Notice catalographique « Disaster and after : the practicalities of information service in times of war and other catastrophes : proceedings of an international conference sponsored by IGLA (The International Group of the Library Association), 4-6 September 1998, University of Bristal »

Contents:

Managing information for disasters: examples from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in Africa

Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam: the road towards recovery for library and archival collections after war and civil unrest

Psychological effects of the Linkoping fire (and some strategies for overcoming the problems in the first few months)

The Polish floods of 1997: the Information Department of Nicholas Copernicus University Library as flood relief headquarters

The Polish floods of 1997: the Poznan perspective

Documenting civil conflict: the case of the Linen Hall Library, Belfast

Information services during the war in Eritrea, 1961-1991

Imprisoned information: the case of the Palestinian occupied territories during the Intifada and beyond Chernobyl: how solutions were found in Belarus to remedy the lack of available scientific information

Sarajevo: coping with disaster

Coping with disasters: IFLA's role in the ICBS (International Committee of the Blue Shield) and in co-operative initiatives to preserve the Memory of the World

A holistic approach to information services and times of disaster

• Emergency management
• Disasters - Control - Libraries - Planning
• Information services
• Catastrophes - Lutte contre - Bibliothèques - Planification
• Gestion des situations d'urgence
• Services d'information