SLA's response to natural disasters.(Special Libraries Association)

Then-Special Libraries Association (SLA) President Ethel Salonen created the Task Force on Natural Disasters to investigate ways in which information professionals could apply the skills and knowledge expresses in SLA Competencies to assist in relief recovery, and reconstruction efforts. As a result...

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Published in:Information Outlook 2005-10, Vol.9 (10), p.20-26
Main Author: Robertson, Davenport Dav
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Blogs
Communities of Practice
Company business management
Disaster recovery
Disaster relief
Evidence Based Practice
Floods
Focus Groups
Government Libraries
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricanes
Indonesian
Information Needs
Information professionals
Information Scientists
Information services
Information services industry
International Organizations
Junior High Schools
Librarians
Library Associations
Library Materials
Library Personnel
Management
Natural disaster damage
Natural Disasters
Networks
New Orleans
Nongovernmental Organizations
Preservation
Presidents
Public Libraries
Quality Assurance
Quality Control
School Libraries
Services
Special Libraries Association
Task forces
Teaching Methods
USA
Vocational Schools
Volunteers
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Summary:Then-Special Libraries Association (SLA) President Ethel Salonen created the Task Force on Natural Disasters to investigate ways in which information professionals could apply the skills and knowledge expresses in SLA Competencies to assist in relief recovery, and reconstruction efforts. As a result, when Hurricane Katrina struck the US Gulf Coast on Aug 29, SLA had a communication tool, IPANDAnet, in place to respond to the catastrophe. IPANDAnet (http://slablogger.typepad.com/ipandanet/) is an SLA Weblog that serves as a forum to exchange information professionals and those involved in relief and recovery efforts.
ISSN:1091-0808
1938-3819