Children, Youth and Environments

Children, Youth and Environments just published a special issue on the "Everyday Environments of Children's Poverty." Guest edited by Sheridan Bartlett and Alberto Minujin, it contains 14 original papers by leading researchers on the measurement of poverty, impacts on children, and implications for policy and practice.

Articles focus on the USA, Bangla Desh, India, Nepal, Vietnam, Iran, Congo, South Africa, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Uganda, Peru, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The issue is available at: http://www.colorado.edu/journals/cye/

International Perspectives on Children's Participation

New Publication Presents International Perspectives on Children's Participation

A Handbook of Children and Young People's Participation, edited by Barry Percy-Smith and Nigel Thomas, includes discussions on challenges facing issues of participation, contextual aspects, as well as theoretical and methodological reflections about projects and practice. The book includes chapters by prominent members of the Childwatch International Research Network.
READ MORE ON www.childwatch.uio.no

Caribbean Counter-Trafficking Newsletter.

Dear Partners,

Please find attached the June edition of IOM’s Caribbean Counter-Trafficking Newsletter. As part of our effort to strengthen the regional network through information-sharing, IOM Washington is pleased to circulate this newsletter, showcasing the initiatives undertaken by our Caribbean partners to counter trafficking in persons. The newsletter creates a forum for governments, non-governmental organizations, and law enforcement agencies in the region to update each other about national activities that address human trafficking. In addition to sharing the newsletter with more than 500 Caribbean partners, it will be available on IOM Washington’s website (http://www.iom.int/unitedstates/ct/ctRegionalCollaboration.htm) and distributed through IOM’s global counter-trafficking network. At this time, IOM welcomes your Caribbean counter-trafficking coalition to submit a short article (250-300 words) for the September edition. Suggested topics may include, but are not limited to, the following: The national counter-trafficking strategy for 2010Counter-trafficking trainings and legislative initiatives Establishing a national referral mechanismSuccess stories On behalf of IOM, please allow me to express our appreciation of your involvement in the Caribbean’s response to combat human trafficking.

Sincerely, Chissey Mueller
The Counter-Trafficking Unit
The International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Regional Office for North America and the Caribbean
1752 N Street NW, Suite 700Washington, DC 20036
TEL: +1 202 862 1826 ext. 236FAX: +1 202 862 1879
Email: cmueller@iom.intwww.iom.int/unitedstates

IFLA newsletter

Dear Colleagues
The IFLA IT Section newsletter is released twice yearly with news, articlesand information news pertaining to innovations in library informationtechnology and the activities of the section.
The July 2009 issue has been published and is available at:http://www.ifla.org/files/information-technology/IFLANewsletterJuly2009.pdf
As well as news and book reviews, this issue contains the following featurearticles:* Digital Libraries: A Leading Library of the Digital Age* Web 2.0: Creating and Using Personas for Digital Library Service in Web2.0era* Technology in Africa: Experimenting Automation in The University Of UyoLibrary, Nigeria
In case you missed the December issue, it has the following articles:* Digitizing and archiving information resources in libraries: reactions toglobal initiatives from Nigeria* Videoconferencing and Teleconferencing* RFID & Privacy
The December 2008 issue is also available at:http://www.ifla.org/files/information-technology/IFLANewsletterDec2008.pdf
You can find all previous newsletters for the section athttp://www.ifla.org/en/publications/information-technology-section-newsletters
Regards
Dr Edmund Balnavesejb@prosentient.com.auInformation OfficerInformation Technology Section

