Webinar on "An Integrated approach to Disaster Management of Library Collections"

  NATIONAL LIBRARY OF INDIA ORGANIZED  WEBINAR ON DISASTER MANAGEMENT

National Library of India today(30.4.2020) organized the Second Webinar on "An Integrated approach to Disaster Management of Library Collections Digital and Physical" at 4.30 to 6 PM through  through video conferencing mode.Ms Heather Brown, Assistant Director, ARTLAB, Australia delivered a lecture on the said topic. She discussed on how to prepare a model disaster management plan for libraries both in Physical and Digital. As well as she shared the practices followed in ARTLAB, Australia. Ms.E.Gajalakshmi, ALIO introduced the speaker and  explained about the programme. Dr.K.K.Kochukoshy,OSD, National Library delivered a welcome address. Dr.Partha Sarathi Das, ALIO administrator of the GotoMeeting app hosted the whole program. The program was also attended by Shri Md.Usman Ghani, ALIO, Urdu Division, National Library Interns. The deliberation was followed by a lively interaction of the participants with the resource person. The Around 150 participants from different parts in India were participated in the said webinar.Mr.Akhlaque Ahmad, ALIO delivered vote of thanks.

About the Speaker:

Ms.Heather Brown is an Assistant Director at Artlab, Australia, one of  Australia's leading conservation organizations.She also has a part time academic role lecturing to library and archive students in the field of preservation.This role is in association with the State Library of South Australia which is an industry partner with the University in delivering the Library and the Information program.Heather is currently completing her PhD on the topic of preservation management.She was recently awarded an Australian Library and Information association Research grant to assist with the research project.Part of her research focuses on the strategy of disaster preparedness- the topic of today's lecture.