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Libraries in War Zones: a Very Swift Overview: 

Libraries in War Zones: a Very Swift Overview presented by Anne Britton Serials & Electronic Resources Cataloger, Baker Library, Harvard Business School email: abritton@hbs.edu

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1. Libraries are a target 2. Some library disasters are preventable 3. We can do much to aid libraries in international conflict zones

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4. When helping, seek to do no harm 5. Beware distortions in the news media 6. Think broadly

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National & University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo destroyed in 1992 Source: Andras Riedlmayer. Killing Memory: Bosnia's Cultural Heritage and Its Destruction

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Dar al Kutub wa al Wathaiq & Maktabat al Awqaf, Iraq destroyed in 2003 Source: MELA Committee on Iraqi Libraries

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"damnatio memoriae" the eradication of all records of existence.

Arenas of action: 

Arenas of action a. Collecting b. Preservation c. Planning d. Lobbying e. Education f. Developing the profession g. Restoration

Arenas of action: 

Arenas of action a. Collecting b. Preservation c. Planning d. Lobbying e. Education f. Developing the profession g. Restoration

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Mekhitarist Library, San Lazzaro, Venice, Italy est. in 1717 Source: digilander.libero.it/ venexian/ita/monasteri.htm

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E. Gene Smith, Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center, New York, New York began ca.1968 Source: Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center

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Linen Hall Library, Belfast, Northern Ireland began collecting political ephemera in 1968 Source: CAIN, University of Ulster

Arenas of action: 

Arenas of action a. Collecting b. Preservation c. Planning d. Lobbying e. Education f. Developing the profession g. Restoration

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John Dean & Cornell University Library, Conservation Department Conservation & Stabilization of Palm Leaf & Parabaik Manuscripts 1997 Source: Cornell University Library, Department of Preservation and Collection Maintenance

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Afghanistan Digital Library New York University afghanistandl.nyu.edu est. 2002

Arenas of action: 

Arenas of action a. Collecting b. Preservation c. Planning d. Lobbying e. Education f. Developing the profession g. Restoration

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International Committee of the Blue Shield www.ifla.org/blueshield.htm#1 est. 1996

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IFLA Core Activity on Preservation and Conservation Safeguarding our Documentary Heritage 2000

Arenas of action: 

Arenas of action a. Collecting b. Preservation c. Planning d. Lobbying e. Education f. Developing the profession g. Restoration

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1919 Treaty of Versailles

Arenas of action: 

Arenas of action a. Collecting b. Preservation c. Planning d. Lobbying e. Education f. Developing the profession g. Restoration

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Dar al Kutub wa al Wathaiq & Maktabat al Awqaf, Iraq 2003

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Society of American Archivists Iraqi Archives Links www.archivists.org/news/iraqi_archives.asp 2003

Arenas of action: 

Arenas of action a. Collecting b. Preservation c. Planning d. Lobbying e. Education f. Developing the profession g. Restoration

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Anne Morgan, American Committee for Devastated France est. 1917 Source: Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, Radcliffe Institute

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Libraries are a target 2. Some library disasters are preventable 3. We can do much to aid libraries in international conflict zones 4. When helping, seek to do no harm 5. Beware distortions in the news media 6. Think broadly

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Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt inaugurated in 2002 Source: Bibliotheca Alexandrina

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Leuven City Library, Belgium rebuilt 1921-1928 & University Library, Louvain la Neuve, Belgium est. 1968 Source: Stad Leuven

Additional resources: 

Additional resources www.people.hbs.edu/abritton/war.html

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