Information for Social Change » Events http://libr.org/isc "an activist organisation that examines issues of censorship, freedom and ethics amongst library and information workers…" Thu, 28 Mar 2013 13:19:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Video of Ruth Rikowski talking about Globalisation issues at London South Bank University 19th February 2008 http://libr.org/isc/video-of-ruth-rikowski-talking-about-globalisation-issues-at-london-south-bank-university-19th-february-2008/ http://libr.org/isc/video-of-ruth-rikowski-talking-about-globalisation-issues-at-london-south-bank-university-19th-february-2008/#comments Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:51:08 +0000 admin http://www.draigweb.co.uk/isc/?p=278 Video of Ruth Rikowski talking about Globalisation issues at London South Bank University 19th February 2008

]]> http://libr.org/isc/video-of-ruth-rikowski-talking-about-globalisation-issues-at-london-south-bank-university-19th-february-2008/feed/ 0 Ruth Rikowski and Anneliese Dodds at GLOBALISATION, LIBRARIES, INFORMATION AND EDUCATION – (a Career Development Group Wales event) Swansea University, 02/12/05 http://libr.org/isc/ruth-rikowski-and-anneliese-dodds-at-globalisation-libraries-information-and-education-a-career-development-group-wales-event-swansea-university-021205/ http://libr.org/isc/ruth-rikowski-and-anneliese-dodds-at-globalisation-libraries-information-and-education-a-career-development-group-wales-event-swansea-university-021205/#comments Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:47:51 +0000 admin http://www.draigweb.co.uk/isc/?p=272 GLOBALISATION, LIBRARIES, INFORMATION AND EDUCATION

This was a one-day conference organised through the Career Development Group, Wales of the UK Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) Held at Swansea University, on Friday 2nd December 2005. You can see the flyer for the event below.

The speakers: Anneliese Dodds and Ruth Rikowski .

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Flyer for: GLOBALISATION, LIBRARIES, INFORMATION AND EDUCATION

One-day conference organised through the Career Development Group, Wales of the UK Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) To be held at: Swansea University, on Friday 2nd December 2005, in the Library and Information Centre, Level 7 10.30 am – 3.30 pm Map Fee

]]> http://libr.org/isc/ruth-rikowski-and-anneliese-dodds-at-globalisation-libraries-information-and-education-a-career-development-group-wales-event-swansea-university-021205/feed/ 0 26 January – Global Day of Action of the WSF http://libr.org/isc/26-january-global-day-of-action-of-the-wsf/ http://libr.org/isc/26-january-global-day-of-action-of-the-wsf/#comments Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:25:37 +0000 admin http://www.draigweb.co.uk/isc/?p=201 http://wsf2008.net

Also see the WSF 2007 Proposals on Women:

http://www.wsflibrary.org/index.php/Proposals_on_Women_from_WSF2007

]]> http://libr.org/isc/26-january-global-day-of-action-of-the-wsf/feed/ 0 Libraries & The War on Terror – Presentation by John Pateman http://libr.org/isc/libraries-the-war-on-terror-presentation-by-john-pateman/ http://libr.org/isc/libraries-the-war-on-terror-presentation-by-john-pateman/#comments Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:21:52 +0000 admin http://www.draigweb.co.uk/isc/?p=183 John Pateman presented a paper on Libraries & The War on Terror at the CILIP Umbrella Conference (29/06/07), focusing on the threats that the so called War on Terror poses to:Civil

  • Liberties
  • Community Cohesion
  • Libraries

A copy of this paper will be published on the CILIP website and will appear in a forthcoming issue of ISC.

