The original article published in Japanese ( )Current Awareness-E No.474February 22, 2024Establishment of “I-Room”: Space for Learning Together about Disasters and Disaster Prevention On November 3, 2023, Iwate Prefectural Library opened th...

On January 14, 2021, on the 26th anniversary of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, Kobe University Library (hereafter "the Library") released a video titled "The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake" in the digital archive of the Library's Earthquake Disaster Materials Collection (see CA1853). The video was filmed and produced by a local TV station Sun Television on June 29, 1995. This article describes the background to the release of the video and discusses future issues.

This report introduces major information on status of libraries in the aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake between mid-September 2020 to mid-April 2021, following past Current Awareness-E reports (see E2299 and others).

The original article published in Japanese ( )Current Awareness-E　No.38219 December, 2019Mobile Library “Hiyori” Closes at Ishinomaki City LibraryFor approximately eight years between October 2011 and August 2019, Ishinomaki City Library ha...

The original article published in Japanese ( )Current Awareness-E　No.38219 December, 2019Impact of 2019 Typhoon No.15 (Faxai) and No.19 (Hagibis) on LibrariesWith Typhoon No.15 (Faxai, moved inland around Chiba City on September 9, 2019), T...

This report introduces major information on status of libraries in the aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake between mid-October of 2017 and the end of January 2018, following past Current Awareness-E reports (see E1961 and others).

Shanti Volunteer Association, a public interest incorporated association (hereafter Shanti), terminated its “Mobile Library Project in Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima” in July 2017. This article presents the summary of the project as well as future activities.

The original article published in Japanese ( )Current Awareness-E　No.194010 August, 2017Library Fair & Forum 2017 in Kumamoto In addition to its main forum in Yokohama every autumn, Library Fair & Forum hosts events called “regional forums....

Major damage has been caused by series of earthquakes that occurred on April 14 and 16, 2016 in Kumamoto Prefecture. The epicenter was Kumamoto region of Kumamoto Prefecture, and the seismic intensity of these earthquakes were seven. Based on information through February 22, 2017, this article reports situations of libraries within Kumamoto Prefecture in need of time to recover from damage caused by the earthquake.

An earthquake with its epicenter in Central Tottori that struck on October 21, 2016 caused wide range of damages. This report presents status of libraries impacted by this earthquake based on information available up to December 7, 2016.