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Troubling ‘Information Inequality’: Critical Reflections on Library and Information Professionals and Global Aid Work (PDF) – by Dave Hudson
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Category Archives: Occasional Papers
Multicultural Britain (PDF) – by David Nderitu
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Statement on Cuts to UK Infrastructure under the UK Government elected in 2010
Please see the following PDF: Cuts to UK Infrastructure under the UK Government elected in 2010
The International Institute of Social History: Archives and heritage, knowledge, histories and stories – by Huub Sanders
Please see the following Word/ DOC file: Lezing_voor_Casco_DOCU_ISC
E-Books and Education, some reflections – by Paul Catherall
Please see the following PDF: ebook reflections Paul Catherall
It takes a Community to Create a Library – by Kenneth Williment
Please see the following PDF: Working Together paper
Public Libraries and Social Justice – by John Pateman and John Vincent
Please see the following PDF: Public Libraries and Social Justice
Rebel Literacy: Cuba’s National Literacy Campaign – by Mark Abendroth
Rebel Literacy: Cuba’s National Literacy Campaign – by Mark Abendroth
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Equity and Excellence – by John Pateman
Equity and Excellence
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In Praise of The Marcus Garvey Library,Tottenham, England – by Ronald Elly Wanda
In Praise of…The Marcus Garvey Library,
Knife Crime in Britain: A chilling Veracity – by Ronald Elly Wanda
Knife Crime in Britain: A chilling Veracity
Making Web 2.0 Accessibility Mainstream – by Cheris A. Carpenter
Cheris A. Carpenter M.S.
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Management of controversial material in public libraries – by John Pateman
Value-Neutrality, Professional Ethics, and the Dissemination of Information – by David Sherman
Value-Neutrality, Professional Ethics, and the Dissemination of Information
All White in the Public Library – by John Pateman
All White in the Public Library
MLA proposals prompt concern for freedom of information and expression in public libraries – by John Pateman
Hey Minister – Leave Those Books Alone
The Political situation in Kenya and the way forward – by Esther Obachi
The Political situation in Kenya and the way forward
Obituary to Ruth Frow: Keeper of our Past (1923-2008)
Ruth Frow: Keeper of our past
Libraries and the War on Terror: The Power of Nightmares – by John Pateman
Libraries and the War on Terror: The Power of Nightmares
An Open ILS for Free LIS – by Mikael Böök
An Open ILS for Free LIS
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Looking at the labels. The politics of food product identification – by Martyn Lowe
Gluten in a can of soup.
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Founding a Library – another report from the World Social Forum in Nairobi – by Mikael Böök
Save and Burn: Reviews and interviews in English and French
Save and Burn: Reviews and interviews in English and French
Atheism by Julian Samuel – Film Review by Steve Fesenmaier
Atheism by Julian Samuel – Film Review by Steve Fesenmaier
“From Modernisation to Capabilities: Changing Views of ICTs in the Development Process” Talk at the Development Informatics Department, University of Manchester by Richard Heeks on Monday 19th February 2007 – write up by Paul Catherall
“From Modernisation to Capabilities: Changing Views of ICTs in the Development Process” Talk at the Development Informatics Department, University of Manchester by Richard Heeks on Monday 19th February 2007
Systemic Barriers to Library Use Libraries Engage the Socially Excluded by John Pateman
Systemic Barriers to Library Use: Libraries Engage the Socially Excluded
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The Likes of Us by John Pateman
The Likes of Us
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The Man in the Doorway social exclusion and powerlessness by John Pateman
The Man in the Doorway: social exclusion and powerlessness
The Politics of Change from transformation to revolution by John Pateman
The Politics of Change: from transformation to revolution
The Inspiration of the Benns – Reflections and Report by Ruth Rikowski
Pre-Publication information, or A new challenge to small & Radical publishers by Martyn Lowe
Pre-Publication information, or A new challenge to small & Radical publishers.
Ruth Rikowski – The Copy/South Dossier: issues in the economics, politics, and ideology of copyright in the global South
Martyn Lowe: The clandestine press in Poland
Overview of articles in the Financial Times Wednesday May 3rd 2006 by Paul Catherall
Overview of articles in the Financial Times Wednesday May 3rd 2006 by Paul Catherall
The Dyslexic Librarian or Towards a better breed of Reference worker byMartyn Lowe
The Dyslexic Librarian or Towards a better breed of Reference worker.
Communication and Information are now as one: a guide on how to work within this new Communiknowledge world and how it affects the work of both librarians and information workers by Martyn Lowe
African Irony by David Nderitu
African Irony
Aid and Africa Problem: the Pebble that Must Stir African Consciousness by David Nderitu
Aid and Africa Problem: the Pebble that Must Stir African Consciousness
Conference Follow-up: Ruth Rikowski and Anneliese Dodds at GLOBALISATION, LIBRARIES, INFORMATION AND EDUCATION, a Career Development Group Wales and Information for Social Change event, Swansea University, 02/12/05 by Paul Catherall
Ruth Rikowski and Anneliese Dodds at GLOBALISATION, LIBRARIES, INFORMATION AND EDUCATION, a Career Development Group Wales and Information for Social Change event, Swansea University, 02/12/05. Continue reading
MLA proposals prompt concern for freedom of information and expression in public libraries
Hey Minister – Leave Those Books Alone
Library able to privatize
The Tennessee Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court ruling, stating that the Madison County Library Board had the right to seek privatization of the library management. Continue reading
From Social Inclusion to Community Cohesion
John Pateman and John Vincent have written a chapter ‘From Social Inclusion to Community Cohesion’ for British Librarianship and Information Work 2001-2005, edited by J.H.Bowman (Ashgate, ISBN 978 0 7546 4778 2). Continue reading
Two Cheers for Inclusion
John Pateman’s article ‘Two Cheers for Inclusion’ has been published in the 20th anniversary edition of the Public Library Journal (Vol. 21, No.4, 1986-2006). In this article John looks back at all the articles which he has written for PLJ over the past 20 years. Some common themes emerge – social class, internationalism and social exclusion. John concludes that, while there has been some progress with regard to public libraries tackling social exclusion, he can still only give them ‘Two Cheers for Inclusion’.
Blackboard Sues Rival Provider of Course-Management Software, Alleging Patent Infringement
The e-learning scene is currently reeling from recent legal action taken by e-learning software company and market leader, Blackboard on its competitor, Desire2Learn. Blackboard has been awarded a patent on around 50 features of e-learning which are apparently unique to the Blakboard system, some commentators beleive this will undermine the development of new learning systems and threaten popular open source systems such as Moodle which offer an alternative to commercial systems such as Blackboard. Read Full Article.