Following the recent events in Libya, the Blue Shield expresses its great concern about the safeguarding of the country’s invaluable cultural heritage amid the existing turmoil. The Blue Shield deplores the suffering and loss of life this conflict has imposed on the Libyan population.
Archive for March, 2011
Blue Shield Statement on Libya (from IFLA listserv)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Blue Shield, cultural heritage, disaster relief, IFLA, Libya on March 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Crisis Mappers and Librarianship
Posted in News, tagged crisis, crisis mappers, crisiscamp, crisismapping, disaster, disaster relief, Japan, librarians, libraries, Library, volunteer on March 12, 2011 | 1 Comment »
As librarians and information specialists we needs to start looking at how we can help seek and provide information crisis mappers are looking for. Why? Because it is our job….
What is our role in organizing that information and making it universally accessible and useful? Do we have the skills to support the many new web-based relief tools emerging — and do we want to have a role?