UNESCO Policy Brief on Early Childhood

Dear Friends and Colleagues, We are pleased to announce the release of issue No. 46 of the UNESCO Policy Brief on Early Childhood series entitled " Inclusion of Children with Disabilities: The Early Childhood Imperative". The article is available in English, French and Spanish and can be downloaded from the links below: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0018/001831/183156E.pdf (English)http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0018/001831/183156F.pdf (French)http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0018/001831/183156S.pdf (Spanish) Previous publications of the Policy Brief series can also be accessed at UNESCO's new web portal for Early Childhood at http://www.unesco.org/en/early-childhood/unesco-policy-briefs-on-early-childhood/ We would like to take this opportunity to inform you that UNESCO is seeking candidates for the Senior Expert position in Early Childhood Care and Education to coordinate the preparation and organisation of the 2010 World Conference on ECCE. Please see the vacancy information: http://www.unesco.org/education/vacancy/ALDP5.pdf Regards, Yoshie KagaSection for Inclusion and Quality EnhancementDivision of Basic EducationUNESCO Parisy.kaga@unesco.org

Consortium for Social Development and Research Teleconference

The powerpoints from the Consortium for Social Development andResearch teleconference on June 30th are now on the Open Campus site:
http://www.open.uwi.edu/academics/ResearchUnit/CSDR_Conferences.php

Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents:

On the conference website (http://www.ecpat.net/WorldCongressIII/index.php)

Caribbean HIV Conference

Dear All:
The Caribbean Cytology and Analytical Society (CCAS), based at the Chronic Disease Research Centre, UWI, Barbados, is collaborating with the CHART Network to stage a Caribbean HIV Conference under the theme, “Multidisciplinary team approaches to monitoring and treating persons living with HIV: Challenges for Caribbean small island states”.The dates of the conference are August 23-28, 2009 and the venue is the Marriott Hotel in St Kitts. Registration is now open and must be done via the CCAS website at http://www.caribcas.org/. Please find attached a draft of the near final programme. Additional information can be obtained either from Dr Clive Landis, President of CCAS (clive.landis@cavehill.uwi.edu) or from Natalie Irving-Mattocks at the CHART Regional Coordinating Unit office (nataliemattocks@chartcaribbean.org)

With best regards,
Brendan

Children, Youth and Environments

Children, Youth and Environments has just published a special issue on "Children and Technological Environments."

The issue is available online at
http://www.colorado.edu/journals/cye/19_1/index.htm

Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research (CCGHR)

Spring issue of CONNECTIONS. Please click on the link provided below to open a copy of the newsletter in portable document format (pdf).
http://ccghr.ca/docs/newsletters/Connections_May09_e.pdf

CCDC's Forum

check out the forum at http://uwi.edu/ccdc/forum/_default.aspx?g=forum

14th Off-Campus Library Service

The 14th Off-Campus Library Services Conference has begun accepting proposals for the upcoming conference in 2010. The Off-Campus Library Services Conference is extending a formal invitation to librarians, administrators, and educators to present their research and share their knowledge with their peers. Individuals who provide library resources and services to students and faculty participating in instruction either away from a main campus or in the online environment are invited to submit a proposal. Through formal proceedings and the publication of Conference papers in the Journal of Library Administration, this information is made available to all who have an interest in this field. Deadline for submitting a proposal is September 15, 2009! For more information, please visit the conference website

Cleveland, Ohio

April 28-30, 2010

Conference URL: https://ocls.cmich.edu/conf2010/

What is a librarian?

from: weedcute <weedcute@yahoo.com>
to: LIAJA-Members@yahoogroups.com
Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 11:09 PM

I found this blog entry published at Library Journal on June 17, 2009 and thought it rather interesting.
This is the Link http://www.libraryjournal.com/blog/580000658/post/1120045712.html
In summary, the author questions the criteria required for someone to call themselves a librarian. Is it the MLIS? Would someone with an MLS, but who didn't work in a library or as a librarian, still be considered a librarian? The author concluded that just having an MLS doesn't make someone a librarian. One has to actually work as a librarian or in a library to be a "librarian."

Quotes
"And what about that tiny minority of people with a bachelor's degree in library science who don't have MLS degrees. Can they ever be librarians?"
"Is a librarian anyone with an MLS? No. I have a degree in art and I can assure you I am not an artist."
"If you know the difference between LC, MARC, cataloging, and classifying,
....you might be a librarian."

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