Dear Colleagues:
I am pleased to announce the upcoming Committee on
Japanese Materials (CJM) program at the CEAL annual meeting on March 15,
2012 in Toronto. This year, we have a special program focusing on the lessons we
have learned from the Great Tohoku Earthquake (Higashi Nihon Daishinsai on
March 11, 2011) and awareness of disaster planning. The Committee cordially
invites you to attend the
panel on “Lessons and Messages from The
Great Tohoku
Earthquake: Awareness of Preparedness for Libraries, Museums, and Archives.” This will be a brainstorming session for all of us.
Date and Time:
Thursday, March 15, 9:10 am -10:40
am
Location: Dominion Ballroom South, Sheraton
Centre Toronto Hotel
9:10-9:15 Opening remarks. Setsuko Noguchi, (Chair,
Japanese Studies Librarian, Committee on Institutional Cooperation)
9:15-9:20 Committee
report
9:20-10:40 Presentations & panel discussion “Lessons and Messages from The Great Tohoku Earthquake: Awareness of
Preparedness for Libraries, Museums, and Archives.”
Moderator: Mari Nakahara (Reference Librarian,
Library of Congress)
9:20-9:30 Satoshi Sonehara (Professor,
Tohoku University Archives) "Disaster report and
current activities at Tohoku University library and archives"
9:30-9:40 Makoto
Okamoto (SaveMLAK) "Business Continuity Program and know-how for damaged
materials"
9:40-9:50 Andrew Robb (Section Head for Special Formats, Library of
Congress) "Lessons Learned from the 2006 Katrina and Rita
Hurricanes in the United States"
9:50-10:00 Kazuko Hioki (Conservation Librarian, University of
Kentucky) “Strategies for disaster preparedness and
recovery“
10:00-10:30 Panel
discussion
Q&A
Closing
I look forward to seeing you all at the CJM
annual meeting in Toronto.
Sincerely,
Setsuko
Setsuko Noguchi
Librarian for Japanese
Studies, CIC
(217)244-9424
, fax (217)333-2214
, fax (217)333-2214
Asian Library, 325 Main
Library
1408 West Gregory Drive,
Urbana, Illinois 61801
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