Supporting Library Staff in Emergencies and Natural Disasters

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dc.audienceAudience::Public Libraries Sectionen_US
dc.contributor.authorTu-Keefner, Feili
dc.contributor.authorHobbs, April
dc.contributor.authorLyons, Denise R.
dc.contributor.authorSmith, J. Caroline
dc.coverage.spatialLocation::United States of Americaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-16T18:07:57Z
dc.date.available2022-12-16
dc.date.available2022-12-16T18:07:57Z
dc.date.issued2022-12-16
dc.description.abstractIn times of crisis, public libraries, in addition to health, fire, and police departments, are community outreach centers and sources of credible information. Since 2015, three situation-specific studies examining disaster information dissemination and services provided by public libraries have been conducted by research teams from the University of South Carolina's School of Information Science and the South Carolina State Library. The results show that the public libraries in the areas affected by disasters created disaster-recovery centers, illustrating the libraries - value in facilitating emergency response and recovery. However, the findings also show public librarians were not fully prepared to provide disaster and health information for adult users, especially through online venues. It is recommended that public libraries provide reliable, user-friendly disaster and health digital resources for adult users. Public librarians can use social media network sites, such as Facebook and Twitter, to increase awareness of these library resources and to distribute real-time messages of interest. Continuing education programs and professional development opportunities need to be developed and delivered to better prepare professional librarians to provide disaster and health information servicesen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://2021.ifla.org/
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.ifla.org/handle/20.500.14598/2417
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInternational Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries86th IFLA World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) / 2021 (virtual);Poster Sessions
dc.rights.holderFeili Tu-Keefneren_US
dc.rights.holderApril Hobbsen_US
dc.rights.holderDenise R. Lyonsen_US
dc.rights.holderJ. Caroline Smithen_US
dc.rights.licenseCC BY 4.0en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_US
dc.subjectSubject::Disaster responseen_US
dc.subjectSubject::Health informationen_US
dc.subjectSubject::Information policiesen_US
dc.titleSupporting Library Staff in Emergencies and Natural Disastersen_US
dc.typeEvents Materialsen_US
dc.typePostersen_US
ifla.oPubId0en_US

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