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 A Level Sociology and PhilosophyBusiness Takeover of SchoolsComputers and I.T.Education and Social JusticeEducation MarketsEducation Not For SaleEmployers NeedsEngineering IndustryFunding for EducationGATSGlobalisationHorological TrainingHuman CapitalIntellectual LabourIntellectual Property RightsKM and Knowledge RevolutionLabour Power: a CommodityLeadership: a Marxist PerspectiveLearning SocietyLifelong Learning and MarxismMarx and Future of the HumanMarx and TimeMarxist Educational TheoryMERDNew Labour Education PolicyNew Labour, Schools and the Knowledge EconomyNietzsche and PostmodernismPedagogyPrizes and AwardsRadical EducatorRecruitment, Apprenticeship and Employers NeedsSocial ClassStudent WorkersTRIPSValue
| 2000New Labour's Knowledge Economy vs. Critical Pedagogy: the Battle in Seattle and its significance for education - paper presented by Glenn Rikowski Paper presented at the Annual Conference of Socialist Economists, University of London, Malet Street, London, 1st July 2000 2002Globalisation and Education by Glenn Rikowski A guest lecture given at the School of Education, Bolton Institute of Higher Education, 6th June 2002 GATS picket outside the Department for Trade and Industry (DTI) in Victoria Street, 2002. Orgnanised by the Green Party. An A5 leaflet was produced and distributed which explained what the GATS was, what it implied, and then asked people to write to their MPs about it. Ruth Rikowski and Glenn Rikowski both participated in this Schools and the GATS enigma by Glenn Rikowski A paper presented to the EPRU Research Seminar, 'Education for Profit: Private Sector Participation in Public Education', Institute of Education, University of London, 27th November 2002 The IFLA/EBLIDA talks with the World Trade Organisation and the European Commission about GATS and Libraries, 18th December 2002. Report to the Executive Committee of EBLIDA by Kjell Nilsson Ruth Rikowski was an Observer on the EBLIDA WTO Working Group 2002-2005 Ruth Rikowski - an Obsever on EBLIDA WTO Working Group - Details on EBLIDA Website In Information for Social Change , Winter 2003/04, No. 18 International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions and the European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations talks with the WTO and EC about GATS and Libraries, 2002 by Kjell Nilsson Still at your service?: One day conference organised by ATTAC London on the GATS and privatisation of UK public services, 16th November 2002, held at the London School of Economics, University of London. There were a variety of speakers and worskshops. The GATS was considered from a number of different angles, including globalisation in general and its affect on world poverty; water privatisation; globalisation and language; legal implications of the GATS; privatisation of the police, the National Health Service, schools, higher education and libraries. Glenn Rikowski spoke about the GATS and Schools Ruth Rikowski spoke about the GATS and Libraries Summary of 'Still at your service', ATTAC London GATS Conference by Ruth Rikowski The profit virus: globalisation, libraries and education: a fringe meeting of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Conference at Glasgow, on 22nd August 2002. Session considered what the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) is and the implications of the GATS for libraries and education. Glenn Rikowski spoke about the implications of the GATS for schools Ruth Rikowski spoke about the implications of the GATS for libraries Other speakers included Frode Bakken, Paul Whitney, Steve Rolfe and Anneliese Dodds News items on The Profit Virus fringe meeting The profit virus: globalisation, libraries and education by Ruth Rikowski (Summary report of the fringe meeting at IFLA conference, 2002) In IFLA Journal, special issue on the Glasgow Conference, Winter, Vol. 28, No. 5/6, pp. 341-342 The profit virus: globalisation,libraries and education by Ruth Rikowski The profit virus: globalisation, libraries and education by Ruth Rikowski (Report of the fringe meeting at IFLA conference, 2002) In Library Juice, 5:31. Oct 2002 The profit virus: globalisation, libraries and education by Ruth Rikowski Raising awareness about the GATS and 'Women's Issues'by Ruth Rikowski In Information for Social Change, Winter, Iss 16, 2002 Raising awareness about the GATS and 'Women's Issues' by Ruth Rikowski GATS: the Global Threat held at Sussex University on 23rd May 2002 Session considered what the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) is and the implications of the GATS for various public service sectors. Glenn Rikowski spoke about the implications of the GATS for schools Ruth Rikowski spoke about the implications of the GATS for libraries The WTO/GATS Agenda for Libraries by Ruth Rikowski Other speakers included Linda Kaucher and Tom Lines Ruth Rikowski gave talk at ATTAC, London, held at London School of Economics, on The WTO/GATS Agenda for Libraries, 30th April 2002 The Woodhead Federation? The Business Takeover of Schools in England by Glenn Rikowski