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1/23/08 - The Mapping Global Inequalities: Beyond Income Inequality conference held this last December on the UCSC campus provided a new forum for a wide range of academics, policy experts and professionals to further the debate over global inequality. A more detailed summary and links to papers and presentations can be found here . Our Online Datasets page is a list of many websites containing information on Global inequality. It can be sorted according to several criteria, including year, level of geographic coverage and degree of interactivity.
UC Atlas of Global Inequality
The Institute for the Study and Development of School Library Information Centers was developed by Dr. Andrea Miller and Dr. Jane McGinn in the fall of 1999 at Clarion University as an affiliate of the Center for the Study of Rural Librarianship. Drs.
Institute for the Study and Development of School Library Information Centers
Frye, Stanley C. " Protecting your investment: Technical “Things” We Need to Remember When We Write Specs and Buy Bookmobiles ." Bookmobile and Outreach Services 1, no. 1 (1998): 30-31. Purrenhage, Robert. " Questions and Responses about Using Radio Modems and PCs on Bookmobiles ." Bookmobile and Outreach Services 2, no. 1 (1999): 8-11.
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Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes, namely: "(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 710, it is not an infringement of copyright for an authorized entity to reproduce or to distribute copies or phonorecords of a previously published, nondramatic literary work if such copies or phonorecords are reproduced or distributed in specialized formats exclusively for use by blind or other persons with disabilities. "(b)(1) Copies or phonorecords to which this section applies shall--
Chafee Amendment
Bookshare ® is free for all U.S. students with qualifying disabilities, thanks to an award from the U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP). Bookshare dramatically increases the accessibility of books. People with disabilities deserve the same ease of access to books and periodicals that people without disabilities enjoy. A searchable online library.
Accessible Books and Periodicals for Readers with Print Disabilities - Bookshare - Accessible Books for Individuals with Print Disabilities
U.S. Copyright Office - Facilitating Access for the Blind or Other Persons with Disabilities
Background The United States is a Member State of the World Intellectual Property Organization and an active member of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR). An on-going focus of the SCCR is the topic of limitations and exceptions to exclusive rights, including limitations and exceptions for visually impaired persons.LibEcon - International Library Economics Research Study
International Library Statistics - Trends and Commentary An updated version of the Millennium Study, international library statistics - trends and commentary based on the Libecon data' has been released using data up to 2001. Data from the recent LibEcon survey covering the years 1997 to 2001 is included in the following summary.
Global Library Statistics [OCLC - Membership]
These statistics that represent the total global library universe include data, if available, for the total number of libraries, librarians, volumes, expenditures, and users for every country and territory in the world broken down into the major library types: academic, public, school, special and national. It is important to remember that these figures do not represent OCLC membership. The statistics also include available data for languages used, and the number of library schools, publishers, and museums. The three regions represent those used by the OCLC Global and Regional Councils: the Americas (North and South America), EMEA (Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and India), and Asia Pacific (Asia, Australia and Oceania).
Note : This article was prepared for publication in the November 1998 issue of American Libraries as a special piece. Because of space constraints, it was not published separately but was put at the end of an article on, "Librarians' Salaries: Smaller increases this year." See pages 68-70 of the November 1998 American Libraries for the content which follows this note. People often ask ALA, "What is the current racial/ethnic makeup of the librarian workforce?" Data became available this summer to answer that question about academic, public, and school librarians.
Racial and Ethnic Diversity Among Librarians: A Status Report (1998)
Library Statistics Program - Welcome to the Library Statistics Program
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) began a nation-wide library statistics program in 1989 that now includes the Academic Libraries Survey and the School Library Media Center Survey. Collections, expenditures, services, and staffing are some of the topics covered by these surveys. Effective October 1, 2007, the Public Libraries Survey and the State Library Agencies Survey have been moved to the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) .The 2010-2011 Public Library Funding & Technology Access Survey shows that public libraries continue to enhance their public access technology services, but are facing reduced hours, reduced staff, and other challenges due to budget cuts.
Center for Library and Information Innovation
EENET is an inclusive education information-sharing network, open to everyone. We help a wide range of people to access information and we encourage critical thinking, innovation and conversations on issues of inclusion, equity and rights in education. The main feature of the website is our extensive resources database, containing over 400 short articles, longer documents, posters, training manuals, videos and much more from around the world. You will also find information about regional networks on inclusive education, upcoming events , job vacancies with various organisations, and details of EENET's own consultancy business. The website is growing all the time, so please visit regularly to see what's new .