Something librarians can do to help...

From UNESCO:

"In this hour of calamity the National Library and Documentation Services Board (NLDSB) of Sri Lanka seeks assistance from the international community and especially from the IFLA members to reconstruct/repair the damaged libraries and the restoration of the damaged books and other library material.

According to the preliminary estimates the damage to the buildings and to the other infrastructure facilities is huge and donations in the form of either library material or financial assistance are sought from the international library community."

There is information on the UNESCO site about where the library community can send assistance as well as contact information if you have more questions.

Read the rest.

(I have been weeding books again. Many of them are in fine shape, but just do not circulate by us. Perchance my Director will let us ship some to Sri Lanka... I will ask.)