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[René Teygeler]

I agree with Diana that ideally any cultural heritage institution shoudl prepare itself for war as part of their disaster preparedness program. One day before September 11 I was reading the FEMA-site and found that the chance of a terrorist attack was so small as to ignore it. Unfortunately the facts overtook this standpoint which 10 days later was altered on the FEMA website. Nevertheless I experience much trouble within the most important Dutch library, for which I am writing the disaster preparedness plan, to preprare itself for war and a terrorist attack. In spite of the fact that the library is situated in the heart of the administrative centre, next to the Ministery of Foreign Affairs. We do not like to think or consider the bad things that can happen to us or our institution. Apparently 'to prepare for the worst' is not much more than a flood or a fire. Yet the times are changing.

René Teygeler
Netherlands

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