Presentation given at the ATTAC London Meeting, London School of Economics, 13th May 2002 Ruth Rikowski spoke at a meeting of the International Group of the Library Association on The WTO/GATS Agenda for Libraries, 20th March 2002 2003Ruth Rikowski gave a talk at the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) Umbrella Conference on the GATS and Libraries, on 5th July 2003. Talk entitled: Libraries: international tradable commodities or public services?. Invited to speak by Professor Paul Sturges, Chair of International Library and Information Group of CILIP Libraries: international tradable commodities or public services? by Ruth Rikowski News item about Ruth's talk in Focus on International Library and Information Work, the Journal of the International Group of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP), Vol. 34, No.1, 2003 News item about Ruth Rikowski's talk on GATS and Libraries at CILIP Umbrella Conference Conference Report of CILIP Umbrella Conference, Manchester,2003 - which includes a section about Ruth's talk on the GATS and libraries by Graeme Hawley, in Information Scotland in Journal of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) in Scotland Conference Report on CILIP Umbrella Conference, 2003 by Graeme Hawley 2005Trading in Knowledge? The World Trade Organisation and Libraries. Conference held on 2-3 March 2005, at Moller Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Examined the implications of the WTO's GATS and TRIPS Agreements on Libraries Ruth Rikowski spoke about TRIPS and Libraries Other speakers included: George Monbiot, columnist in The Guardian , Professor Susan Robertson, Dale Honeck from the WTO and Paul Whitney. Programme for the EBLIDA/SCONUL Conference - Trading in Knowledge? The WTO and Libraries, 2005 Reports and News Items on the conference Trading in Knowledge? The World Trade Organisation and Libraries Trading in Knowledge? The World Trade Organisation and Libraries, Report of a Conference held on 2-3 March 2005, Moller Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge by Toby Bainton, Secretary of SCONUL (Society of College, National and University Libraries) Trading in Knowledge? The WTO and Libraries, Report on Conference, 2005 by Toby Bainton Monbiot inspirerte bibliotekfolk i Cambridge - Report of a Conference held on 2-3 March 2005, Moller Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge in Norwegian, in Norwegian Library Association Journal by Anders Ericson (includes picture of Ruth Rikowski sitting next to Dale Honeck , representative of the WTO) Monbiot inspirerte bibliotekfolk i Cambridge - Report of EBLIDA/SCONUL Conference, 'Trading in Knowledge? The WTO and Libraries by Anders Ericson (In Norwegian - in Norwegian Library Association Journal) Mikael Book reports on the Cambridge EBLIDA/SCONUL Conference, Trading in Knowledge? The WTO and Libraries, for the Finnish Library Association journal Mikael Book's report on the Cambridge Conference - Trading in Knowledge? The WTO and Libraries Network Institute for Global Democratization (NIGD) News Item about Ruth's talk at EBLIDA/SCONUL Conference Barbara Stratton, CIILP Senior Copyright Advisor, reports on the Cambridge EBLIDA/SCONUL Conference, Trading in Knowledge? The WTO and Libraries for the UK Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP). Report entitled: 'Trade Agreements: Manifesto to help spread word on trade risk to public sector', in CILIP's monthly magazine Update, May 2005, Vol. 4, No. 5, p.15. Ruth Rikowski spoke about the GATS and TRIPS at Sheffield Hallam University, on 9th February 2005 Spoke to the Yorkshire and Humberside Career Development Group of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP). Session was entitled International and Trans-border Information Issues Ruth Rikowski spoke about her book Globalisation, Information and Libraries to MSc students at Kingston University on 24th May 2005 Capitalism's Final Frontier: the reification of imagniation by Ruth Rikowski Talk provided an overview of Ruth's book Globalisation, Information and Libraries Tuesday 27th September 2005, 7.00pm. Lucas Arms, 245 Grays Inn Road, London, WC1 Nearest tube: Kings Cross See Principia Dialectica Ruth Rikowski talked about her book Globalisation, Information and Libraries at London South Bank University, in the Faculty of Business, Computing and Information Management, on Thursday 27th October, in the Keyworth Centre, Keyworth Street, Room K302, from 1-2pm. GLOBALISATION, LIBRARIES, INFORMATION AND EDUCATION One-day conference organised through the Career Development Group, Wales of the UK Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) Held at: Swansea University, on Friday 2nd December 2005, in the Library and Information Centre, Level 7 10.00 am - 3.30 pm Map Organised by Neil Smyth, Library and Information Services - Email: n.t.smyth@swansea.ac.uk Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea. SA2 8PP CILIP Career Development Group Wales SPEAKERS: Ruth Rikowski talked about her book Globalisation, Information and Libraries There were also extracts from the DVD of Ruth's book