مدى جاهزية المكتبات العامة المصرية للتصدي للأزمات و الكوارث

الملخص EN

The purpose of this study is to identify the extent of policies, plans to confront crises and disasters in Egyptian public libraries, to monitor the forms of crises, disasters that have actually occurred in Egyptian public libraries, and to analyze the procedures in Egyptian public libraries, which ensure prevention and response to crises and disasters.

On the reality of the training of specialists in Egyptian public libraries, which is being studied in the face of crises and disasters.

It also aims to identify the proposals of the directors of public libraries in Egypt to support methods of prevention, One of the most important findings of the study is that more than half of the public libraries under study have a written policy to deal with crises and disasters, but they are not comprehensive.

One of the most important library proposals to support crisis and disaster prevention is to enhance the internal security of the library by placing iron on windows and doors, The purchase of robbery detection devices, the functioning of a virtual evacuation simulation system and training in all forms of crisis.