tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-121697972011-10-26T22:22:31.491-05:00Librarians build community by working as advocates for human rights. 2001-2011. Continues at "Librarians Build Communities."Librariannoreply@blogger.comBlogger4031100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12169797.post-46010361682543421012011-06-13T07:31:00.002-05:002011-06-13T07:34:40.909-05:00

"Librarians Build Communities" continues "A Librarian at the Kitchen Table."After over 10 years this blog in its various manifestations is ending. New blogging on libraries and community will move to the blog, "Librarians Build Communities".

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Susan Hildreth, IMLS Director writes in Primary Source, May 2011: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recently established new regulations in Section 403 of the Stafford Act qualifying libraries, along with police, fire protection/emergency services, medical care, education and utilities, as essential community services. The change helps libraries in need to relocate so they can keep

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“Community Building” columns appearing inReference and User Services Quarterly2000-2006.======================== “Librarians and Comprehensive Community Initiatives,” McCook, 40 (Fall 2000): 20-22. “Service Integration and Libraries: Will 2-1-1 be the Catalyst for Renewal?” McCook, 40 (Winter 2000): 22-25.
 Community Building and Latino Families,” Villagrán, 40 (Spring, 2001): 224-227. “

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The National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) is the nation’s leading public policy center dedicated to promoting the economic security, health, and well-being of America’s low-income families and children. NCCP uses research to inform policy and practice with the goal of ensuring positive outcomes for the next generation. We promote family-oriented solutions at the state and national levels.

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At a time when resources are shrinking, funding is scarce, and businesses are folding, finding partners to help realize goals is not just an interesting concept but a necessity. To provide support services to formerly homeless individuals and families, many with special needs, the Miami-Dade Public Library System joined forces with the county’s Homeless Trust and Carrfour Supportive Housing, a

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2011 eConference.
A Knowledge Exchange - From Data to Impact…
The Community Indicators Consortium is an active, open learning network and global community of practice among persons interested or engaged in the field of indicators development and application. The mission of the Community Indicators Consortium is to:• Advance the art and science of indicators;• Facilitate the exchange of knowledge

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There is really no local government department that is unable to benefit from a shared environment. Ken Price, information services director for the city of Littleton, Colo., points to public safety,roads and bridges, parks, libraries and museums, among others, that can have technological components — often costly— that are ripe for sharing.Read about the Civic Commons in the report,

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Virginia Niles demonstrates how librarians can work to build communities.===========The poverty rate and median household income are two of the many statistics about Delaware County that jump out of the American Community Survey released this week by the U.S. Census Bureau.Virginia Niles, Mucie Public Library Director, is Co-Chair of the Muncie Action Plan. Muncie isn't alone, Nilles says."I

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Community Literacy JournalSpring 2011.From Read Ahead to Literacy Coalition: The Leadership Role of the Central New York Community Foundation in the Creation of a Local Institution

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Fulton, Crystal. "An Ordinary Life in the Round: Elfreda Annmary Chatman." Libraries & the Cultural Record 45, no. 2 (2010): 238-59. Elfreda Annmary Chatman was one of the preeminent library and information science scholars during the 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s. The influence of her research on the work of other and through her students continues. Focusing her research and theory development

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"Survival Needs and Social Inclusion: Technology Use Among the Homeless."Jahmeilah Roberson & Bonnie NardiDepartment of InformaticsUniversity of California, IrvineDigital technology use among the homeless is linked to collaborative practices ensuring survival and inclusion in social worlds beyond their immediate communities.ABSTRACTThis research reports an ethnographic study of issuessurrounding

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The topic has generated interest on Capitol Hill because so much of the research intersects with policy debates. Views of the cultural roots of poverty “play important roles in shaping how lawmakers choose to address poverty issues,” Representative Lynn Woolsey, Democrat of California, noted at the briefing.This surge of academic research also comes as the percentage of Americans living in

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Worth reading.Novotny, E. (2005). Library services to immigrants: the debate in the library literature, 1900-1920, and a Chicago case study. Reference and User Services Quarterly, 42, 342-52.

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Commentary from the Center for Working-Class Studies:Education or Exploitation?GAO study found clear patterns of deception and pressure in recruiting, and admissions counselors at several schools encouraged applicants to lie on their government financial aid forms.

