A national disaster resilience reference collection

Australian Emergency Management Library

Honouring a legacy and embracing the future 

The Australian Emergency Management Library (AEML) has been decommissioned as part of a broader transition to a digital first model. This change reflects the evolving needs of the world, reduced physical storage requirements and enables more dynamic ways to share knowledge. The library has been a legacy library since 2015.

With the physical contents of the AEML decommissioned, AIDR moves into a new era of knowledge management. AIDR will focus on strengthening the Australian Disaster Resilience Knowledge Hub [LINK] and the Australian Journal of Emergency Management [LINK] for practitioners to access knowledge. 

Many AEML resources are already publicly available or accessible online via other existing platforms. 

  • Such as Google scholar Google Scholar
  • And open access journals such as 
  1. International Journal of Disaster Studies and Climate Resilience (IJDSCR) International Journal of Disaster Studies and Climate Resilience
  2. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science (IJDRS) Home | International Journal of Disaster Risk Science | Springer Nature Link
  3. Jamba: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies
  4. Journal of Disaster Research JDR – Fuji Technology Press Official Site : academic journal publisher
  5. Journal of Extreme Events Journal of Extreme Events
  6. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS) NHESS - Home
  7. Revista Internacional de Desastres Naturales, Accidentes e Infraestructura Civil Revista Internacional de Desastres Naturales, Accidentes e Infraestructura Civil : Scipedia
  8. Journal of Natural Disaster Science Journal of Natural Disaster Science
  9. Environmental Research Letters Environmental Research Letters - IOPscience
  10. Ecology & Society Home - Ecology & Society
  11. Advances in Climate Change Research Advances in Climate Change Research | Journal | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier
  12. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal | Journal | Taylor & Francis Onl…
  13. Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk | Journal | Taylor & Francis Online
  14. Environmental Sociology Environmental Sociology | Journal | Taylor & Francis Online
  15. Climate Risk Management Climate Risk Management | Journal | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier

For materials that are not currently available elsewhere, AIDR worked through an audit to determine the best approach at maintaining public accessibility. The audit outcome ensured that some resources have been digitised, others reallocated to other libraries and priority items transferred to public archives such as the National Archives and the National Library of Australia.  

 

AIDR remains committed to promoting disaster resilience knowledge and will continue to curate and share contemporary resources through the Knowledge Hub and the Australian Journal of Emergency Management.

AEML’s legacy captures it's remarkable contribution to disaster resilience and the dedication of staff and volunteers who have supported the library and its community for decades.