Disaster Preparedness Seminar: Looking back on disaster to look forward
Videos from NSLA' s Disaster Preparedness Seminar at the State Library of Queensland on 21 March 2012. Speakers' presentation documents are available at the bottom of this page.
Jennifer Lloyd, National Library of Australia
Jennifer reflects upon longer term lessons learned from the internal NLA fire of the 1980s, and discusses the formation of DISACT (ACT Public Collections Disaster Recovery).
Helen Partridge, Queensland University of Technology
Helen discusses her current research, using ethnography to explore the use of social media during the Queensland floods of 2011.
No video. Helen's presentation slides can be downloaded below.
