Resources from the library community affected by the March 11th Earthquake in Japan

A library in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan

Last week's massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Japan has caused an untold number of deaths and tremendous damage.  IFLA extends our deepest sympathy and sorrow to our Japanese colleagues as they struggle to deal with the damage to their lives and their country.

The following resources show how the library community has been affected and is responding:

2012

Research Report: The Great East Japan Earthquake and Libraries
[9 May]
National Diet Library of Japan

• One Year After… [11 March]
  Ryuichiro Takahashi, Chief of Library-user Support Section, Tokyo Gakugei University Library

• Final report on consequences to Japanese heritage sites [7 February]
  ICOMOS Japan

• Update: Libraries in Japan affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake [20 January]
  National Diet Library

2011

• 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami [29 April]
  Japan Library Association

• Supporting afflicted people and libraries of the Tohoku-Pacific Ocean Earthquake [28 April]
  National Diet Library Newsletter, Nr.177

• Tohoku Pacific Earthquake on 11 March 2011 [PDF]
  Reports by ICOMOS Japan
  This document includes reports up to 27 March 2011, and will be updated with follow-up reports 

• Earthquake 201103 Japan

• Message from Ryuichiro Takahashi, Chief of Library-user Support Section, Tokyo Gakugei University Library [11 March]
  • update [13 March]
  • update [24 March]
  • update [4 April]

• Report on the support for preservation in Northeast Japan, Noriko Nakamura, PAC Regional Director for Asia (Tokyo) [8 April]

• Message from Matsuoka Kaname, Secretary General, Japan Library Association (JLA) [6 April 2011]

• Message from Dr. Makoto Nagao, Librarian of the National Diet Library in Tokyo

• Statement from Mika Lawler, Director, Branch Libraries and Cooperation Division, Administrative Department National Diet Library

• savelibrary @ wiki (in Japanese)

Additional resources:

• Person Finder: 2011 Japan Earthquake
• Japan & Pacific 2011 Blue Shield Solidarity (Facebook group)
• Satellite Photos of Japan, Before and After (New York Times)

An energy map from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows the intensity of the tsunami in the Pacific Ocean caused by the magnitude 8.9 earthquake