Facility:
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The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Memorial Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution Library
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Address:
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5th floor, Disaster Reduction Museum,
The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Memorial Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution 1-5-2 Kaigan-dori, Wakinohama, Chuo-ku, Kobe 651-0073 |
Phone:
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+81-78-262-5058
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FAX:
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+81-78-262-5062
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About the Library:
The DRI Library was opened in 2002 to research, collect, and preserve data relating to the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake. Originally, the data was collected by the Hyogo Creation Associations followed by The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Institution. About 160,000 individual data and information resources were accumulated and are available to the public.
Collections:
Primary Materials (一次資料):
Artifacts: Materials left after the Great Earthquake; including a broken watch (stopped at 5:46), destroyed golf club, harmonica, journals of volunteers, memos and diaries by victims, reports from neighborhood councils
Photos: Images of destroyed buildings, evacuation camps, photographic records of the affected area、aerial photographs of the affected area
Audio-visual: Images of the Great Earthquake videotaped by the victims, images of recovery and reconstruction, audio recordings of local community FM
Risk management efforts
Secondary Materials (二次資料):
Books
Magazines: Natural sciences, disaster prevention
Audio-visual: DVD, CD- ROM
A map of the affected area
Computer reference system Maps of Kobe City before and after the Earthquake
Note: The Guide uses the ALA/LC standard romanization, however, it also reflects a different romanization system used by an individual institution or collection.
Using the Library
Photocopy: 10 yen per page
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