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@UNDRR10 Apr 2024
Disaster risks are not simple. Impacts often cascade across systems, creating new risks. Addressing systemic risks requires a new approach, working across silos, accepting a greater degree of uncertainty. Learn more about systemic risks ➡️ ow.ly/xmc550RbtzK
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IFLA@IFLA11 Apr 2024
How have perceptions of #libraries changed among governments, communities, and libraries themselves since before the COVID-19 pandemic? #IFLA's Regional Council drew together experience and insights from around the world - read more here bit.ly/4d3AEv0!
Picture of a colorful strobe background. Text: "Pandemic perceptions change: 2024 open working document IFLA Regional Council report"

ALT Picture of a colorful strobe background. Text: "Pandemic perceptions change: 2024 open working document IFLA Regional Council report"

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Carla Hayden@LibnOfCongress18 Apr 2024
Happy Superman Day! On this day in 1938, the Man Of Steel made his first appearance, From the @librarycongress collection: Superman no. 1, first self-titled issue.
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Paul Jewell@pdjewell11 Sep 2023
‘Nourishing for the soul’ Humble libraries bouncing back as remote work grows thecourier.com.au/story/8343… with @TrishHepworth #LibrariesTransform

Humble libraries bouncing back as remote work grows

John Lloyd Fillingham was in the midst of a frustrating and unsuccessful search for a remote working space...

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Sharon Heal@Sharonheal18 Aug 2023
Thefts by staff a common problem in UK museums, say experts. No it’s not & this is what I said: it’s incredibly rare. “Most people who work in museums really love their collections. They don’t enter the profession with the intention of wrongdoing.” theguardian.com/culture/2023…
Thefts by staff a common problem in UK museums, say experts

Thefts by staff a common problem in UK museums, say experts

Former long-term member of staff at London institution says they are ‘shocked at what goes on’

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NY Public Library
@nypl21 Aug 2023
🐻 On August 21, 1921, Christopher Robin Milne received a teddy bear for his first birthday. That bear would become the inspiration for the world-famous Winnie-the-Pooh character. The real Pooh took up residence at NYPL in 1987! Learn more:
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Join us at #CityLibrary for Storytime with our friends from #SAMetropolitanFireService this Wednesday at 10:30am. The #SAMFS wants everyone to be safe. In this fun session, we will explain simple fire safety messages, present Storytime & giveaway items to take home.
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Library of Congress
@librarycongress21 May 2023
141 years ago today, Clara Barton hosted the first official meeting of the @RedCross at her Washington, D.C., home. The Library's Prints and Photographs Division (go.usa.gov/xuSUK?loclr=twloc) offers a visual record of their accomplishments in providing relief throughout the world.
Twins being cared for by an American Red Cross nurse in the American Red Cross Children's Home in Toul, France, 1918.

ALT Twins being cared for by an American Red Cross nurse in the American Red Cross Children's Home in Toul, France, 1918.

A little girl "with one of her best friends," Capt. Bernard of the American Red Cross, at a country home for refugee children in France, 1918.

ALT A little girl "with one of her best friends," Capt. Bernard of the American Red Cross, at a country home for refugee children in France, 1918.

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PRO Victoria@PRO_Vic28 Apr 2023
We can’t go past this record for #SomethingBig #Archive30. This is of course the famous Monster Suffrage Petition held in our collection. You can also view it online here: new.parliament.vic.gov.au/ab…
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UCT
@UCT_news28 Apr 2023
Interim VC, Emeritus Professor Daya Reddy, writes to the university community to provide an update on the restoration and repair work following the April 2021 fire: bit.ly/40Ok2Qi

Update on recovery from April 2021 fire

Emeritus Professor Daya Reddy writes to the UCT community with an update on the status of recovery work on campus.

