In 2010 and 2011, the city of Christchurch faced the most severe natural disasters in the history of New Zealand / Aotearoa. The librarians of “ChCh” responded to the crisis with flexibility, courage, and innovation.
I wrote about the Christchurch quakes and the response of Kiwi librarians for CILIP Update, the in-house journal of the UK librarians’ association, CILIP.
You can read a PDF copy of the article by clicking on the image below.
You can also check out my previous Update article, “Pushing the limits: play, explore, experiment”, as a PDF download.
matt finch / mechanical dolphin 
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