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Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2009. The U.S. Census Bureau will hold an online news conference to announce the findings from its annual report: Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2009. This report contains the official national findings from the Current Population Survey (CPS).The Web conference will consist of a

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Hunger Action Month.Hunger, Homelessness & Poverty Task ForceSocial Responsibilities Round Tableof the American Library Association

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Job-Seeking Help at the Public Library.Workforce resources include programs, services, and tools that libraries can use to assist the unemployed in their community. This section also includes information about statewide initiatives and partnerships that help local libraries provide these resources.

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Brookings Institution. State of Metropolitan America: On the Front Lines of Demographic Transformation. Brookings Institution. 1775 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036. Now, as the nation and its major metropolitan areas reach a series of critical demographic junctures, forging a constructive path forward to the “next society” is as much about helping communities manage the velocity of

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The Community Indicators Consortium (CIC), as part of a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, is seeking proposals to write "Real Stories" of communities, organizations, and/or jurisdictions that have tried, successfully and not so successfully, to integrate community indicators and organizational performance measures.The Real Stories project is intended to provide real life examples of the

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"Free for All" by Kate Bowman-Johnston. The public library as a place for transformation.By Kate Bowman-Johnston.[The article is accessible online but requires a free registration to the website. Lisa Gieskes, coordinator of the Hunger, Homelessness, and Poverty Task Force of SRRT, is quoted in this article.]in Sojourners May 2010.

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Welcome to the Taxonomy Web SiteThis site is a support tool which allows licensed subscribers to search the AIRS/211 LA County Taxonomy in a variety of ways, print the Taxonomy in various formats, download the file that will allow them to incorporate the Taxonomy in their database initially and keep it updated over time as the Taxonomy changes and grows, view recent changes and additions, and

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LOCAL PERSPECTIVES ON WIA REAUTHORIZATION. This 21-page Policy Brief reports on the February 18, 2010 CAAL Roundtable discussion of WIA and the Adult Education and Economic Growth Act with 19 leaders of local programs and institutions identified by their peers as providing exemplary "adult education for work" services within a particular community or local labor market. The programs are located

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In our effort to build the movement to end and prevent homelessness, we have provided this community forum to advocates, attorneys, policy makers, service providers and homeless people. We invite you to join with us, make use of these materials, and contribute to our collective effort to eradicate homelessness and its causes.

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Drueke, Jeanetta. 2006. Researching Local Organizations: Simple Strategies for Building Social Capital. Reference and User Services Quarterly 45 (summer): 327-333.ABSTRACTThe contribution of libraries to the development of social capital is a current focus of local libraries and library organizations. Using strategies and parameters developed for a project initiated by a humanities project, based

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Healthy Food Financing InitiativePhiladelphia — The Obama Administration today released details of an over $400 million Healthy Food Financing Initiative, which will bring grocery stores and other healthy food retailers to underserved urban and rural communities across America. TThe initiative is a partnership between the Departments of Treasury, Agriculture, and Health and Human Services.The U.S

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The Data for Democracy Webinar Series is dedicated to helping our constituents – elected officials, labor leaders, members of the media, organizers and community groups – use NPP's data and tools more effectively. In general, webinars will last one hour, will be interactive and will include state and – when possible – even more localized data.National Priorities Project (NPP) is a 501(c)(3)

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2-1-1 provides free and confidential information and referral. Call 2-1-1 for help with food, housing, employment, health care, counseling and more. Learn more about your local 2-1-1 by looking it up here.

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see discussion at the ASCLA LSSPS Library Service to Prisoners Forum (Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies). Request your comments about and recommendations for the draft “Prisoners’ Right to Read Statement: An Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights” through 1/24/10. Just choose "Add new comment" below to provide your input.You will read things in the draft that you

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Rondo Community Outreach Library is a branch of the St. Paul Public Library. There are over 90 apartments and 6 townhomes that are part of the building. Laundry facilities are available on the 3rd, 4th, and 5th floors. Enclosed parking is on the floor above the library. There is on-site management with an office, a community room for renters to use for events, and a meeting room in the apartment

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From the Hightower LowDown.

