I recently participated in a discussion on the Information
Professionals' Alliance on Natural Disasters and Accidents. This is
being supported by a number of library organizations including IFLA,
SLA, MLA (Medical), and ALA. If you have an interest, please check out
the web site and consider being a volunteer. Although we were
discussing the tsunami, there are potentials for natural disasters any
where. The role that we (as individuals, not as an institution) would
play is to help to provide supporting information for decision making.
Today is the roll out for the new program. They wanted to be close to
an appropriate date, so chose Earth Day.
Jean
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Disaster Response Network Begins Taking Shape*
The SLA Task Force on Natural Disasters recently held a briefing for
chapter and division leaders to inform them of plans for a volunteer
disaster response network. Dubbed the Information Professionals'
Alliance on Natural Disasters and Accidents (IPANDA), this network will
field requests for information from emergency responders and relief
agency personnel for the purpose of improving preparedness and
facilitating immediate support in the wake of a tragic event. For more
information, check out the IPANDA Network Weblog
<http://cl.exct.net/?ffcd16-fe6515797560077f7016-fe2810797c62047c711773>
or contact the task force at ipanda@sla.org <mailto:ipanda@sla.org>.
-- Jean E. Crampon Science & Engineering Team Librarian SSL-303A University of Southern California University Park Los Angeles, CA 90089-0481 213-740-4421 crampon@usc.edu
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