Awareness and Preparedness of Library Managers in Confronting Earthquakes
Irtiqa Imini Pishgiri Masdumiyat (Safety Promotion and Injury Prevention),
Vol. 12 No. 3 (1403),
1 November 2025
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Page 202 - 189
https://doi.org/10.22037/iipm.v12i3.46778
Abstract
Background and Aim: Libraries are among places that need special attention during natural disasters and therefore, assessing the effects and reducing the losses to those who are present in libraries is important by increasing the extent of awareness and preparedness of library managers.
Methods: This research used a mixed method including review study, and quantitative as well as qualitative methods. The target population consists of 15 selected library managers in the city of Tehran. The required information has been gathered using questionnaires and available interviews.
Results: The results show that only 40 percent of the managers were not familiar with the disaster management stages, 54 percent had limited knowledge and the remaining 6 percent stated that they were not familiar with the process.
Conclusion: The study results show that the awareness of managers in confronting the probable earthquakes is average and this is due to their insufficient familiarity with this phenomenon and lack of an appropriate organization for controlling disasters as well as the absence of a coordinated and consistent system for teaching the safety principals. Also, lack of preparedness and necessary skills for confronting possible earthquakes in the future and failing to hold continuous basic and specialized as well as educational workshops and earthquake drills and finally unfamiliarity with earthquake issues, reveals the necessity of disaster education and awareness raising plus holding the periodic workshops in the libraries.
Please cite this article as:
Ostovar Izadkhah Y, Aliyousefi A. Awareness and Preparedness of Library Managers in Confronting Earthquakes. Irtiqa Imini Pishgiri Masdumiyat .2024;12(3):189-202. https://doi.org/10.22037/iipm.v11i3.46778
- Libraries, Earthquakes, Awareness and preparedness, Managers, Disaster management
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