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Library Disasters in Developing Countries: A Literature Review of Experiences and Way Forward

Disaster management has been a subject of interest to libraries and librarians, because of its implications for disaster preparedness and control. This paper is a review of literature on disasters experienced by libraries in some developing nations, with a view to discovering workable solutions that would help to either prevent or manage future occurrences. It examined library disasters in Egypt, Philippines, Nepal, Jamaica, Nigeria and Malawi among others. The paper observed that the initial response of the affected libraries to these disasters was poor. It therefore advocated for the need fo…

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Source	OpenAlex research
Collection	International records
Kind	Document
Publisher	Bilgi Dünyası
Date	2018-12-23
Type	article
Details	openalex authorships.countries:NG,primary topic.subfield.id:3320\|3321\|3308\|1202\|3303\|3312\|2002\|2000\|2003 + local /\bnige
Found at	https://doi.org/10.15612/bd.2018.687
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Library Disasters in Developing Countries: A Literature Review of Experiences and Way Forward. OpenAlex research, 2018. Vero Archive, record openalex:W2906062289.