[Air-l] the wto and libraries events

[jeremy hunsinger]

Below find information about an interesting event and the announcement  
of Ruth Rikowski's book "GLOBALISATION, INFORMATION AND LIBRARIES"   
from Chandos Press.

>
> EBLIDA/SCONUL 2-DAY CONFERENCE ON
> TRADE AGREEMENTS & LIBRARIES:
>
> TRADING IN KNOWLEDGE? THE WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION AND LIBRARIES
> To be held at:
> THE MOLLER CENTRE, CHURCHILL COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND,
> 2 - 3 MARCH 2005
>
> European Bureau of Library, Information & Documentation Associations  
> (EBLIDA):
> http://www.eblida.org and Society of College, National & University  
> Libraries
> (SCONUL), UK & Ireland: http://www.sconul.ac.uk
>
> Programme, Registration & Further details:
> http://www.sconul.ac.uk/event_conf/WTOConference/wtoprogramme
> (Places still available)
>
> Speakers to include:
>
> GEORGE MONBIOT
> Columnist in The Guardian, author of Captive State: The Corporate  
> Takeover
> of Britain, The Age of Consent, and Manifesto for a New World Order,  
> and
> Visiting Professor at Oxford Brookes University
>
> RUTH RIKOWSKI
> Visiting Lecturer at London South Bank University, author of  
> Globalisation,
> Information and Libraries: the Implications of the WTO's GATS and  
> TRIPS Agreements,
> and Co-Editor of Information for Social Change
>
> DALE HONECK
> Counsellor in the Trade in Services Division, World Trade  
> Organisation, Geneva
>
> SUSAN ROBERTSON
> Professor at the Graduate School of Education, University of Bristol,  
> and
> Co-ordinator of the Centre for Studies of Globalisation, Education and  
> Societies
>
> KJELL NILSSON
> Deputy National Librarian, Sweden and Chair of EBLIDA's Expert Group  
> on the
> World Trade Organisation
>
> PAUL WHITNEY
> City Librarian, Vancouver, Canada and Canadian Appointee to the  
> Copyright
> & Other Legal Matters Committee (CLM) of IFLA
>
>
>
> GLOBALISATION, INFORMATION AND LIBRARIES
>
>
>
> A BOOK LAUNCH
> For
> Ruth Rikowski's New Book:
> Globalisation, Information and Libraries: the Implications of the  
> World Trade
> Organisation's GATS and TRIPS Agreements
> CHANDOS PUBLISHING: OXFORD, 2005
> ISBN - 1 84334 084 4 (pbk) £39.00; 1 84334 092 5 (hdbk) £59.95
> http://www.chandospublishing.com/catalogue/record_detail.php? 
> recordID=35
>
>
> TO BE HELD AT:
> LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY
> TUESDAY, 26th April 2005, 5.30pm onwards
> Keyworth Centre, Keyworth Street, Room 806/7
>
> Introduced by Professor Deian Hopkin, Vice-Chancellor of
> London South Bank University
>
> REFRESHMENTS
>
> Map for directions to London South Bank University:  
> http://www.lsbu.ac.uk/about/maps.shtml
>
> R.S.V.P. Ruth Rikowski: Rikowskigr at aol.com
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ___________________________________________________________
>
> Book yourself something to look forward to in 2005.
> Cheap flights - http://www.tiscali.co.uk/travel/flights/
> Bargain holidays - http://www.tiscali.co.uk/travel/holidays/
>
>
Jeremy Hunsinger
Center for Digital Discourse and Culture
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