Fourth News Update - Part Three

The forthcoming book in Spanish includes a chapter by myself entitled 'Globalization, Libraries, Information and Social Commitment'. This chapter summarises some of the main themes and ideas in my book Globalisation, Information and Libraries: the implications of the World Trade Organisation's GATS and TRIPs Agreements, Chandos Publishing: Oxford, 2005 and should introduce new non-English speaking readers to my work.

FULL OF VOLCANOS: LIBRARIES AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT

Co-ordinators: Javier Gimeno Perelló, Pedro López López, María Jesús Morillo Calero, to be published cMay 2007.

Prologue by the Portuguese writer Jose Saramago, Nobel Prize in Literature 1998.

Introduction by Rosa Regás, a recognized Spanish writer and current Director of the Spanish National Library.

Epilogue by Blanca Calvo, Adviser of Culture in the Government of the spanish region of Castilla-La Mancha.

Contributors include: Mª Jesús Morillo Calero (Spain), Rita Candame (Argentina), Tatiana Carsen (Argentina), Oscar Maya (Mexico) Martín Vera (Mexico), Ann Sparanese (USA), Mª Jesús del Olmo García (Spain), Javier Gimeno Perelló (Spain), Ruth Rikowski (<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Great Britain), Fernando Báez (Venezuela), Ramón Salaberría Lizarazu y Blanca Calvo Alonso-Cortés (Spain), Rosa San Segundo Manuel (Spain), Genaro Luis García López (Spain), José Antonio Gómez Hernández (Spain), Javier Pérez Iglesias (Spain), Felipe Meneses Tello (Mexico), Zapopan Martín Muela Meza (Mexico), Pedro López López (Spain).

Topics covered: Ethics and social commitment, privatisation of knowledge, war disasters, libraries for difference and librarianship for democracy

5. FEMINIST LIBRARY IN LONDON

Managing Information

Graham Coult writing 'From the Editors Desk' in Managing Information - the monthly magazine of ASLIB (The Association for Information Management) includes information about some of the latest developments on The Feminist Library. Referring to the various threats to libraries Graham also notes that:

"Although a great deal of good work is being done, there are still too many important community or educational libraries under threat of closure because of inadequate funding" (p.2).

Historical Background

Leading on from my report in News Update No.2, Gail Chester from The Feminist Library Management Committee, contacted me and asked me to circulate the following information in regard to the historical background on The Feminist Library:

"In the era of GLC Women's Unit, etc., the GLC let us occupy one of the buildings they owned rent-free (or for a peppercorn rent, not sure which), a policy they pursued with many community groups, voluntary organisations, etc. - maybe one reason why Thatcher wanted to destroy it. When the GLC was abolished, stewardship of all the buildings (and other properties, e.g. Hampstead Heath!) previously owned by the GLC was handed to the London Residuary Body, and they decided what to do with them and the groups occupying them. This led to many things getting passed to various local councils across London. In the case of the Feminist Library, we ended up in the Southwark-owned property we now occupy, where we had the same rent arrangement until 2003, when £12000 a year was demanded, precipitating the current crisis, as explained in the discussion doc."

Best wishes,

Ruth

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