Disaster Risk Response - Libraries and the Sendai Framework: A Briefing
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2018-03
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International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
Abstract
Libraries play an essential role in keeping a record of human creativity and ideas. Their work
in preserving them aims to ensure their survival in order to inform and inspire future
generations. Yet their collections are all too often at risk if damage or destruction if or when
disasters happen. Dealing with this risk is therefore a core element of library work.
Yet libraries are about more than preserving works for the long term. They also have a proactive
role in managing the risk of, and responding to, disasters. In this, they make a
contribution not just to the future, but to the present of their communities.
Both of these aspects of libraries’ work are covered in the United Nations’ Sendai
Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. This briefing provides an explanation of the
Framework, explanation of where it touches on the work – or the interests – of libraries, and
suggestions of how it may help promote the involvement of libraries in disaster risk reduction
strategies around the world.
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Subject::Cultural heritage, Subject::Disaster response