Library roles in disaster response: an oral history project by the National Library of Medicine.
OBJECTIVES: To develop a knowledgebase of stories illustrating the variety of roles that librarians can assume in emergency and disaster planning, preparedness, response, and recovery, the National Library of Medicine conducted an oral history project during the summer of 2007. The history aimed to...
| Publicado en: | Journal of the Medical Library Association Vol. 96; no. 4; pp. 343 - 351 |
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| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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University of Pittsburgh, University Library System
Oct2008
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