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LAST CHANCE
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UPDATE:
Delegates from East of Swansea (such as
DISCOUNTS:
There is a 20% discount for members of the
Career Development Group.
There is a 20% discount for members of the
Association of University of Teachers.
Anyone who is interested in this event should follow the
instructions below, or contact Neil Smyth directly.
*Title: Globalisation,
Education, Information and libraries
INTRODUCTION
* This event focuses on the possible future for libraries in
the
* This event has been brought to
* This event is sponsored by the
Association of University Teachers.
WHO WILL BENEFIT FROM ATTENDING?
* Anyone who is interested in new research that shows state
funded libraries, including public libraries, university libraries, government
libraries and school libraries, are living on borrowed time under new global
trade rules.
* Anyone who is interested in the effects that global trade
rules are having on intellectual property rights issues, whereby trade is
overriding other considerations such as the balance in copyright, moral rights
in copyright and other related humane issues.
* Chartership candidates who need to know
about trans-border information issues for their professional development. This
session will be useful for any Chartership candidate compiling evidence for
their Professional Development Portfolio.
* Anyone who is interested in the effect of global
trade rules on libraries.
* Students keen to learn about international issues that
will influence the future development of library and information services in
the
PROGRAMME
10.00 Ruth Rikowski: Globalisation, Information and
Libraries
11.15 Break
11.45 Anneliese Dodds: Globalisation
and Higher Education
12.30 Buffet lunch
1.15 Debate
This event will include a debate on Globalisation,
Education, Information and Libraries, including specific issues related to
higher education. All delegates are encouraged to come prepared to participate
in debate. We will be circulating further information to delegates before the
event.
3.30 Close
WHERE IS THE EVENT?
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* The Library and Information Centre, Level 7.
* A university map is available here: http://www2.swan.ac.uk/maps/campus.htm
* Please arrive early and if you wish to park a car on
campus, please inform Neil Smyth when you make your booking for the event.
HOW TO BOOK:
* To book a place on this course, please contact Neil Smyth
by e-mail ([log in to unmask]), completing the form below. The form section
can be e-mailed to Neil Smyth.
* Alternatively, the form can be printed and posted to Neil
Smyth, Library and Information Services,
FEES:
* £30 + VAT;
* There is a 20% discount for members of the Career
Development Group.
* There is a 20% discount for members of the Association of
University Teachers.
*Limited free places are available for students and the
unwaged. The booking form below should still be completed
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RUTH RIKOWSKI
1. Ruth Rikowski is a well-known author and academic with 25
years experience as an information professional. She is currently a Visiting
Lecturer at
She is also the Commissioning Editor for the Chandos Series
for Information Professionals and co-editor of the e-journal Information for
Social Change, available at http://libr.org/ISC.
2. Her book, Globalisation, Information and Libraries: the
Implications of the World Trade Organisation's GATS and TRIPS Agreements, is
published by Chandos, Publishing:
(pbk):
http://www.chandospublishing.com/catalogue/record_detail.php?recordID=35.
Ruth has given talks about her book In London and
3. A DVD was made of Ruth's book launch for her book
Globalisation, Information and Libraries, which was held at
4. Ruth and Glenn Rikowski now have their own website. The
principal foci of the site are Library, Information and Education Studies but
their overall aims are much wider - as you will see, once you take a look! It
is called The Flow of Ideas and it is at: www.flowideas.co.uk
ANNELIESE DODDS
1. Anneliese Dodds is currently a Research Student at the
Department of Government and Centre for the Analysis of Risk and Regulation at
the London School of Economics. She can be contacted via email.
http://personal.lse.ac.uk/dodds/
2. Most of Anneliese's research work is focused on policies
towards international students in
3. Previously Anneliese examined how the nascent Scottish
political system was dealing with the General Agreement in Trade and Services
and its perceived effects on health and education.
4. She is currently a member of the Integrated Project on
New Modes of Governance, co-ordinated by the European University Institute,
examining networks of regulators at a European level. In addition, Anneliese
has worked on regulatory liberalisation at national and multi-national (mainly
European) levels, and on the changing relationship between
risk and regulation in