Public Libraries Worked in the Tohoku Mega-disaster
Public libraries play important roles during disaster recovery, even when other government actors fail. Libraries are centers of local information and have local knowledge. Patrons, as well as government agencies and NGOs, benefit from public libraries’ local grounding. Along with their local commun...
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University of Akron Press
2015-12-01
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| Series: | Proceedings from the Document Academy |
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| Online Access: | https://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/docam/vol2/iss1/10 |