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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Steve Walker, Senior Lecturer</FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Networked Learning in Higher Education on
behalf of Paul Catherall<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tue 9/1/07 10:06<BR><B>To:</B>
NETWORKED-LEARNING@JISCMAIL.AC.UK<BR><B>Subject:</B> Information for Social
Change Issue 24<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi,<BR>the latest issue of Information for Social
Change is now available.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Information for Social Change issue 24 is a special
issue on: Libraries & Information in World Social Forum Context. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Special Issue Editors: Mikael Böök and Shiraz
Durrani.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>The full issue can be viewed in Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
format on the ISC Web site:</FONT></P>
<P><A href="http://www.libr.org/isc/"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>http://www.libr.org/isc/</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Contents include:<BR> <BR>Editorial: Welcoming
people power on the occasion of the World Social Forum (Shiraz Durrani)
<BR>Introduction: Waiting On The World To Change (Mikael Böök) </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>* Politics of information: reality & vision
</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Never be Silent. Three questions from BiS to Shiraz
Durrani <BR>2015. The Public Library as a Political Category (Mikael
Böök)</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>* World Social Forum</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>The World According to Chico (The Right Livelihood
Award 2006) <BR>Social Movements Set to Assert Their Presence at WSF Nairobi
2007 (Oloo Onyango) <BR>From Event to Process (Martí Olivella and Nicolas
Haeringer) <BR>Further readings on the World Social Forum</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>* World Public Finances</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>The Secret Making a Joke out of Development Efforts
(Emma Lochery) <BR>New for 2007! (Advertisement) <BR>It’s poor people’s money
that makes the wealthy rich (Francine Mestrum) <BR>World Public Finances Concept
Paper (Matti Kohonen) <BR>Further readings on World Public Finances</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>* World Public Library </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>* Mumbai, January 2004</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Democratisation of Information with a focus on
libraries - A report from two workshops (Mikael Böök) <BR>Libraries: Open Spaces
(Kay Raseroka) </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>* Bamako Experiences, January-February
2006</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>The Role of the Library in the WSF Process
(Proceedings by Kingsley Oghojafor) <BR>On The Library Situation in Mali
(Mamadou Keita) <BR>The Spirit of (West) African Libraries (Mikael Böök)
</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>* Training the Trainers Workshop, 2006</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Proposal for a training of trainers workshop for
librarians on the WSF at Nairobi Safari Club (Esther Obachi) <BR>Day to day
reports about the Training of the Trainers (Jane Sang & Fred Kachero)
<BR>The Management of the WSF Information (Esther Obachi) <BR>How to Share
Information and Ideas Worldwide Completely Free Using the New Information Wonder
Called Blogs (Kingsley Oghojafor) </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>* Preparing for Nairobi WSF, January 2007</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Workshop on documenting the World Social Forum (WSF)
- East African School of Library and Information Science 12th-14th December 2006
(Joan Okune) <BR>The Khanya College Resource Centre - education and information
for liberation and social change (Andi Kaiser) <BR>On "diffusion" and making
distinctions (Alan Story) <BR>A comment on Copyrights, Author's Rights and Fair
Use (Mikael Böök) <BR>Unlocking the Global Information Fortress (WSF activity
info) <BR>Documenting of the WSF Information (WSF activity info) <BR>Further
Reading </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>* Equality & Social Justice</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>The immigrant and "Britishness" in Britain (Ronald
Elly Wanda) </FONT></P>
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<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Information for Social Change is an activist
organisation that examines issues of censorship, freedom and ethics amongst
library and information workers. It is committed to promoting alternatives to
the dominant paradigms of library and information work and publishes its own
journal, Information for Social Change (freely available online at </FONT><A
href="http://www.libr.org/isc"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>http://www.libr.org/isc</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>). </FONT></P>
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<P><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>Paul Catherall MA(Dist) MCLIP APHEA<BR>Web
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