期刊名称：Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science
出版年度：2011
卷号：37
期号：5
出版社：American Society for Information Science and Technology
摘要：Can you imagine an emergency response plan that includes “Contact the nearest university or public library for assistance with information needs”? No? This omission is unfortunate, because the knowledge housed within libraries, the “thought in cold storage”[1], would be helpful as communities grapple with disasters. But the effort required to “thaw” this information, that is, to locate, filter, collect and present it to those who could make use of it, is still significant. However, libraries have adopted standards that facilitate data sharing. These advances have made it possible to quickly build custom, focused collections of content. The problem is that few libraries leverage this new agility, even though it is needed now more than ever.
