The 2004 and 2005 gulf coast hurricanes: Evolving roles and lessons learned for public libraries in disaster preparedness and community services

Public Library Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 199-214

  Jaeger, Paul T ^a   Langa, Lesley A ^b   McClure, Charles R ^b   Bertot, John Carlo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computers; Disaster preparedness; Disaster recovery; Information access; Internet; Public libraries

Indexed keywords

EID: 37249032299     PISSN: 01616846     EISSN: 15411540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J118v25n03_17     Document Type: Article

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