WELCOME TO A NEW YEAR

The team at the Australian Emergency Management Library and Knowledge Hub would like to wish our members all the best for 2014 and look forward to assisting you with your information requirements.

Your will find more information about disasters on the Australian Emergency Management Knowledge Hub, while you are there have a look at the blog updated regularly by guest bloggers.

  

We have added a number of new books to the collection which you can borrow from the library using the
request forms. 

 

Here are just a few, check out the list on the New Books page for even more.

 

 



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GRANVILLE RAIL DISASTER

 

 

On 18 January 1977, a passenger train left Mount Victoria in the Blue Mountains for Sydney. Whilst negotiating a left hand curve 250 m west of the Granville Railway Station, the train derailed causing it to collide with the northern trestle supporting the Bold Street Bridge. The bridge collapsed on the train, destroying one carriage and crushing two others.

 

A case study can be found on the Australian Emergency Management Knowledge Hub along with images from the Blue Mountains City Library.

 

 

Further information can be found on the following websites:
 

Granville Train Disaster (NSW Fire Brigades)
Granville Rail Disaster (Granville Historical Society)
Granville Rail Disaster (About NSW)

 

If you want to know more about railway disasters in Australia the library has a number of books which can be borrowed by members.  To join the library or to find out more, search the library catalogue.
 

 

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Journal articles can also be requested from the library by members by filling in the request form

 



Carroll, B 1983, ‘Train crashes into bridge at Granville, 1977: great Australian disasters’, Be Aware, Issue 12, pp.4-5.

Christopher, PJ & Selig, M 1978, ‘Medical aspects of the Granville rail disaster’, Medical Journal of Australia, Vol.2 No.12, pp.383-386.

Down, S 1983, ‘A retrospective view of the Granville rail disaster’, The Australian Clinical Psychology, November, pp.33-39.

Harriet, K 2002, ‘Granville train disaster: 25 years later’, Australian Police Journal, Vol.56 No.4, pp.264-265.

Johnston, L 1998, ‘Grief on the line’, The Bulletin, Vol.117 No.6136, pp.64-65.

Keavney, K, Balderston, D, Moffit, I, O’Grady, S, Armstrong, D, & Saw, R 1977, ‘Anatomy of a tragedy’, The Bulletin, Vol.99 No.5042, pp.16-25.

 



Welcome to the November edition of our library blog, where you will find a list of new journal articles and new books in the library.
You can find journal articles on community leadership, resilience and risk management from journals such as the Australian Journal of Emergency Management, International Journal of Disaster Resilience and the Built Environment and Fire Australia.
Our selection of new books include the titles shown below and can be requested from the library.

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Welcome to the latest edition of our library blog, where you will find a list of new journal articles and new books in the library.

You can find journal articles on children and disasters, resilience, exercise management from journals  such as Australian Journal of Emergency Management, Journal of Emergency Management and New Scientist.

Our selection of new books include the titles shown below and can be requested from the library

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More resources can be found on the library catalogue. Details about library membership, requesting items and how to access the databases are available from the library on the Australian Emergency Management website.

Another valuable source of emergency management information is the Australian Emergency Management Knowledge Hub where you can find resources in the research clearing house, disaster event information or connect with other members of the EM community using the forum space or Twitter @aemkh.








 

Welcome to the Australian Emergency Management Library blog.
 

You can find journal articles on the London Olympics, Haiti earthquake and bushfires, as well as topics of interest such as social media, leadership and land use planning.  This list includes articles from Crisis Response and International Journal of Emergency Services.

Our selection of new books include the titles shown below. Further details can be found on the new titles page.



 

More resources can be found on the library catalogue. Details about library membership, requesting items and how to access the databases are available from the library on the Australian Emergency Management website.

Another valuable source of emergency management information is the Australian Emergency Management Knowledge Hub where you can find resources in the research clearing house, disaster event information or connect with other members of the EM community using the forum space or Twitter @aemkh.

The Library and Knowledge Hub team would like to wish everyone a happy and safe festive season and look forward to your continued support in 2013.

The library will be closed from the 25 December 2012 until 1 January 2013.

 

 

Welcome to the Australian Emergency Management Library blog.

 

You can find journal articles on the Australasian Inter-Services Incident Management System (AIIMS),  Christchurch earthquake and Queensland floods, and topics of interest such as disaster resilience and business continuity.  This list includes articles from Fire Australia and International Journal of Emergency Management.

Our selection of new books include some of the titles shown below, further details can be found on the new titles page.

 

 

 

 

 

More resources can be found on the library catalogue and check out the library on the Australian Emergency Management website for details about library membership, how to request items from the library and how to access the databases.

Another valuable source of emergency management information is the Australian Emergency Management Knowledge Hub where you can find resources in the research clearing house, disaster event database or connect with other members of the EM community using the forum space or Twitter @aemkh.
 

 

 

Regular users of the library may be familiar with the New Journal Articles list, which can now be found on this new library blog, requests can be sent to the library using the online forms on the AEM Library webpage, http://em.gov.au/library,  articles will be scanned and sent electronically, but only to library members.

You can use the online forms to join the library, ask a librarian or to borrow items.  Resources can also be found by searching the  library catalogue or the E-book collection.  To access the databases please contact the library for further information, em.library@ag.gov.au

News about the Knowledge Hub can also be found on this blog,  any queries, questions, suggestions or comments are welcome, emknowledgehub@ag.gov.au