期刊名称：Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
印刷版ISSN：1931-6550
出版年度：2010
卷号：36
期号：5
出版社：American Society for Information Science and Technology
摘要：The past decade saw heightened hurricane activity in the United States with more than $150 billion in damage in 2004 and 2005 [1]. In Florida alone there have been 53 hurricanes or other severe storm systems since 2000, resulting in over $64 billion in damage and 149 related fatalities [2]. Propelled by this history of hurricane damage, the Information Institute has collected data that describe the roles that Florida and Gulf Coast public libraries have played and the services they have provided in hurricane/disaster preparedness and response since 2004. These data come from annual national surveys of technology use and deployment funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the American Library Association [3] and the State Library & Archives of Florida [4], as well as numerous interviews conducted by staff at the Information Institute. These data, as well as other research in LIS, show that libraries have responded to hurricanes and other disasters by taking steps to better prepare for the information needs of libraries and their communities arising from these emergency situations. Libraries have adapted their service roles in support of their communities to manage information services tailored to emergency support and assistance to hurricane victims [5, 6, 7].
