Typhoon Yolanda: Its impacts to the libraries in Northern Panay, Western Visayas, Philippines

Abstract

The paper documents the impacts of typhoon Yolanda to the academic libraries in Northern Panay, Western Visayas, Philippines. It also discusses the level of knowledge of the library staff on disaster management and their disaster preparedness and recovery efforts. The factors that contributed to the extent of damage to libraries and their collections and the lessons which the librarians have learned in the disaster were also discussed.