2011 CEAL : After the Tragedy - voice from Japan (岡本真)

2011CEAL(東アジア図書館協議会)プレナリーセッションでの岡本真氏のスピーチ。東日本東北大震災について。
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岡本真 原則 #saveMLAK & @LRGjp PRのみに使用 @arg

@humotty が英文予定原稿を、@tlila が日本語訳を流します。 #ceal2011 #jishinlib 東アジア図書館協議会で日本の現状について話します。After the Tragedy - Voice from Japan.

2011-03-30 08:34:19
Haruna H @humotty

Hi, I'm Makoto Okamoto from Japan. This is the third time for me to have the opportunity to speak in CEAL. #ceal2011 #jishinlib

2011-03-30 08:39:26
Haruna H @humotty

First of all, I want to say thank you for giving me the time to talk about real situation of Japan and libraries in Japan #ceal2011

2011-03-30 08:40:40
Haruna H @humotty

Because of the limited time, I will present just three points.Hi, I'm Makoto Okamoto from Japan.#ceal2011 #jishinlib

2011-03-30 08:40:53
Haruna H @humotty

First of all, now we're trying to survive this tragedy toward restoration. Based on our survey, #ceal2011 #jishinlib

2011-03-30 08:41:32
Haruna H @humotty

most public libraries and research libraries suffered serious damages. #ceal2011 #jishinlib

2011-03-30 08:41:40
Haruna H @humotty

Books fell from shelves and facilities were broken. But except for some devastating cases, #ceal2011 #jishinlib

2011-03-30 08:42:15
Haruna H @humotty

most libraries are now trying to rebuild their services.#ceal2011 #jishinlib

2011-03-30 08:42:18
Haruna H @humotty

Books fell from shelves and facilities were broken. #ceal2011 #jishinlib

2011-03-30 08:42:54
Haruna H @humotty

But except for some devastating cases, most libraries are now trying to rebuild their services.#ceal2011 #jishinlib

2011-03-30 08:43:03
Haruna H @humotty

Second, we realized that social media like "Twitter" and "Facebook" are really useful and effective.

2011-03-30 08:44:24
Haruna H @humotty

Of course it works in a limited way when electricity and telecommunication are down.

2011-03-30 08:44:28
Haruna H @humotty

Moreover, Twitter is accelerating social cooperation among us. I’ll show you an example.

2011-03-30 08:44:47
Haruna H @humotty

This is our Wiki for survey on damages to libraries in disaster areas. Now we are looking at how many libraries are damaged

2011-03-30 08:46:37
Haruna H @humotty

Based on our survey, now I'm trying to help the affected libraries by fundraising, book donation, sending volunteers, and other measures.

2011-03-30 08:47:02
Haruna H @humotty

This survey has been conducted on social stream by Twitter. Please see this example.

2011-03-30 08:48:11
Haruna H @humotty

This is a log of March twelve. Someone on social stream edited Wiki based on tweets made by someone else regarding damages of libraries.

2011-03-30 08:49:16
Haruna H @humotty

スピーチは終わってしまいましたが、案の定原稿は流しきれず…このまま全部流して、あとでまとめます。あと半分くらいです。

2011-03-30 08:50:46
Haruna H @humotty

Through such communication, we can collect fragmented information and aggregate it.

2011-03-30 08:51:07
Haruna H @humotty

Finally, I want to take this occasion to remind you that cloud-computing is absolutely important and necessary for library services.

2011-03-30 08:52:26
Haruna H @humotty

Finally, I want to take this occasion to remind you that cloud-computing is absolutely important and necessary for library services.

2011-03-30 08:52:26
Haruna H @humotty

As I already mentioned, social media by third parties are really helpful

2011-03-30 08:52:43
Haruna H @humotty

and useful because those social services have not been affected by disconnection and blackout.

2011-03-30 08:53:00
Haruna H @humotty

On the other hand, many websites of governmental agencies and universities, including libraries,

2011-03-30 08:53:13