The Caribbean Virtual Disaster Library was launched on Friday, January 27 by Professor Ronald Young, Dean, Faculty, Pure and Applied Sciences. The Caribbean Virtual Disaster Library is a collaborative effort between The Caribbean Disaster Information Network (CARDIN, University of the West Indies Library; the Unit for Disaster Studies, Department of Geography and Geology; 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).
The development of the Virtual Library resulted from a need for readily available documents on Caribbean disaster information. Details of the Virtual Library can be accessed at: http://mona.uwi.edu/cardin/virtual_library/searchlibrary.asp or through the Science Branch Library’s web page at: http://wwwlibrary.uwimona.edu.jm:1104 science_library.html or write to CARDIN at: CARDIN Secretariat, Science Branch Library, UWI, Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica or Tel: (876) 970-1757, 935-8202, Fax: (876) 970-1758 or email: cardin@uwimona.edu.jm or Website: http://mona.uwi.edu/cardin/