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Isobel Hunter MBE@HunterIsobel26 Apr 2023
Many libraries offered warm welcome spaces this winter and the evaluation is striking. The initiative not only helped people keep warm but also tackled social isolation. Really important work by libraries. theguardian.com/society/2023…
More than 500,000 people in UK visited ‘warm rooms’ during the winter

More than 500,000 people in UK visited ‘warm rooms’ during the winter

Exclusive: first audit of spaces reveals people visited to due to loneliness as well as to keep warm

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#OnThisDay 1986 The Chernobyl Disaster #PeopleForNuclearDisarmamentCollection contains boxes of anti-nuclear activist banners. Some are giant banners for the side of ships + bridges, some smaller single person banners Book in today via the link in our bio #SpecialCollections
A selection of photographs of activist banners, mostly of the anti-nuclear theme. John Holland bringing radiation to the nation; Three, two, one, zero.. Let’s have a no mines policy; No N-power in Holland or anywhere else; No uranium mining; be active now, not radioactive later; No nukes is good nukes; danger; help keep WA nuclear free; leave uranium in the ground; the nuclear industry failed the C20th experiment; No nuclear tests, stop uranium mining now!; No to a new nuclear reactor at Lucas Heights; Uranium mining, nuclear power, radioactive waster forever and ever and ever…. To the left is the MU Special Collections logo. Text: International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day; selection of activism banners. Citation: People for Nuclear Disarmament (PND) (WA branch) Collection, QB 25, Special Collections, Geoffrey Bolton Library, Murdoch, Western Australia.

ALT A selection of photographs of activist banners, mostly of the anti-nuclear theme. John Holland bringing radiation to the nation; Three, two, one, zero.. Let’s have a no mines policy; No N-power in Holland or anywhere else; No uranium mining; be active now, not radioactive later; No nukes is good nukes; danger; help keep WA nuclear free; leave uranium in the ground; the nuclear industry failed the C20th experiment; No nuclear tests, stop uranium mining now!; No to a new nuclear reactor at Lucas Heights; Uranium mining, nuclear power, radioactive waster forever and ever and ever…. To the left is the MU Special Collections logo. Text: International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day; selection of activism banners. Citation: People for Nuclear Disarmament (PND) (WA branch) Collection, QB 25, Special Collections, Geoffrey Bolton Library, Murdoch, Western Australia.

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State Library of NSW@statelibrarynsw24 Apr 2023
Our beautiful Shakespeare Room is now open to the public, 7 days a week! 📚✨ Immerse yourself in thousands of books by and about Shakespeare in this truly one-of-a-kind library. More info: ow.ly/mznr50NPZfz
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@9NewsSyd23 Apr 2023
As Shakespeare once wrote, "friends, countrymen, lend me your ears" because now, we have a treat from the great playwright himself. A secret library in Sydney full of Shakespearian treasures is opening for everyone to enjoy. @DaltsWorld #9News
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Medieval Manuscripts@BLMedieval22 Apr 2023
We're sure you already knew this. But if not, hey, the only surviving playscript in the hand of William Shakespeare is online. blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscr… #WilliamShakespeare #Folio400
Shakespeare's only surviving playscript now online

Shakespeare's only surviving playscript now online

The Booke of Sir Thomas Moore does not immediately spring to mind as among Shakespeare's masterpieces. So what do we know about it?

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It was a pleasure to join Artlab & @HistorySA to deliver disaster preparation training to community museums, funded by SAFECOM & NEMA. All the staff and volunteers were so thankful and such a pleasure to work with.... #museum #emergencymanagement #southaustralia – at Adelaide, South Australia
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UCTLibrary_SC@UCTLibrary_SC19 Apr 2023
(Justice Albie) Sachs shared that in his years as a student at UCT, he loved spending time in the Jagger Reading Room .. “Not to study, not for a career but to read poetry. Not to gain anything, just for me to go and to dream.” news24.com/news24/community-… #StoriesfromtheAshes
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Medieval Manuscripts@BLMedieval19 Apr 2023
Before and after We're very excited to see the effects of multi-spectral imaging on some of our fire-damaged Cotton manuscripts You can read more about our project here blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscr…
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liz McGettigan@lizmcgettigan17 Apr 2023
How a San Jose professor is using technology to save precious books in her Ukrainian hometown. #Libraries #technology #Ukraine #books linkedin.com/posts/nicktanzi…
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CHASS@CHASS_Aus16 Apr 2023
A dive into the deep past reveals Indigenous burning helped suppress bushfires 10,000 years ago buff.ly/3L4ojKU via @ConversationEDU
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New #article from @Arjan_Wardekker et al: The interaction between cultural heritage and community resilience in disaster-affected volcanic regions TL;DR: heritage provides livelihood diversification, builds social ties, embeds knowledge of past disasters sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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