launch Anneliese Dodds talked on Globalisation, the GATS and Higher Education Anneliese Dodds is a Research Student, in the Department of Government and Centre for the Analysis of Risk and Regulation, London School of Economics, University of London Pictures of the Swansea Event on Globalisation Ruth Rikowski talking about her book Globalisation, Information and Libraries at Birkbeck Seminar,(Birkbeck College, University of London)on Thursday 8th December 2005 in Gordon Square, London. Extracts from the DVD of Ruth's book launch will also be shown 2006THE KNOWLEDGE-BASED ECONOMY:Inaugural Annual Research Programme 2005-6, for the Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS), Lancaster University January 19-20 2006 Workshop: Education and the Knowledge-Based Economy Ruth Rikowski, speaking about her book Globalisation, Information and Libraries: the implications of the World Trade Organisation's GATS and TRIPS Agreements Knowledge-Based Economy Programme at Lancaster University, October 2005 - July 2006 For enquiries about the Knowledge-Based Economy Programme, please contact: Dr Steve Fleetwood, KBE Programme Director - s.fleetwood@lancaster.ac.uk For general information about the IAS and its activities, please contact: Professor Bob Jessop, IAS Director - r.jessop@lancaster.ac.uk Ruth Rikowski talked about her book Globalisation, Information and Libraries at the University of Greenwich, on 1st February, 2006, in Queen Anne building to the Research Seminar for PhD and masters research students. There was lots of interest and a good discussion. Ruth Rikowski talked about her book Globalisation, Information and Libraries at the Discourse, Power and Resistance in Education Conference 5: Research as a Subversive Activity, on 21st April 2006,at Manchester Metropolitan University Discourse, Power and Resistance in Education Conference 2006 Glenn Rikowski gave a talk entitled Night Thoughts on the White Paper at Discourse, Power and Resistance in Education Conference 5: Research as a Subversive Activity on 21st April 2006. Held at Manchester Metropolitan University Discourse, Power and Resistance in Education Conference 2006 Glenn Rikowski and Ruth Rikowski conducted a dialogue on The Business Takeover of Schools and Libraries at Discourse, Power and Resistance in Education Conference 5: Research as a Subversive Activity on 21st April 2006. Held at Manchester Metropolitan University Discourse, Power and Resistance in Education Conference 2006 2007Ruth Rikowski talked about her book, Globalisation, Information and Libraries at the News from Nowhere Club in Leytonstone, on Saturday 10th February 2007 7.30pm - 8.00p - buffet. 8pm - Talk and Discussion Twenty people attended from the local community, and the talk was conducted in a round table forum, with lots of discussion. As it says on the 'News from Nowhere Club' leaflet: "The 'News from Nowhere Club' exists to foster fellowship and to challenge the commercialisation and isolation of modern life. We meet on the second Saturday of each month." 'Fellowship is life, and lack of fellowship is death' - William Morris Venue: The Epicentre, West Street, London, E11 FREE - all welcome, no need to book For Enquiries regrading future events for The News From Nowhere Club, contact: Ros Kane, author of To have an only child, London: Do It Yourself Press, 2005 Tel: 0208 555 5248 or 0208 521 5388 "The News from Nowhere novel by William Morris brought tidings, not from no-place, but from Morris's mind's eye. Morris's vision of the world arose from an optimistic understanding of the past - the coherent pre-industrial society of the Middle Ages, which celebrated craftsmanship, pleasured in a simpler natural beauty, and delighted in work; in which the responsibilities of individual to community were clearly understood." Arlene Raven News from Nowhere CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF LIBRARY & INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS (CILIP), LONDON EVENING MEETING 13th February 2007, 6.30pm What have global trade agreements ever done for library and information workers?INTRODUCTION Below is a brief summary of the talk that Ruth Rikowski gave at London CILIP on Tuesday 13th February 2007 at the Sekforde Arms, Sekforde Street, London. There were 16 participants altogether. It was conducted in a ‘round table’ format, with Ruth inviting interjections from the participants throughout her talk. The session lasted for about 2 hours, with further informal discussions around refreshments, and then we vacated to the bar. It was a very successful event. Ruth very much held the attention of participants throughout, and they contributed enthusiastically, which given the complexities of the topic, seemed to me to be quite an achievement. Not everyone agreed with Ruth, obviously, but it left everyone with food for thought. Ruth emphasised that all the library associations that she has come across (through her research) are concerned about the likely implications of these WTO agreements for the library and information profession, and the threat they could pose to some of the key principles