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LIBRARIES: GETTING AMERICA BACK TO WORK A LEGISLATIVE PROPOSAL TO SAVE LIBRARIESAND HELP JOB SEEKERS.DECEMBER 2009LIBRARIES: On the Front Lines of Helping the Unemployed and Small Business•There are more than 16,000 public libraries in the United States most of which provide access to job/career information and resources. This is compared to roughly 1,800 “One‐Stop” Career Centers under the

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Battered by the Storm: How the Safety Net Is Failing Americans and How to Fix It.The economic crisis is still on the rise for millions of Americans, while at the same time the social safety net is failing to support many of them.The national study, Battered by the Storm: How the Safety Net Is Failing Americans and How to Fix It, concludes that the economic crisis is still on the rise for millions

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Dissent. Fall 2009Welfare and the Poorest of the PoorBy Peter EdelmanSince the current recession began, it has become even more obvious that TANF is not responsive to the real level of need. The number of people receiving food stamps, to which there is a statutory right, now exceeds thirty-three million, while the number receiving TANF has remained stuck at around four million. The numbers have

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"We applaud the Second Harvest Food Bank and the Jacksonville Farmers Market for their efforts to help food stamp recipients in Jacksonville," "We also appreciate the efforts of more than 150 community partners in Duval County who allow people to apply for food stamps at their locations.These partners include community agencies, churches and libraries."To help make it easier for those needing

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History of and Perspective on the Adult Education and LiteracySystem (AELS) of the United States. Thomas G. Sticht.1.1. The Rise of the Adult Education and Literacy System in the United States: 1600-2000.A 400 year history of activities leading to the Adult Education Act of 1966 and the emergence of the present day AELS with organizations and individuals involved in this rise.1.2. Beyond 2000:

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New at the National Institute for Literacy.The Workforce Competitiveness Resource Collection includes resources applicable to workforce basic skills education, English language acquisition, and/or technology. Although these topics are separate, some of the selected resources will be useful across topics. For example, a resource listed under English Language Acquisition might also be appropriate

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"Understanding the complexity of electronic government: Implications from the digital divide literature," by Helbig, Natalie; Gil-Garcia, J. Ramon; Ferro, Enrico Government Information Quarterly v. 26 no. 1 (January 2009) p. 89-97Abstract: Theoretically and practically E-Government and the digital divide are intertwined social phenomena. Using sophisticated information technologies (IT) in

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Anchor Institutions Toolkit: A guide for neighborhood revitalization. The Netter Center for Community Partnerships. University of Pennsylvania.This toolkit is designed to help institutions formulate the right questions and seek effective answers that will lead to collaborative actions that benefit both institutions and communities. pdf is here.New Broadband Coalition to Push for Focus on 'Anchor

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Your EBT/Food Stamp/SNAP card is welcome at a farmers market near you, making it simple to bring home nutritious food. From just-picked produce to wholesome meat, dairy, and bread products, you'll find it all at your local farmers market.

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Redefining Progress created the Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) in 1995 as an alternative to the gross domestic product (GDP). The GPI enables policymakers at the national, state, regional, or local level to measure how well their citizens are doing both economically and socially.

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In survey and case study work with members of theUrban Libraries Council (ULC), an association ofthe leading public libraries across the United Statesand Canada committed to strengthening the publiclibrary as an essential part of urban life, we foundevidence of strong public library initiatives and partnershipsthat may serve as maps and models for newand collaborative local economic

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The Community Indicators Consortium (CIC) is a learning network and community of practice for people engaged or interested in the field of community indicators and their application. CIC is organized around the belief that information sharing across areas of interest is a key element in successful work to benefit people and their concerns about their communities. CIC further believes that

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Back-To-School Supplement -EBT Transfer in New York for Low-Income Families began 8/11/2009.Families can use the money to buy their children books, pencils, pens, notebooks, calculators, backpacks, shoes, tutoring, school uniforms and other clothing and essential school items. Families should look to take advantage of discounts offered by retailers in the coming weeks before school starts. The

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Have you visited the National Institute for Literacy's Web site today? There's been a redesign! Since its creation in 1991, the National Institute for Literacy has served as a catalyst for improving opportunities for adults, youth, and children to thrive in a progressively literate world. At the Institute, literacy is broadly viewed as more than just an individual's ability to read. Literacy is

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Why didn’t we do this before?”–Sol Hirsch, ACLD directorLibrary Journal reports “In Gainesville, FL, “The Library Partnership” Merges Branch, Social Services. Building aims to promote welfare of children.See LIBRARIAN for more details.

