
Executive Bob McKee. "However, that time can be used to plan an effective
and co-ordinated response in partnership with professional colleagues in
the affected areas."
International response to the disaster from the library and information
community is likely to be co-ordinated through the International Federation
of Library Associations (IFLA) in conjunction with UNESCO. In addition,
there may be responses from individuals - and individual national
associations like CILIP - which build on pre-existing personal and
institutional links. CILIP, for example, has strong links with the
profession in Sri Lanka and in India.
"The tsunami disaster has focused the world's attention and mobilised
international support on an unprecedented scale," Dr McKee continues. "The
destruction will clearly have had an impact on library services in the
affected areas, and we must be ready when needed."
Links to sites concerned with the impact of the disaster on library
services are available at:
www.cilip.org.uk/professionalguidance/internationalwork/Tsunami.htm
Contact: Tim Buckley Owen, Head of Membership, Marketing & Media.
Tel: 020 7255 0652
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Notes to Editors
CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals is
the leading professional body for librarians, information specialists and
knowledge managers, with around 23,000 members working in all sectors,
including business and industry, science and technology, further and higher
education, schools, local and central government, the health service, the
voluntary sector, national and public libraries. For more information
about CILIP, please go to www.cilip.org.uk.
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