embedded in the profession. Lots of copies of Ruth’s various published articles on the topic were taken. It was excellent that CILIP London invited Ruth to speak, as this appears to raise the topic to a new professional level within the UK. Ruth Rikowski Talk at Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP), London, 13th February 2007 CILIP London Talk REG: All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us? From Monty Python’s Life of Brian: Scene 9 – Monty Python’s Life of Brian Do World Trade Organisation (WTO) agreements carry any benefits for library and information workers? In her talk, Ruth Rikowski discussed the implications and consequences of the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) and Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) for library and information work and workers. Ruth drew on material from her book, Globalisation, Information and Libraries (Chandos Publishing, 2005) and from her various published journal articles on the topic. Topics Covered in Ruth’s Talk GLOBALISATION: 1. Challenging TINA (There Is No Alternative) 2. Meaning of globalisation – e.g. ‘death of distance’, global approach to culture 3. Significance of the WTO There are 2 agreements set up at WTO that can threaten libraries and information – GATS and TRIPS GATS - General Agreement on Trade in Services 1. Liberalisation of trade in services 2. Placing more services in the market-place 3. Threatens state-funded libraries TRIPS – Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights 1. Includes many different types of intellectual property rights – copyright, patents, trade marks, geographical indicators, industrial designs and trade marks 2. Large companies appropriating traditional knowledge and patenting it 3. Balance in copyright and moral rights being excluded from TRIPS 4. Is TRIPS part of trade? GATS and TRIPS in essence are about transforming services and intellectual property rights into international tradable commodities Ruth Rikowski, author of Globalisation, Information and Libraries: the implications of the World Trade Organisation’s GATS and TRIPS Agreements, 2005, Chandos Publishing: Oxford. Globalisation, Information and Libraries Venue, Date and Time CILIP LONDON EVENING MEETING 13th February 2007, 6.30pm The Upstairs Room The Sekforde Arms Sekforde Street London EC1 CILIP IN LONDON TALK Location Map: http://tinyurl.com/ye63rt Nearest Underground Stations: Farringdon, St. Paul’s and Chancery Lane. NOTE: CILIP London meetings are free and open to all with a professional interest in the topic. CILIP is the Chartered Institute of Library & Information Professionals. CILIP London meetings are free and open to all with an interest in the topic. CILIP is at: http://www.cilip.org.uk CILIP in London: http://www.cilip.org.uk/branches/byregion/london PowerPoint Slides Ruth distributed copies of her PowerPoint slides at her talk. If anyone would like a copy of these, please contact her at: Rikowskigr@aol.com Key Online Articles by Ruth Rikowski Relevant to this Topic: Rikowski, R. (2001) GATS: Private affluence and public squalor? Implications for libraries and information - article summarising and providing further analysis about a radio programme on the GATS that Ruth participated in, Managing Information , Vol. 8, No. 10, December 2001, pp. 8-10. Available in Library Juice GATS: Private affluence and public squalor? Implications for libraries and information Rikowski, R. (2002) The Corporate Takeover of Libraries, Information for Social Change, No. 14, Winter 2001/02 The Corporate Takeover of Libraries Rikowski, R. (2002) The Capitalisation of Libraries, The Commoner, No.4 (May): The Capitalisation of Libraries Rikowski, R. (2002) What does the future hold for our public libraries? Information for Social Change, Summer 2002, No.15 What does the future hold for our public libraries? Rikowski, R. (2003) Value - the Life Blood of Capitalism: knowledge is the current key, Policy Futures in Education, Vol.1 No.1, pp.160-178. Value - the Life Blood of Capitalism Rikowski, R. (2003) Library privatisation: fact or fiction? Information for Social Change, No. 17, Summer Library privatisation: fact or fiction? Rikowski, R. (2005) Rethinking the ‘balance in copyright': 3 parts to the balance, not just one! Information for Social Change, Summer 2005, Issue 21: Rethinking the 'balance in copyright': 3 parts to the balance, not just one! Rikowski, R. (2005) Traditional Knowledge and TRIPS, Information for Social Change, No.22 (winter): http://libr.org/isc/issues/isc22/22-6.pdf Rikowski, R. (2006) A Marxist Analysis of the World Trade Organisation's Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, Policy Futures in Education, Vol. 4, No. 4 A Marxist Analysis of the WTO's Agreement on TRIPS The CILIP Response to “Liberalising Trade in Services: A New Consultation on the World Trade Organisation GATS Negotiations” (2004) – Updated March 2005 See: http://www.cilip.org.uk/professionalguidance/lobbying/consultations2004/worldtrade.htm Print Friendly - Print Friendly with links |
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