]]> http://libr.org/isc/libraries-the-war-on-terror-presentation-by-john-pateman/feed/ 0 Founding a Library – another report from the World Social Forum in Nairobi – by Mikael Böök http://libr.org/isc/founding-a-library-another-report-from-the-world-social-forum-in-nairobi-by-mikael-book/ http://libr.org/isc/founding-a-library-another-report-from-the-world-social-forum-in-nairobi-by-mikael-book/#comments Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:19:59 +0000 admin http://www.draigweb.co.uk/isc/?p=174 Read More…

]]> http://libr.org/isc/founding-a-library-another-report-from-the-world-social-forum-in-nairobi-by-mikael-book/feed/ 0 Seminar with Ruth Rikowski – What Have Global Trade Agreements Ever Done for Library and Information Workers? http://libr.org/isc/seminar-with-ruth-rikowski-what-have-global-trade-agreements-ever-done-for-library-and-information-workers/ http://libr.org/isc/seminar-with-ruth-rikowski-what-have-global-trade-agreements-ever-done-for-library-and-information-workers/#comments Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:17:07 +0000 admin http://www.draigweb.co.uk/isc/?p=160 Date: Tuesday 13 February 2007 Time: 6.30 pm Venue: The Sekforde Arms, Sekforde Street, London EC1

Ruth will discuss the meaning of globalisation and the significance of the World Trade Organisation’s GATS and TRIPS agreements, arguing that library and information services, along with other public services (such as education) and intellectual property rights, are being commodified.

See the Flow of Ideas site for further details

]]> http://libr.org/isc/seminar-with-ruth-rikowski-what-have-global-trade-agreements-ever-done-for-library-and-information-workers/feed/ 0 National Climate March Saturday 4th November 2006 http://libr.org/isc/national-climate-march-saturday-4th-november-2006/ http://libr.org/isc/national-climate-march-saturday-4th-november-2006/#comments Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:14:39 +0000 admin http://www.draigweb.co.uk/isc/?p=148 Part of the International Demonstrations planned for the next round of UN Climate Talks in Nairobi. Rally at US Embassy, Grosvenor Square, London, 12.00 noon

Fore more details and full timetable see here.

]]> http://libr.org/isc/national-climate-march-saturday-4th-november-2006/feed/ 0 The International Convention of Local Communities against GATS http://libr.org/isc/the-international-convention-of-local-communities-against-gats/ http://libr.org/isc/the-international-convention-of-local-communities-against-gats/#comments Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:13:30 +0000 admin http://www.draigweb.co.uk/isc/?p=143 The International Convention of Local Communities against GATS. The next Convention will be held in Geneva 28-29 September


The website of the convention is up at:
http://www.agcs-gats.org/spip

]]> http://libr.org/isc/the-international-convention-of-local-communities-against-gats/feed/ 0 Glenn Rikowski will be talking at the Green Party Autumn Conference at the Hove Centre, Hove Town Hall, Brighton, 21st-24th September 2006 http://libr.org/isc/glenn-rikowski-will-be-talking-at-the-green-party-autumn-conference-at-the-hove-centre-hove-town-hall-brighton-21st-24th-september-2006/ http://libr.org/isc/glenn-rikowski-will-be-talking-at-the-green-party-autumn-conference-at-the-hove-centre-hove-town-hall-brighton-21st-24th-september-2006/#comments Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:12:58 +0000 admin http://www.draigweb.co.uk/isc/?p=141 See the Flow of Ideas site for further details and the write up of the conference on the Guardian Unlimited comments site.

]]> http://libr.org/isc/glenn-rikowski-will-be-talking-at-the-green-party-autumn-conference-at-the-hove-centre-hove-town-hall-brighton-21st-24th-september-2006/feed/ 0 MARXISM AND EDUCATION: RENEWING DIALOGUES IX http://libr.org/isc/marxism-and-education-renewing-dialogues-ix/ http://libr.org/isc/marxism-and-education-renewing-dialogues-ix/#comments Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:12:31 +0000 admin http://www.draigweb.co.uk/isc/?p=139 Education and Social Class

A DAY SEMINAR Wednesday 25th October 2006 9.00 – 5.00, ROOM TBA School of Education Foundations & Policy Studies University of London, Institute of Education 20 Bedford Way, London WC1

See the Flow of Ideas site for further details

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