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Subject: Fw: Assistance for Libraries, Information Services & Archives
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 09:25:55 -0500
From: Simcoe County Law Library <simlawlib@BELLNET.CA>
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This may be of interest to all or at least some of you out there
Pat Henry
Simcoe County Law Library
Barrie, On
simlawlib@bellnet.ca
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Subject: Assistance for Libraries, Information Services & Archives
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sophie.felfoldi@ifla.nl [mailto:sophie.felfoldi@ifla.nl]
> Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 10:02 AM
> To: ifla-l@infoserv.inist.fr
> Subject: Update on: Assistance for Libraries, Information Services &
> Archives
>
> ASSISTANCE FOR LIBRARIES, INFORMATION SERVICES & ARCHIVES IN SRI LANKA
>
> Today (Monday 10 January) the newly-established Sri Lanka Disaster
> Management Committee for Libraries, Information Services and Archives [SL
> DMC for LISA] held its fourth meeting and agreed a list of requirements to
> assist with the rehabilitation of libraries and information services and
> government records destroyed or damaged by the tsunami. The opportunity is
> also to be taken to not only rebuild but also develop them so that they
are
> in positions to play positive roles in the Government's ambitious plans to
> establish an e-Lanka. Time scales will obviously depend to a large extent
on
> what becomes available but attention is being paid to those outlines in
the
> Action Plans from the World Summit on the Information Society.
>
> The lists that follow are still preliminary. It is also still too early to
> prioritise items in them particularly because, although it has been
possible
> to travel to view libraries by National Library staff as far south as
> Hambantota, it has not been possible yet to actually visit and survey
those
> on the east coast where (as I write) cyclonic weather conditions are
> building to add to the misery caused by the tsunami and the monsoon floods
> that have followed it and where already damaged roads and bridges now have
> been made totally impassable. However it is known that many have been
swept
> away entirely or severely damaged. See the Map. See also photos of damaged
> library buildings between Colombo and Hambantatota on the south-west
coast.
>
> The National Library and Documentation Services Board provide the
executive
> and services for the SL DMC for LISA. To communicate with it use:
> E-mail: dg@mail.natlib.lk
> nldsb@mail.natlib.lk
> Web site: www.natlib.lk
> www.lankapage.lk
> Phones: ++ 94 11 26 87 58 1
> Fax: ++ 94 11 26 85 20 1
> Address:
> Director-General, NLDSB, 14 Independence Avenue, Colombo 7 Sri Lanka.
>
> For money donations a special bank account, monitored by the Disaster
> Management Committee, has been opened: send them to NLDSB.
>
> LIST OF REQUIREMENTS:
> MONEY:
> At this stage monies are probably the best form of assistance in that they
> can be speedily raised (perhaps by sponsored events such as marathons,
> coffee mornings etc. etc.), can be speedily transmitted and on arrival can
> be quickly committed and, in so doing, help to provide employment to local
> people.
> Monies are required for:
> Reconstruction and repair of severely damaged or destroyed buildings; To
> purchase locally-published books in Sinhala or buy Tamil books from South
> India; To buy locally-made furniture and equipment; To engage foreign
> expertise.
>
> PLANS & ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNS:
> Required to construct low-cost buildings particularly plans and designs
that
> can be adapted to make use of locally-available materials.
>
> MOBILE LIBRARIES:
> In order to be able to speedily restore services to users. First to be
based
> on the National Library in Colombo until local buildings have been
repaired
> or reconstructed. In obtaining this mobility there is the possibility of
> reaching the largest numbers of users.
> Vehicles - x 2 or 3 of middle size (because roads are narrow and damaged).
> Equipment and stationary to make them operational in the shortest time.
> Stand alone computers and databases and modems to establish them not only
as
> book-based lending libraries but also as communication centres. (Phone
lines
> are being speedily restored).
