Understanding emergency information management
Larry Roeder, MLS · Journal of Emergency Management · 2015
Most of my career has been in diplomacy andinternational emergency management. Emergencymanagement positions range from local fire-fightingand city operations centers countering events likeHurricane Katrina to large-scale internationalrefugee and natural disaster operations, unfortunatelythe field has great job growth potential, more criseswill happen with increasingly complex informationproblems. That last point is obvious if we examinereports from USAID (US Agency for InternationalDevelopment), and the International Federation ofRed Cross and Red Crescent Societies. What we needare experts to identify vulnerabilities and solutions,officers who will also be able to blend the basics oflibrary/information management with well-designedcourses on the latest thinking on emergency management.My recommendation is that graduate schools oflibrary/information science build that marriage intheir curriculum as quickly as possible.