Women, Information, And The Future: Collecting And Sharing Resources Worldwide

324 Pages·1995·47.451 MB·English

by  Eva Steiner Moseley

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WOMEN, INFORMATION,
AND THE FUTURE
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WOMEN, INFORMATION,
AND THE FUTURE
Colkcting and Sharing Resources
WorUwide
edited by
Eva Steiner Moseley
Proceedings of a conference
sponsored by the Schlesinger Library
on the History o_f Women in A1nerica
and held at Radcliffe College
17-20 June 1994
Thomas J. 88ta Library
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Contents
Foreword
Xl
Preface
XIU
Introduction XVll
PART I INFORMATION FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN 1
Information for Action 5
Wangari Maathai
Wornen Against the Information Borders I 1
Valentina Stoeva
Women's Studies Scholarship: lts Impact on the
lnfon11ation World 15
Sarah M. Pritchard
Organization or a Documentation and Information Center
on the Theme of Women 25
Isabel Duque and Marfa Soledad Weinstein
Brealdng Boundaries: Area Studies Collects Women's Studies 35
Carol L. Mitchell
PART II l NFORMA TION INSTITUTIONS 39
Africa
Information for Women in Development: The Role of
the Information Worker 43
Buhle Mhan,ho
Li.brary Collections in Women's Development Centers
in Africa: The Ca e of Nigeria 51
Helena R. Hassan
Won1en' s Information Services in Senegal 57
Maril~rou D1011g11e Diop
Information for Change: A South African Perspective 61
Cathy-A1ae Karelse and Jennifer Radloff
Asia/Australia
Women, Libraries, and Information in Bangladesh 69
Nargis .!afar
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Vlll Wo,nen, Information, and the Future
E1nerging Trends in Women's Sludies lnfom1aLion
and Documentation in lndia: An Overview 73
Anju Vyas
Women's Libraries in Lndia: Problems and Solutions 81
T. S.S. Laksh111i
The Life and Ti1nes of the Won1en 's Studies Re.source Centre 91
Alana Ze1jal-Mellor
Eu.rope
Highlighting Women in Mainstream Tnfonnation: A Danish
Center on Wo1nen and Gender 97
Elisabeth M@ller Je11se11 a11d Jyfle Nielsen
Getting It Together: Wo1nen's lnfon11ation Services in
the European Union lO I
Marieke Kramer
From Utopia to Reality: The Austrian Network of Women·"
Studies Infon11ation and Docu1nentatioo Centers l05
Helga Hofma1111-Wei11berger and Christa iVil/e
Feminist/Women's Archives and Librarie1-. in Gennany:
Concepts. Equipment, and Nclworking l 11
Helga Dickel
Overt and Coven Cen1-.ors,hip in Building Women·s Studies
Collections in Ireland 121
Monica C11/lina11 a1u/ Ailhhe Smyth
Between Memory and Invention: Tow~u·d a National Women·..,
Library in Italy 127
Annanwria Taglia,·ini
The Archive~ Acquisi1ion1-. Policy of the TIA V. 1935-1994 I JI
Annette Me\'is
Infonnation Services for and aboul Black anti Migranl Women 137
Tanhya Mendes:0011
Creating an Information Networl-. for Women in Russia 141
Zaya Kltotkina
The Francesca Bonncmaison Puhlic Library 147
Anna Cah6
The Wo1ncn's llis,tor} Collection-,. A Docu111enta11011 Center
Integr:lled into a Un,vers,ity Lihrary 151
He ll•na II eclhor11
Bridging the Gap Between Won1c11·~ Studie~ anti
Gn.,-,s,-Rool:-- Fem1n1-,111 1.59
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