Flood damages in Polish libraries! -Forwarded

[Karen Muller <kmuller@xxxxxxx>]

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Subject: Flood damages in Polish libraries!

Dear Carol:

I would like to ask you kindly to distribute among ALA members (perhaps
via your homepage?) the attached message that gives contacts re. help
for Polish libraries (Wroclaw, Opole and other cities and villages of
southern and western Poland). Please, be as kind, as to help.

Thank you for your consideration.
All the best,
Ewa Krysiak
The National Library, Poland, Warsaw
ekrysiak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


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Warsaw, 21 July, 1997.

Dear Librarians Worldwide:

The flood in Southern and Western Poland has caused severe damages in our 
libraries. Those libraries urgently need consultation on how to deal with 
damaged collections, equipment, hardware and buildings, which means also the 
need of material and financial help.

The National Library in Poland - Warsaw has declared to participate in the 
organization of the aid for those institutions. The central databank has been 
created here, in order to collect, process, manage, and transfer all data on 
damages of any kind and of particular libraries needs to/from libraries, and 
to/from donors. The contact person is Mrs Wanda Tyminska (email: 
biblnar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, telephone +48-22 608-2298, fax +48-22 608-2644).

In addition to the above mentioned data bank, the National Library has created a 
special team that prepares instructions on how to organize individual and group 
help:
	-	it coordinates the organization of the aid;
	-	it gives instructions, consultations, advise on how to deal with 
damaged materials (of any kind);
	-	it prepares reports, recommendations and proposals for all 
relevant authorities and institutions. The contact person is Dr. Barbara 
Drewniewska-Idziak (email: bnochron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, telephone +48-22 608-
2951, fax +48-22 608-2644).

The coordinator of all activities, responsible for the organization of the aid - 
located at the National Library - is Mr Jan Wolosz, deputy director of the National 
Library in Poland - Warsaw (email: bnwolosz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, telephone +48-
22 251-596, fax +48-22 259-157).

The above mentioned teams of the National Library cooperate closely with the 
team organized by the Ministry of Culture and Art, and of the Polish Librarians 
Association, both dealing with the same purpose.

For all those who wish to support Polish libraries with financial donations we 
have created a special sub-account of the Foundation of the National Library:

	Bank PeKaO S.A., VIII O/W Warszawa
	No 12401112-30001590-2700-401112-002
	"Pomoc dla bibliotek - powodz".

Any other help would be more than welcome,  in this respect please contact 
directly the above mentioned persons.

Thank you for the consideration.

Ewa Krysiak
Biblioteka Narodowa/National Library
Warsaw - Poland
e-mail: ekrysiak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx