News on the earthquake in Haïti from IFLA and the global library community

Workers painstakingly retrieve records from the ruins of the Tax Office

On this page we are collecting the latest news from the library community around the world about the devastating earthquake in Haïti.  Updates will be made as soon as available.

If you'd like to suggest a link, please contact our Communications Officer, Louis Takács.

For a first impression, watch the video below taken by security cameras during the earthquake.

IFLA-related:

2013

• Haiti: three years after
  Laura Kho (IFLA Express) [August]
• Newsletter n°1 – L'Arche du Bouclier Bleu
  (Cultural Heritage Treatment and training centre in Haiti : Ark of Blue Shield) [20 February]

2011

• Training session on paper conservation in Haiti
  [1 August]
• IFLA and the Prince Claus Fund sign contract to help preserve Haitian cultural heritage
  [29 March]
• IFLA's involvement in Haiti reconstruction efforts during 2010
  [18 January]

2010

• Good news from the National Library of Haiti [20 December]
• Swiss libraries with BSF send 2 containers of equipment to Haitian libraries [25 October]
• Preservation workshops organised in Haiti [30 August]
• Haiti Update Session in Gothenburg, Sweden [15 August]
• Rebuilding libraries is rebuilding the Haitian people [13 August]
• Blue Shield rescue center to be established in Haiti [25 June]
• International Blue Shield's Mission to Haiti – Online Report [2 June]
• Official recognition of a new Blue Shield Committee in Haiti [28 May]
• Blue Shield actions for safeguarding heritage in Haiti [26 March]
• News and Developments regarding Libraries in Haïti [1 February]
• The BA Donates Books to Egyptian Libraries Destroyed by Floods and Haitian Libraries Struck by the Earthquake [31 January]
• Haïti 2010: Ready to help with the Blue Shield? [28 January]
• News about Haitian libraries [22 January]
• A message from the Director-General of the National Library of Haïti [18 January]
• Le Comité Français IFLA (CFI), solidaire avec Haïti [15 January]
• IFLA supports Haitian colleagues in their struggle to recover from the earthquake [15 January]

General:

2012

• Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC): Protecting Haitian Patrimony (PHP) Initiative Report [February]

2011

• 100 Days for Haiti – Matching gift challenge for Haiti disaster relief [17 October]
• Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC): Protecting Haitian Patrimony (PHP) Initiative Report [June]
• The "Invisible" Forces of Haiti — How Can Books and Cultural Help the Reconstruction Process [6 April]
• Rebuilding Haiti's Libraries: Rebuilding Dreams [April]
• Haiti Reads [March]

2010

• Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC): Protecting Haitian Patrimony (PHP) Initiative Report [December]
• Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC): Protecting Haitian Patrimony Initiative (PHPI); Update – November 2010 [15 December]
• First Plenary Session of the International Coordination Committee for the Safeguarding of Haitian Cultural Heritage, Final Report (UNESCO) [15 December]
• Première Session Plénière du Comité International de Coordination pour la Sauvegarde du Patrimoine Culturel Haïtien, rapport final (UNESCO) [15 December]
• Haiti Relief Infos blog launched (from Erick Toussaint, FOKAL) [20 August]
• Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC): Protecting Haitian Patrimony (PHP) Initiative Report [August]
• ACURIL in Solidarity with Libraries, Archives and Museums in Haiti [22 April]
• Saving Haiti's Libraries (Online exhibit and preservation fund from the John Carter Library) [18 March]
• UNESCO Director-General in Haiti to support country's recovery [10 March]
• UNESCO provides assistance in preserving Haitian documentary heritage [1 March]
• Protecting Haitian Patrimony Initiative Assessment: Initial Assessment and Reccommendations (dLOC) [26 February]
• Rapport de la mission de sauvegarde des archives et des collections patrimoniales haïtiennes… (Bibliothèques sans Frontières)  [19 February]
• ALA Haiti Library Relief webpage [19 Febraury]
• UNESCO lays foundation for International Coordination Committee (ICC) for Haitian culture [17 February]
• Urgence Haïti: pour que vive et résiste la culture haïtienne (Bibliothèques sans Frontières) [16 February]
• Bibliothèque nationale de France: solidarity with Haïti [5 February]
• Press releases/newsletters and selected resources from ICOMOS [1 February]
• Digital Library of the Caribbean News Update [26 January]
• NLM Launches Emergency Access Initiative [25 January]
• National Library of Medicine (NLM) webpage on Haiti Earthquake health-related resources [21 January]
• Library Community Rallies to Aid Earthquake-Stricken Haiti [19 January]
• ALA Resolution on Haiti [19 January]
• We are ALL in solidarity with Haiti / Todos estamos en Accion Solidaria con Haiti [19 January]
• Libraries Without Borders: Solidarity with Haiti [18 January]
• Digital Library of Caribbean dLOC on Facebook (includes photos) [18 January]
• IBBY launches appeal for Haiti [18 January]
• ALA joins with MCCA to support Haiti relief effort [16 January]
• Google Maps satellite photos of Haiti from before & after the earthquake [13 January]

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