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Sometimes people may wonder how librarians find the information they do. It’s genetic. My profs in Library school called it having an I-gene. But that I-gene can really lead to some strange travels, one of which I had today.
June 22, 2009 Web excursion:
Went back to Contexts.org/ (sociology site of great interest), went to their blogs [...]
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Updated for 2008!
If you’d like to be a more socially conscious consumer, here are some organizations, some local, some online, where you can purchase gifts while making a difference in the lives of real people. These suggestions come from two of our UConn professors who teach and embody the ideals of these organizations. [...]
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Kathy
The Spring, 2005 issue of MIT’s Electonic Journal of Middle East Studies focuses on “Gender Nation and Belonging: Arab and Arab American Feminist Perspectives.” This is a freely available scholarly online journal. Guest Editors for this issue include [...]
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One of the feminist world’s best magazines is in trouble financially. If you are a fan or think you would be, consider taking a look at this really great magazine, perhaps subscribing, or holding a bake sale (just kidding…) But I really enjoy this mag and have contributed and subscribed for several years. Think about [...]
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Global Women’s Activism: Selected Sites from Rutgers University.
Transnational as well as country specific sites, organized by continent. Contains documents, publications, statistics, and much more from Women’s Activists around the world.
Very fine collection. Many thanks to Kayo Denda, Women’s Studies Librarian at Rutgers.
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Dear Readers,
I apologize for the long absence.
March is National Women’s History Month (which started out as NWH Week) and I’m preparing a web site of resources which will be linked from the News section on the Library main page. More about that in another post.
However, this has made me take a whirlwind tour of [...]
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Wikipedia’s been getting a lot of press lately. Positive press. It’s actually a great opportunity to bring in those skills we are trying to develop in all our students: evaluate and corroborate information before you accept it as your own (or as simply valid or true or complete) and do this by [...]
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Media That Matters Film Festival: Short Films that Inspire Action
Need a good short film to get discussion started in your class? Check out these great little gems from independent producers and film makers. Streaming right into your class on the Web.
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Siyanda.org: Mainstreaming Gender Equality
About Siyanda.org: “Siyanda is an on-line database of gender and development materials from around the world. It is also an interactive space where gender practitioners can share ideas, experiences and resources.”
Here’s an example of the kinds of resources there:
Title: Islamic Feminism Revisited
Author: Badran, M.
Publication Date: February 2006
Publisher : [...]
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Live on the scene reports from the UN 51st session — see the blog Women UNlimited.
Read the original post by Patricia Daniel, Women, violence and empowerment: the world we live in from openDemocracy .
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