The Network Newsletter – ebulletin 34, 12 October 2009
Events
Events have been added to the Courses & Events pages on The Network website – see: http://www.seapn.org.uk/events/.
NB there is a RSS feed on this page, which means that you could be automatically alerted to new events, courses and conferences as they are added!
Latest include:
The Refugee Archive at UEL’s Refugee Research Centre
http://www.raphael-samuel.org:80/cw/archive_days.php
(Source: email from Kevin Harris)
Saturday 19 June 2010, 11.00 – 4.00
Refugee Archive, Docklands Campus, University of East London
As part of Refugee Week, you are invited to investigate the Refugee Archive, a collection of over 35,000 items relating to migration and refugees - the only such collection in London. The Open Day will bring alive the histories and contemporary experiences of refugees who have made Britain - and especially East London - their place of refuge. The day is convened by UEL’s Phil Marfleet.
Incidentally, Phil Marfleet is also speaking at:
“Hands off my workmate”
http://www.irr.org.uk:80/2009/october/ha000014.html
17 October, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG
A conference on migrant workers, bringing together campaigners, academics, trade unionists and students alongside migrant workers.
Enquiry
Books in Nepali
I’ve just had an enquiry for sources of supply of adult & children’s books in Nepali. I’ve pulled together the following – please can anybody add to this?
Mantra Lingua publish 4 titles (see: http://www.mantralingua.com/search.php?mode=newsearch&language=Nepali)
A bit further afield, Pilgrim Publishing (http://www.pilgrimsbooks.com/nepali_language_books.html) have some Nepali children's books, but I'm not sure how easy they'd be to buy here (or quite what they're like).
Poppy's Books (http://www.poppysbooks.co.uk/dual-language-179-c.asp)say they stock children's dual-language books, English/Nepali, but don't actually list any separately (I guess you're supposed to click on each title to see which languages are available, but it might be easier to contact them!! See: http://www.poppysbooks.co.uk/contact-us-4-w.asp).
World Language Books (http://www.worldlanguagebooks.com/) don't actually list Nepali as one of the languages they stock, but I think it would be worth asking them direct (and Network member authorities get a discount too!)
Bay Foreign Language Books Ltd publish dictionaries, grammars, etc - see: http://www.baylanguagebooks.co.uk/search.php?language=Nepali&search=Enter+Keyword%2C+ISBN+or+Author&imageField2.x=12&imageField2.y=12, as do:
Grant & Cutler – see: http://www.grantandcutler.com/books/section/KI5, and:
LCL – see: http://www.lclib.com/lcsearch.php3?keywords=Nepali&sercat=btitle
Finally, the international organisation, IBBY, has a Nepalese section (see: http://www.ibby.org/index.php?id=527) - I wonder if it might be worth making contact with them - you might be able to start up some kind of exchange scheme!
Migration issues – Government, Government Agencies and Local Government
“British Chinese On-line Identities: Participation and Inclusion”
http://www.esrcsocietytoday.ac.uk/ESRCInfoCentre/ViewAwardPage.aspx?awardnumber=RES-000-22-1642
Interesting background information (from an ESRC-funded research project) about connecting with Chinese communities in the UK via the internet and social networking.
“Lullabies of Europe”
http://www.lullabies-of-europe.org/Library.html
(Source: email from Simon Wallace, Southend Libraries)
“The ''Lullabies of Europe'' project was a funded project within the EU Socrates programme. It has collected 35 lullabies in 7 European languages (Czech, English, Italian, Greek, Turkish, Danish and Romanian) ... You can hear samples of the lullabies on the website and also animated videos. To help raise finance for the project has made its lullabies available on a CD at a special price ONLY for libraries …”
NB Simon & I haven’t checked the quality of these – if anyone tries them out, please could you let me know what they are like?
Migration issues – Other Agencies
Shall we stay or shall we go? Re-migration trends among Britain’s immigrants
http://www.ippr.org.uk/publicationsandreports/publications.asp?title=shall+we+stay&author=&pubdate=&theme=&search=search
Important new research report from ippr, that looks at “return migration or onward migration of previous immigrants to the UK”. Recent evidence shows that his flow is increasing, and the report argues that the UK needs to know more about who’s involved – and to watch closely the new points-based system to ensure that it does not in fact deter highly skilled migrants.
Charged-for publication (£12.95), but executive summary available as a free download from above weblink (you just need to log on to the site).
Caring for young people who have been trafficked
BAAF have just published two new charged-for guides:
Caring for a young person who has been trafficked – a guide for foster carers
Further info at: http://www.baaf.org.uk:80/res/pubs/books/book_traffickedfos.shtml
Caring for a young person who has been trafficked – a guide for social workers
http://www.baaf.org.uk/res/pubs/books/book_traffickedsw.shtml
Broader issues – Libraries, Museums, Archives and Cultural and Heritage Organisations
MLA’s Informal Adult Learning Challenge Fund
http://www.mla.gov.uk/news_and_views/press/releases/2009/MLA%20Challenge%20Fund
The winning bids have been announced.
“Campaign! Make an Impact”
http://www.bl.uk/campaign
“Campaign! Make an Impact is an innovative initiative that uses history to inspire young people into active citizenship. This is a national programme in partnership with the MLA Council that will be rolling out across England in 2009/11, funded through the DCMS/DCSF Strategic Commissioning Programme.
This cross-curricular programme uses historical campaigns to inspire and teach campaign skills, enabling children and young people to run their own campaigns about issues that affect them today.”
The programme involves the British Library, MLA, museums and schools.
Broader issues – Other Agencies
The future of reading: a public value project
http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/media/uploads/Future-Reading-Report.pdf
“The Future of Reading was a research project to engage people in a debate about the role and value of reading, and how it can best be encouraged in a digital age. The report builds on what we learned about the value of the arts through the arts debate, and reveals a number of interesting findings about reading including:
· the importance of reading as an individual, creative experience and its perceived benefits of enjoyment, escape, empathy and overall wellbeing
· the reasons why people choose not to read, from a lack of time or interest to a fear of being too ‘drawn in' to another world
· that all forms of reading are seen as valid and valuable and that people don't want to be patronised or dictated to about what they choose to read
· ideas for how individuals and organisations.”
The full report is at the above weblink, and the appendices (including interview questions, etc) are at: http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/media/uploads/Future-Reading-Appendices.pdf.
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