Hurricane Katrina Volunteer Opportunity

If you are interested in volunteering your time and talents as an
Information Specialist, please check out the following information below:

This organization called the Geaux Library needs
Librarians both on-site and remotely...they are
working in Louisiana shelters with survivors
setting up computer networks and helping folks find
information online such as locating loved ones;
finding housing and jobs; replacing lost documents
such as birth certificates and passports;
coaching folks with limited computer skills
on how to navigate the Internet, etc. You can
also answer reference questions remotely if
you cannot get down South to help in person:

http://www.geauxlibrary.org/


I didn't see information about this on the
ALA website, and wanted to get as many
Librarians and Information Specialists in
the loop as possible. If you don't find
plain old data entry, you can also help out
from your own home computer with PeopleFinder:

http://www.katrinahelp.info/wiki/index.php/PeopleFinderVolunt