<div dir="ltr">FYI.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: Julia Brungs <<a href="mailto:Julia.Brungs@ifla.org">Julia.Brungs@ifla.org</a>><br>Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2016 at 13:09<br>Subject: [PAC-LIST] Disaster Management Planning Conference 22-23 October 2016<br>To: <a href="mailto:pac-list@infoserv.inist.fr">pac-list@infoserv.inist.fr</a> <<a href="mailto:pac-list@infoserv.inist.fr">pac-list@infoserv.inist.fr</a>><br></div><br><br>





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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Traditional Arabic"">The Library of Alexandria is hosting and organizing a conference on Disaster Management Planning in Libraries, Museums and Archives on the 23rd and 24th of October.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Traditional Arabic"">The main theme of the conference is “Our Heritage at Risk: The Challenges and Response” with special emphasis on disaster management and cultural heritage in the
 Arab World and methods to plan ahead to prevent the cultural heritage loss in Libraries, Museums and Archives. Themes of the sessions shall discuss key issues concerning methods and techniques for the protection of cultural heritage, risk mitigation, loss
 prevention of cultural heritage and digital preservation. Speakers who experienced the loss of cultural heritage due to natural disasters or wars will be invited to share their experiences in addition to the participation of important international organization
 working in this field like IFLA, UNESCO and other organizations working in this domain. The conference shall also discuss best practices in risk mitigation and loss preventions.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Traditional Arabic"">Speakers from all over the world will be gathered to share their experiences and efforts done in this respect. For registration and more information about the
 conference, please check the conference on the following link<span style="color:#1f497d">:
</span></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span lang="AR-SA" dir="RTL" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1f497d"><span dir="RTL"></span> </span><span lang="AR-SA" dir="RTL" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="http://www.bibalex.org/disaster_management_conf/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" dir="LTR" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">http://www.bibalex.org/disaster_management_conf/</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Best Regards,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Dina Youssef</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Director</span><span lang="AR-SA" dir="RTL" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">IFLA Centre for Arabic Speaking Libraries (IFLA-CASL)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">P.O.Box 138, Chatby<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Alexandria 21526, Egypt<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Tel.: +(203) 4839999 Ext.1647<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Fax: +(203) 4820460<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Cell: +2 0122 115 47 26<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="mailto:Dina.Youssef@bibalex.org" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Dina.Youssef@bibalex.org</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="http://www.bibalex.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">www.bibalex.org</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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