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Libraries at the Heart of Our CommunitiesThere's been a dramatic change in the mission of libraries across the country. No longer just static repositories of books and reference materials, libraries are increasingly serving as the hub of their communities, providing a broad range of services and activities. They are also becoming important "economic engines" of downtowns and neighborhood

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For more than two decades, governments and development agencies around the world have focused on reducing poverty. Although tremendous strides have been made, approximately one in four people in developing countries continues to live below the World Bank’s international poverty line.Wise public investment is key to reducing poverty and addressing inequalities within society. That requires timely

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Food deserts – a term used for communities that have limited access to affordable and nutritious food - are real places and they are affecting the health of millions of Americans. Found in both rural areas and urban clusters, food deserts are defined by their distances from large grocery stores and other supermarkets selling a variety of fresh produce and healthy food options. Deserts primarily

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Parental imprisonment has emerged as a novel, and distinctly American, childhood risk that is concentrated among black children and children of low-education parents,” said Christopher Wildeman, a sociologist at the University of Michigan who is studying what some now call the “incarceration generation.” [Parental Imprisonment, the Prison Boom, and the Concentration of Childhood Disadvantage."

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In support of the King County Equity and Social Justice Initiative (http://www.kingcounty.gov/equity), DNRP recently carried out an equity assessment for its major lines of business. The assessment utilized Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to map how selected services and facilities relate to basic demographic conditions.This comparison helps identify and address the relative fairness in

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What is the DREAM Act?The Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act is bipartisan legislation that addresses the situation faced by young people who were brought to the United States years ago as undocumented immigrant children, and who have since grown up here, stayed in school, and kept out of trouble.■ Why is the DREAM Act needed?Each year about 65,000 U.S.–raised

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Greetings from the Community Tool Box!We would very much appreciate your help improving the Community Tool Box by completing this quick survey. As the Tool Box moves towards greater interactivity, we are especially interested in your ideas. Your comments and feedback will help us expand this free content and develop new features to better suit your needs. We would also value your contributions to

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In January of this year, a team of library professionals participating inthe ALA Emerging Leaders project were asked by ALA and PLA to survey the directors, managers, and administrators of small and rural public libraries. The goal of the survey is to assess the skills and techniques used by small and rural libraries to build community relations, and to determine what activities and resources

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ABOUT THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTThe Office of Public Engagement is the open front door to the White House.The Office of Public Engagement is the embodiment of the President’s goal of making government inclusive, transparent, accountable and responsible.We create and coordinate opportunities for direct dialogue between the Obama Administration and the American public, while bringing new

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KNIGHT COMMISSION SEEKS PUBLIC INPUTPBS Engage is partnering with the Knight Commission to seek public input and offer an interactive experience at www.pbs.org/publicinput from Tuesday April 21 – Friday May 8, 2009. The site will feature a preliminary analysis of the Commission’s work, videos of the Commission’s public forums and meetings, blogs about the Commission’s work and a forum for

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Civic Engagement Membership Initiative Group Meeting on Sunday, July 12, 2009, 10:30 am - 12:00 noon, Palmer House Hotel Montrose 1, Chicago, IL. More details closer to conference.Also, we are co-sponsoring a Thursday afternoon (July 8) deliberative forum with the Intellectual Freedom Roundtable to test the Privacy framing developed over the past 2 years. This will be an interesting

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How can low-skilled adult learners seeking family-supporting careers navigate more efficiently and more quickly through ABE/ESOL, developmental, and degree programs to attain a degree? Answers to this and other questions are the work of Breaking Through: Helping Low-Skilled Adults Enter and Succeed in College and Careers. The goal of Breaking Through is to strengthen post-secondary outcomes for

Librariannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12169797.post-47111504705502093912009-04-18T07:16:00.003-05:002009-04-18T07:19:00.754-05:00

In the absence of immigration reform at the federal level, states are implementing their own laws—for better and worse.Here’s a snapshot of where we are today: the sanctuary cities across the country; an estimate of the number of agreements each state has with the federal government to check people’s immigration status; and the state laws prohibiting immigrants from having driver’s licenses.

