IFLA pre-conference on disaster management, 30 July-1 August2003: final announcement

["Ecpa" <Ecpa _at__ bureau.knaw.nl>]

With apologies for cross-posting
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Final Announcement. Closing date online registration: Monday July 21st 2003
Register now at: http://www.kb.nl/iflapreconf/registration.html.
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Plan to attend this pre-conference to the 69th IFLA General Conference and Council:
Preparing for the Worst, Planning for the Best: 
Protecting our Cultural Heritage from Disaster

July 30 to August 1, 2003
Akademie der Wissenschaften, Gendarmenmarkt, Berlin
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Intensive 2-1/2 day program on disaster management for library and archives administrators 
-  Learn about national level policy planning and local initiatives
-  Find out about the International Committee of the Blue Shield
-  Share the experience of disaster plans in action - the theory and the practice
-  Understand the human factor in disaster response
-  Hear about critical lessons learned - flood, fire, hurricane, etc.
-  Explore priorities for salvage of collections
-  Hear about disaster management developments and models for risk assessment
-  Discover new recovery techniques and technologies
-  Don't miss this opportunity to learn from the experience and expertise of countries worldwide - the trends, challenges, itfalls and success stories.

See http://www.kb.nl/iflapreconf  for programme and registration information.

Sponsored by IFLA Preservation and Conservation Section, IFLA Core Activity for Preservation and Conservation, Akademie der Wissenschaften and Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin with support from the Council on Library and Information Resources

Kind regards, 
Johanna Wellheiser
Information Coordinator
IFLA Preservation and Conservation Section
URL: http://www.ifla.org/VII/s19/sconsv.htm
 
Posted by:
Anne Muller

European Commission on Preservation and Access (ECPA)
P.O. Box 19121, NL-1000 GC  Amsterdam, 
visiting address: c/o KNAW, Trippenhuis, Kloveniersburgwal 29,
NL-1011 JV  Amsterdam, The Netherlands
tel. ++31 - 20 - 551 08 39   fax  ++31 - 20 - 620 49 41
URL: http://www.knaw.nl/ecpa/