>
> FURNITURE:
> a. Designs for low-cost furniture to be manufactured locally; b. Display
> boards; c. Issue desks; d. Reading tables & chairs; e. Catalogue Cabinets;
> f. Librarians' tables & chairs; g. Book trolleys; h. Book racks; i. Other
> types of furniture i.e. kik stools etc.
>
> AUDIO-VISUAL EQUIPMENT:
> a. DVD players and discs
> b. CD Players and CDs
> c. Video players and tapes (although less of a priority because in the hot
> and damp climate they quickly deteriorate with mould);
>
> COMPUTERS:
> Required to develop the libraries into information providing centres via
> ICT, Internet, on-line access etc; a. terminals, keyboards, printers,
> drives, modems; b. scanners (particularly for damaged government records
> that should have been destined for the National Archives).
>
> ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT:
> a. Fax machines;
> b. Photocopiers.
>
> PRINT & NON-PRINT MATERIALS:
> Be aware that many of the destroyed communities had little knowledge of
the
> English language and that the books primarily required will need to be in
> the Sinhala and Tamil languages. Nevertheless some English books will be
> welcomed particularly when they are suitable for young children (i.e.
> picture books) or are reference materials.
> a. childrens' literature;
> b. reference materials (including in CD formats); c. general reading; d.
> leisure reading (Sinhala & Tamils requirements are specially relevant
here);
> e. special subject areas (that relate to the work and interests of the
> community before the waves struck) 1. fishing, prawn farming, ornamental
> fish farming; 2. small industries such as coir products, mask-making; gem
> cutting; milk food manufacturing; palm-leaf industry; boat building;
> carpentry; motor repairs including tinkering and body repairs; 3. paddy
and
> cashew nut cultivation; 4. basic learning materials for foreign languages;
> 5. on Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam and Christianity.
> f. support materials for counseling (the huge numbers of
traumatized
> people).
>
> FOR HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT & TRAINING:
> As part of human rehabilitation (in cooperation with the Sri Lanka Library
> Association) and to assist in the up-grading of knowledge and the
> acquisition of new skills (to work in the e-Lanka situations) training
> courses and operations will be established (MONEY) and outside expertise
> will be necessary (SKILLED EXPERTS) a. Money to operate the programmes and
> to pay for overseas experts; b. People with specialist skills; Required
for
> the following areas:
> 1. recovery and conservation of documents - especially govt. records as
well
> as books; 2. records management; 3. conservation in general.
> c. Money & expertise to reinforce currently-existing training centres i.e.
> SL LA; National Institute of Library & Information Sciences; Dept. of
> Library Science, University of Kelaniya; National Library and
Documentation
> Services Board.
>
> CONSERVATION (particularly of local government records many of which have
> been severely damaged not only by contact with water but by the force of
> it):
> 1. expertise see above;
> 2. specialist equipment
> 3. mobile conservation units (to move on after assisting in one area)
>
> VEHICLES:
> 1. The National Library possesses few vehicles with which to move around
the
> coastal belt - for instance moving around experts; 2. It has no vehicles
> suitable for transporting large quantities of books and heavier equipment
> and furniture e.g. from the airport or ports to the venues requiring it.
>
> As the rescue operations continue it is highly likely that more and
> different sorts of aid may become apparent.
> PLEASE, THEREFORE, CONTINUE TO WATCH THIS SPACE.
> FOR THOSE PLANNING TO ASSIST THE SL DMC HOPES THAT THIS LIST WILL HELP.
> IN ANTICIPATION IT ALSO WISHES TO RECORD ITS THANKS.
>
> Russell Bowden Honorary
> Fellow of IFLA
> KOTTAWA
> Sri Lanka.
>
>
>
-- James Milles Associate Dean for Legal Information Services Director of the Law Library Associate Professor of Law University at Buffalo Law School The State University of New York 208 O'Brian Hall Buffalo, NY 14260 jgmilles@buffalo.edu (716) 645-2089
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