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Volume 40, Issue 6
1 June 1991
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Research Article| June 01 1991

Coping with Flood Disaster: The Experience of a University Library Available to Purchase

N.P. Obokoh
N.P. Obokoh
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-793X
Print ISSN: 0024-2535
© MCB UP Limited
1991
Library Review (1991) 40 (6)
https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000001481

A flood disaster at the University of Port Harcourt Library,Nigeria, is reported. The rescue action taken to salvage water damaged materials is described. The problems encountered during the rescue operations are highlighted and the need to prepare disaster rescue plans and make library staff aware of rescue options available is emphasised.

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Disasters, Libraries, Nigeria
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