12. 8.8 on the Richter Scale
2M People Displaced
Woman waiting for assistance in Talca
13. Wiley Press Release
> Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 5:00 PM
> To: liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu
> Subject: Wiley to Provide Emergency Access to Scholarly Content after a
> Natural Disaster
HOBOKEN, NJ, April 22, 2010 - Global publisher John Wiley & Sons,
Inc. announced today that they have approved a Natural Disaster Access Clause
that will extend licensed electronic content to emergency
workers, students, faculty, and academic institutions affected by a
local, national, or global natural disaster. The first license to include this clause is
the Wiley Online Consortium License with the University of Texas System and
Houston Academy of Medicine - Texas Medical Center Library….
19. Details
DETAILS
Which universities need assistance?
What kind of damage did they sustain?
Do they have Internet and email access?
How did publisher want us to authenticate?
20. “Our region was one of the most devastated by the recent
earthquake that happened in our country. It would be very useful
for our users to have access to that information.”
Alejandra Zamora, Health Sciences Librarian, Universidad de Talca
33. “We are now working in another building of smaller
dimensions, in fact much material was lost and most of the
books, journals and thesis papers are in containers, it does
not fit in the building that we are appointed.”
Alejandra Zamora, Health Sciences Librarian, U de Talca
36. HAM-TMC Library Disaster Clause
In the event of a major disaster (local, regional, national, or
international), (fill in name of Vendor) will provide open
access to their resources for a minimum of 90 days to allow
unaffiliated health professionals access to Library resources
necessary to meet the demands of the affected population
and healthcare industry needs.
Vendor will also allow previously unidentified IP addresses
that are provided by Library personnel access to said
resources under this clause.
38. Lessons Learned
• Written disaster clauses essential
• May require additional legal documents
• Identify initial contact
• Get details on need up front
• Library decides authentication method
• Interpreter: In-house librarian, user liaison,
or Google Translate