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uariooean virtual ulsasier LIorary


 The Caribbean Disaster
Information Network
(CARDIN), University of the
West Indies Library and the Unit
for Disaster Studies, Department
of Geography and Geology,
launched of the Caribbean Virtual
Disaster Library on Friday,
January 27, 2006.
 The Caribbean Virtual
Disaster Library is a collaborative
effort between CARDIN, the
Unit for Disaster Studies, the
Regional Disaster Information
Centre for Latin America
and the Caribbean (CRID),
with sponsorship from the
International Strategy for
Disaster Reduction (ISDR),
CUSO and the European
Community Humanitarian Aid
Office (ECHO) .


 CARDIN was initially funded by (ECHO) in June 1999 and seeks
to provide linkages with Caribbean disaster organizations, to widen the
scope of the collection of disaster related information, and to ensure
improved access to such material. The development of the Virtual Library
resulted from a need for readily available documents on Caribbean
disaster information. The Unit for Disaster Studies and CRID have
provided the base documents for the virtual library.
 The virtual library represents a one-of-a-kind information resource
which allows students, policy makers, professionals and the general public
to retrieve the most pertinent disaster related information specific to the
Caribbean.

Details of the Virtual Library can be accessed at:
 http://mona.uwi.edu/cardin/virtuallibrary/searchlibrary.asp
or through the Science Branch Library's web page at:
 http://wwwlibrary.uwimona.edu.jm:1104/science_library.html.
 Tel: (876) 935-8202, 970-1757,
 Fax: (876) 970-1758
 E-mail: cardin@uwimona.edu.jm
 Website: http://mona.uwi.edu/cardin/