Book reviews

摘要

Rarely, if ever, have I enjoyed so much one of the titles from the Haworth Press, and I have reviewed a fair few. Not that their titles are un-enjoyable, just that collections of articles of a practitioner nature on professional topics are not, generally speaking, riveting reads: interesting and useful, yes, but exciting, no. But I found this collection of 17 articles on dealing with, recovering from, and preparing for, natural disasters, a right riveting read from start to finish. Disasters in libraries might not seem a likely topic for enjoyment, and the experience of the authors was anything but enjoyable, but the fortitude and commitment shown by library staff in overcoming massive setbacks not of their making, was inspirational and made me proud to be a librarian!