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The Community Literacy Journal publishes both scholarly work that contributes to the field’s emerging methodologies and research agendas and work by literacy workers, practitioners, and community literacy program staff. We are especially committed to presenting work done in collaboration between academics and community members.We understand “community literacy” as the domain for literacy work

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Empowering communities: learning from community informatics practice. 4-6 November 2009 Monash University Prato Centre, ItalyThe idea of 'empowerment' has a number of special connotations in the Community Informatics space. Community Informatics is an approach to empowering communities with information and communication technologies. There is a widespread expectation that Community Informatics

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AAACE-NLA Colleagues, The National Institute for Literacy's Special Topics Discussion List will address Green Jobs and Adult Basic Skills from April 6 - 10. To subscribe go to here. This discussion will help adult literacy practitioners to understand what new employment opportunities may existfor their students, and how to help students prepare for these "green" jobs. What exactly are "green"

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A Place at the Table provides a model for community building in which library workers dedicate time, resources, and commitment at the policy level to guarantee that community building is a high priority and that the nation’s community builders include librarians as valued partners in every enterprise. Power dies the moment action ceases. There must be a librarian at every table. Here are some

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This bill improves and provides new support for national service and service-learning programs administered by the Corporation for National and Community Service, including Learn and Serve America--the only federal program dedicated to funding service-learning activities in local schools and communities.H.R. 1388 - Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education (GIVE) Act"We applaud the

Librariannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12169797.post-23661818601801884702009-03-07T22:57:00.003-05:002009-03-19T23:30:43.473-05:00

Democracy's Prisoner: Eugene V. Debs, the Great War, and the Right to Dissent by Ernest Freeberg. Harvard University Press, 2008. LA Times review by Peter Richardson is hereDebs Collection at Indiana University Libraries.

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The failure of governments across the world to tackle deep and persistent inequalities in education is consigning millions of children to lives of poverty and diminished opportunity.Blaming a combination of political indifference, weak domestic policies, and the failure of aid donors to act on commitments, the 2009 Education for All Global Monitoring Report – Overcoming inequality: why governance

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Only one in four low-income households eligible for federal housing assistance receives it because of funding limitations. Unless the new Administration and Congress set a different course, an even smaller proportion of the low-income households is likely to be assisted in the future, further widening the gap between housing needs and available federal assistance.DECADE OF NEGLECT HAS WEAKENED

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Programs that libraries can benefit from included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. More information will be posted on each section as it becomes available.$7.2 billion for BroadbandThis includes $2.5 billion for Rural Utilities Service and $4.7 billion for the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA) broadband grant program to increase broadband access...

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The The Human Development and Capability Association (HDCA) promotes high quality research in the interconnected areas of human development and capability. It shall be concerned with research in these areas across a broad range of topics where the human development and capability approaches have made and can make significant contributions, including the quality of life, poverty, justice, gender,

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Will Obama turn to Roosevelt's 4th State of the Union Speech for inspiration? Will Obama consider Truman's proposed Economic Bill of Rights certain rights which ought to be assured to every American citizen?=======In our day these economic truths have become accepted as self-evident. We have accepted, so to speak, a second Bill of Rights under which a new basis of security and prosperity can be

Librariannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12169797.post-58426703686503754202009-01-23T20:18:00.003-05:002009-01-23T20:45:18.400-05:00

The Hunger, Homelessness & Poverty Task Force of the Social Responsibilities Round Table of the American Library Association, in partnership with the OLOS Subcommittee on Library Services to Poor and Homeless People, reported the findings from the ALA Task Force Member Survey on Policy 61.========Policy 61 Summary Report Page 1 of 5Lisa Gieskes, ALA SRRT HHPTF Coordinator.Summary of the ALA Task

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Feeding America is the nation's leading domestic hunger-relief charityEach year, the Feeding America network provides food assistance to more than 25 million low-income people facing hunger in the United States, including more than 9 million children and nearly 3 million seniors.Our network of more than 200 food banks serves all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.The Feeding

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The On-Line Conference on Community Organizing and Development -- COMM-ORG was founded in 1995 by Wendy Plotkin and is now moderated and edited by Randy Stoecker. Its mission is to link academics and activists, and theory and practice, toward the goal of improving community organizing and its related crafts. COMM-ORG discussion list information is here.

Librariannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12169797.post-72892261808509112732009-01-09T07:50:00.007-05:002009-01-09T09:56:12.723-05:00

Web Release: January 8, 2009.The 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) assessed the English literacy skills of a nationally representative sample of 18,500 U.S. adults (age 16 and older) residing in private households. NAAL is the first national assessment of adult literacy since the 1992 National Adult Literacy Survey (NALS).The report is accompanied by an interactive web tool, which

Librariannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12169797.post-85108537286631136352009-01-03T05:16:00.004-05:002009-01-03T05:38:54.120-05:00

The Cyberhood features course syllabi focusing on community development and action research in urban settings and communities of color.Latest:Community Development ProcessesCommunity development encompasses issues related to neighborhood planning, citizen participation, grassroots organizing, housing, economic development, social capital, social welfare, public safety, education, the environment

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New Guide Helps State Governments and Faith-Based and Community Organizations Improve Prisoner Reentry Collaborations.New York—The Council of State Governments Justice Center announced today the release of Reentry Partnerships: A Guide for States & Faith-Based and Community Organizations, which was supported by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, U.S. Department of Justice, and the Center for

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AIRS has a newly designed website.The Alliance of Information and Referral Systems (AIRS) improves access to services for all people through quality information and referral.AIRS provides a professional umbrella for all I&R providers in both public and private organizations. Comprehensive and specialized I&R programs are found in nearly every community and operate as a critical component of the

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The Promise features in-depth looks at poverty-related issues making national headlines, innovative ways Community Action Agencies are fighting poverty on the local level, and commentaries from Community Action leaders.

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December 18. International Migrant Workers Day. International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families. Click here for pdf.10 points to the Global Forum on Migration and Development.October 2008.The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations sixty years ago. Its Article 1 affirms that “All

Librariannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12169797.post-37705769543965464592008-12-06T08:01:00.002-05:002008-12-06T08:14:59.275-05:00

Following two years of study, the National Commission on Adult Literacy calls for a program on the scale of a “domestic Marshall plan” to achieve these goals.The Commission’s report, Reach Higher, AMERICA: Overcoming Crisis in the U.S. Workforce, calls for a dramatically revamped service system with the capacity to effectively serve 20 million adults annually by the year 2020. It also calls for

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Libraries Building CommunitiesLibrarians of all types are active in community building. Provided here are examples of books, articles, reports, and websites that demonstrate a commitment or analysis of collaborative action. As librarians participate in comprehensive community initiatives, keeping in mind the goal of service integration, it is likely that the nation's community building activists

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“Yes we do have a homeless population here,” says Robinson-El. “But the way public libraries operate is that we open our doors and whoever chooses to come and use that particular agency or facility is welcome.…We have a population that is faithful and loyal. And if you walk around you will see that people are not just lounging around,” he says, though as he says it at least one person at the

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With the new Democratic administration the work of the Center for American Progress Task Force on Poverty is likely to be quite influential on domestic policy (CAP Chief, Podesta is Obama's Transition Team Chair).From Poverty to Prosperity: A National Strategy to Cut Poverty in Half. Thirty-seven million Americans live below the official poverty line. Millions more struggle each month to pay for

Librariannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12169797.post-56584152584556779032008-11-29T00:13:00.002-05:002008-11-29T00:19:15.848-05:00

ALA joins NWHM National CoalitionThe American Library Association (ALA) has added its name to the list of national organizations supporting the National Women’s History Museum (NWHM) project.The NWHM raises public awareness and access to the historical contributions women have made in the United States and is advocating for the creation of a permanent national museum in Washington D.C. To date,

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A paper from the Chronic Poverty Research Centre/The intergenerational transmission of poverty (ITP)--the process by which poor parents transmit poverty and disadvantage to their children--appears to be a common problem not only on developing countries but also at a minor scale, on developed ones. According to a CEPAL study, only about 20% of children of poorly educated parents are able to finish

Librariannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12169797.post-52456400225063699822008-11-14T07:48:00.003-05:002008-11-14T08:16:58.038-05:00

Inside Higher Ed reports: The whole idea behind the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 — the formal name of the biggest reform of the federal welfare system in decades — was to push more people off the federal dole and into the work force. By that measure, it undeniably worked: Welfare rolls have declined by about half since 1996, with much of the decline

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The National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) documentsdimensions of quality in undergraduate education and providesinformation and assistance to colleges, universities, and otherorganizations to improve student learning. Its primary activityis annually surveying college students to assess the extent towhich they engage in educational practices associated withhigh levels of learning and

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Children occupy a unique status in our society. While they are entitled to the basic rights prescribed in their nations’ Constitutions, their status, as minors, renders them vulnerable and in need of safeguards to ensure their protection. In recognition of children’s special status, the United Nations commenced efforts in 1979 to develop an inclusive, legally-binding human rights treaty for all

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A resolution to designate (Date to be Determined) as National Information and Referral Services DayWhereas, information and referral (I&R) services provide the active process of linking the consumer who has a need or problem with the most appropriate service that can address that need or solve that problem;Whereas, quality information and referral services are the key point of entry to the entire

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International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, 17 October 2008: "Human Rights and Dignity of People Living in Poverty"According to the World Bank, 1.4 billion people in developing countries were living in extreme poverty (on less than US$1.25 per day) in 2005. In these same countries, the following year, more than 140 million children were underweight. The current economic difficulties are

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Take a look at this video at You Tube: Universal Declaration of Human Rights

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The ALA Office for Literacy and Outreach Services (OLOS), the American Indian Library Association (AILA), and the National Institutes of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums are seeking information on multicultural services offered by all types of libraries.The purposes of this survey are:1) To identify the current status of culturally responsive servicesin libraries;2) To identify

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Report: Continued Expansion of Federal Government Secrecy Seen in 2007WASHINGTON, Sept. 9, 2008 — Government secrecy increased across a wide spectrum of indicators in 2007, according to a report released today by a coalition of over 70 open government advocates. At the same time, the 110th Congress has moved toward increasing openness and accountability. The findings of the 2008 Secrecy Report

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The Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy is a 15-member commission of luminaries assembled to recommend both public and private measures that would help American communities better meet their information needs.A well-informed citizenry is critical to democracy. News, journalism and other information conduits play a central role in informing society. Yet, at a

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Cuba.Help Cuba through Oxfam Canada.Haiti

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RNC report 9/2/2008.Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign.Chanting "Stop the war on the poor," about 1,000 people in the "Poor People's March" left Mears Park about 6 p.m. and marched through downtown. Their numbers swelled to 2,000 after the march passed an all-day activist event that had coincidentally just wound up on the State Capitol lawn at 7 p.m. The march ended near the Xcel Energy

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Fusing radical librarianship with social responsibility, the Drexel PLG is committed to equality, justice and accountability both in the library and in the community.

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This Technical Background Paper [in pdf:], Need for Good Governance to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals and Eradicate Extreme Poverty elaborates on the need for good governance to achieve the Millennium Development Goals and eradicate extreme poverty. It argues that achieving the Goals is not simply about money. It is about removing physical, legal, financial, socio-cultural and political

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Information and Knowledge Commons:Includes: anticommons, copyright, indigenous, local, scientific knowledge issues, intellectual property rights, the Internet, libraries, patents, virtual commons, etc. The Digital Library of the Commons (DLC) is a gateway to the international literature on the commons. This site contains an author-submission portal; an archive of full-text articles, papers, and

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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. (2006). Library Services for Immigrants: A Report on Current Practices. For PDF Click here. Researched and written by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services [USCIS] and distributed by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, this report provides an overview of current services for immigrants within libraries. The authors note that providing

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The Hunger, Homelessness & Poverty Task Force, in partnership with the OLOS Subcommittee on Library Services to Poor and Homeless People, reported the findings from the ALA Task Force Member Survey on Policy 61.+Policy 61 Summary Report Page 1 of 5Lisa Gieskes, ALA SRRT HHPTF CoordinatorSummary of the ALA Task Force Survey on ALA Policy 61 Library Services for the PoorPolicy 61 states:The

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