LAUNCHING OF E-LIBRARY

ON DISASTER MANAGEMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION

Date: July 23, 2014

Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme Phase (CDMP II)

Ministry of Disaster Management & Relief
 E-LIBRARY
• E-Library is an online platform to share, communicate and
promote DM content/materials/publications generated by
relevant stakeholders to wider audience.
• The platform is to encourage organizations and individuals to
upload and share their developed contents on Disaster
Management (DM).
• It aims to benefit individuals and organizations working in the field
of DM in Bangladesh and beyond.

Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme Phase (CDMP II)

Ministry of Disaster Management & Relief
 E-LIBRARY: SEARCHING
Keyword Search
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marks.
Example: search with
"general surface warming of
0.3 to 5°C" will return
documents that contain only
that string.
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used:
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the search words, but not
necessarily in a string.
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documents that contain any,
but not necessarily all, of
the search words.

Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme Phase (CDMP II)

Ministry of Disaster Management & Relief
 E-LIBRARY: BROWSING
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a list of items in some
specified order:
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allows to move through a
list of items in reverse
chronological order.
 Browse by Authors allows
you to move through an
alphabetical list of all.
 Browse by Title allows
you to move through an
alphabetical list of all
titles.
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alphabetical list of Subject
of items.

Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme Phase (CDMP II)

Ministry of Disaster Management & Relief
 E-LIBRARY: DOWNLOADING
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with view/open link.

Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme Phase (CDMP II)

Ministry of Disaster Management & Relief
 E-LIBRARY: REGISTERING
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Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme Phase (CDMP II)

Ministry of Disaster Management & Relief
 E-LIBRARY: UPLOADING

Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme Phase (CDMP II)

Ministry of Disaster Management & Relief
 E-LIBRARY: UPLOADING

Initial Description Upload

Questions •Author(s) • Attach file
• Titles •Main Title
• File
•Identifiers
• Publishing (ISBN, ISSN etc.) Description
Distribution
•Type Review
Licence Complete
•Language
•Keywords
•Abstract
•Sponsors
•Description

Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme Phase (CDMP II)

Ministry of Disaster Management & Relief
 Thank You

Photo: Otin Dewan/CDMP

For more information contact:
Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme (CDMP II)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Disaster Management & Relief Bhaban (6th Floor)
92-93 Mohakhali C/A, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh, Tel: (+88 02) 989 0937, 882 1255 Website: www.cdmp.org.bd

Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme Phase (CDMP II)

Ministry of Disaster Management & Relief