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Subject: Tactical Discussion "Information is Power: Librarianship and Human Rights"

Date: 2007-09-10 09:08

New Tactics in Human Rights Featured Monthly Tactical Discussions -
"Information is Power: Librarianship and Human Rights" - begins September 26

 

Beginning in September the New Tactics in Human Rights project [New Tactics
in Human Rights  ] will feature monthly
tactical discussions on a specific tactic and its adaptability to other
contexts and issue areas. Members will have the opportunity to dialogue with
featured resource people from the New Tactics network who have used and
implemented the tactic. 

 

Join the on-line community at www.newtactics.org
  between 19 and 25 September to ensure your
immediate participation in the "Information is Power: Librarianship and
Human Rights" discussion taking place September 26 - October 2, 2007.
Librarians (information experts/workers) can serve a critical role in
helping organizations to research, document, collect, organize and store
their information to be more efficient and effective in their mission and
work. But librarianship means so much more! Featured on-line discussion
resource practitioners for September are Saša Madacki, Toni Samek and Bert
Verstappen.

 

*      Saša Madacki, Director of the Human Rights Centre at the University
of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina is author of the Tactical Notebook,
Making   Sense of
the Information Wilderness: Library and Information Services for the
Improvement of Human Rights Work.  [Read
  more]  

 

*      Toni Samek, educator and scholar at the School of Library and
Information Studies, University of Alberta, Canada is author of
Librarianship and Human Rights: A 21st Century Guide through CHANDOS
(Oxford) Publishing (www.chandospublishing.com
 ). [Read
  more]  

 

*      Bert Verstappen is Programme Coordinator with the Human Rights
Information and Documentation Systems, International HURIDOCS
  and has a broad experience in developing tools
for handling human rights information and providing training in them. Read
  more

 

Join the on-line community so you can be part of these inspiring tactical
discussions.

 

[http://www.newtactics.org/main.php]

[http://www.newtactics.org/main.php/InformationWilderness]

[http://www.newtactics.org/main.php/WebsiteAnnouncement/SeptemberResourcePra
ctitioners#Madacki]

[http://www.chandospublishing.com/]

[http://www.newtactics.org/main.php/WebsiteAnnouncement/SeptemberResourcePra
ctitioners#Samek]

[http://www.huridocs.org]

[http://www.newtactics.org/main.php/WebsiteAnnouncement/SeptemberResourcePra
ctitioners#Verstappen]