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The International University Of Grand-Bassam, Laura Burtle Jul 2010

The International University Of Grand-Bassam, Laura Burtle

Georgia Library Quarterly

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of participating in a book drive for the International University of Grand-Bassam in Cote d'Ivoire in 2008.


Newest Cobb County Branch Library Wins Rave Reviews Jul 2010

Newest Cobb County Branch Library Wins Rave Reviews

Georgia Library Quarterly

The article focuses on the construction of the Cobb County branch library at the Parkaire Landing Shopping Center in Cobb County, Georgia. According to the author, Cobb County chose its own in-house resources in order to reduce expenses on the project. The author reports that the library features a circulation desk that is designed to utilize future library systems and a self-checkout station.


Dlg Launches Atlanta Newspaper Archive Jul 2010

Dlg Launches Atlanta Newspaper Archive

Georgia Library Quarterly

The article reports that the Digital Library of Georgia (DLG) has launched its online newspaper archive, The Atlanta Historic Newspapers Archive, at http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/atlnewspapers.


Macon To Host Catalogers Conference Jul 2010

Macon To Host Catalogers Conference

Georgia Library Quarterly

The article offers information on the 2010 Online Audiovisual Catalogers (OLAC) conference to be held in Macon, Georgia on October 15-17, 2010.


Georgia Southwestern State News And Notes Jul 2010

Georgia Southwestern State News And Notes

Georgia Library Quarterly

Recent library news from Georgia Southwestern State.


Georgia State News And Notes Jul 2010

Georgia State News And Notes

Georgia Library Quarterly

Recent library news from Georgia State University.


Mobile Library Brings Broadband Access Jul 2010

Mobile Library Brings Broadband Access

Georgia Library Quarterly

The article reports that the Chattahoochee Valley Libraries is launching a high-tech mobile library in early 2011.


Flint River Regional News And Notes Jul 2010

Flint River Regional News And Notes

Georgia Library Quarterly

Recent news from the Flint River Regional Library System.


Review: Outcasts United: An American Town, A Refugee Team, And One Woman's Quest To Make A Difference, Amy Harris Jul 2010

Review: Outcasts United: An American Town, A Refugee Team, And One Woman's Quest To Make A Difference, Amy Harris

Georgia Library Quarterly

Review of the book "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference," by Warren St. John.


Citizen Ambassadorship On Behalf Of Libraries, Ann Hamilton Jul 2010

Citizen Ambassadorship On Behalf Of Libraries, Ann Hamilton

Georgia Library Quarterly

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experiences as an ambassador to South Africa on behalf of libraries for the People to People organization.


Brooks Honored For Humanitarian Efforts Jul 2010

Brooks Honored For Humanitarian Efforts

Georgia Library Quarterly

The article announces that Mary Ellen Brooks received the Governor's Award in the Humanities from the University of Georgia on May 11, 2010 for her humanitarian efforts.


Valdosta State News And Notes Jul 2010

Valdosta State News And Notes

Georgia Library Quarterly

Recent library news from Valdosta State University.


Testing Conflicting Political Economy Theories: Full-Fledged Versus Partial-Scope Regional Trade Agreements, Xuepeng Liu Jul 2010

Testing Conflicting Political Economy Theories: Full-Fledged Versus Partial-Scope Regional Trade Agreements, Xuepeng Liu

Faculty Articles

We apply a duration analysis to test the conflicting predictions of the median voter model and the lobbying model using panel data on regional trade agreement (RTA) formation. Our results show that the pro-labor prediction of the median voter model is supported by the full-fledged free trade areas and customs unions (FTAs/CUs), while the pro-capital prediction of the lobbying model is supported by the partial-scope preferential trade arrangements among developing countries. This finding holds better for the country pairs with more different capital-labor ratios as a result of the stronger distributional effects of RTAs. The support for the median voter …


Non-Sela News Jul 2010

Non-Sela News

The Southeastern Librarian

Recent news of interest to libraries and librarians. Includes: Content from small-market newspapers accessible through LexisNexis; ASERL offers discussion draft proposal for coordinated management of Federal documents collections in Southeast; Popular Culture Association and the American Culture Association annualconference will be held April 20-23, 2011 in San Antonio.


People News Jul 2010

People News

The Southeastern Librarian

Recent professional developments from SELA members.


Georgia Southern News And Notes Jul 2010

Georgia Southern News And Notes

Georgia Library Quarterly

Recent library news from Georgia Southern University.


From The President, Carol Stanley Jul 2010

From The President, Carol Stanley

Georgia Library Quarterly

The article offers information on the Council of Media Organizations' Conference XXII in Athens, Georgia on October 13-15, 2010.


Constitution Day At Your Library: Promoting Your Federal Depository, Yadira V. Payne Jul 2010

Constitution Day At Your Library: Promoting Your Federal Depository, Yadira V. Payne

Georgia Library Quarterly

The article discusses how U.S. public libraries can promote federal depositories. According to the author, there are many benefits for libraries in applying for or retaining their federal depository status. The author says that a major benefit of being a federal depository is that all materials, including books, compact disks, and electronic documents, are provided free to the library by the Government Printing Office (GPO).


Gla Announces Slate Of Nominees For 2010 Officers Jul 2010

Gla Announces Slate Of Nominees For 2010 Officers

Georgia Library Quarterly

The article announces the nominations of Pat Carterette and Kim Eccles for the position of second vice president, and Debbie Holmes and Robin Shader for the position of secretary of the Georgia Library Association (GLA).


Public Library Trustee... "What's That?", Jim Connor Jul 2010

Public Library Trustee... "What's That?", Jim Connor

Georgia Library Quarterly

The article discusses the concept and characteristics of a public library trustee. According to the author, trustees come in many forms including bank officers who administer certain financial portfolios and court-appointed guardians. The author emphasizes that public library trustees should be prepared to seek out and welcome expertise and learning opportunities from library leaders and join peer groups in discussing mutual concerns and solutions.


Middle Georgia Tech News And Notes Jul 2010

Middle Georgia Tech News And Notes

Georgia Library Quarterly

Recent library news from Middle Georgia Technical College.


University Of Georgia News And Notes Jul 2010

University Of Georgia News And Notes

Georgia Library Quarterly

Recent library news from the University of Georgia.


University Of West Georgia News, Notes Jul 2010

University Of West Georgia News, Notes

Georgia Library Quarterly

Recent library news from the University of West Georgia.


Georgia Library Quarterly, Summer 2010, Susan Cooley Jul 2010

Georgia Library Quarterly, Summer 2010, Susan Cooley

Georgia Library Quarterly

Complete issue of Georgia Library Quarterly, Summer 2010, vol. 47, no. 3.


Aiding And Abetting: Human Rights Ingos And Domestic Protest, Amanda Murdie, Tavishi Bhasin Jun 2010

Aiding And Abetting: Human Rights Ingos And Domestic Protest, Amanda Murdie, Tavishi Bhasin

Faculty Articles

This article studies the effects of human rights international nongovernmental organizations (INGOs) on domestic antigovernment protest. Unlike mainstream scholarship, the authors argue that human rights INGOs are not simply the magic bullet in orchestrating nonviolent protests; different types of human rights INGO activity have varying effects on protest. Moreover, some human rights INGO activities may lead to higher levels of violent protest. The empirical tests use new data on the activities of over 400 human rights INGOs and domestic nonviolent and violent protest globally from 1991 to 2004. The authors find that increases in human rights INGO activities reflecting a …


A Clashing Viewpoint Concerning India: A Critique Of Goldman Sachs 2007 Report, Ashok K. Roy, Aniruddha Bagchi Jun 2010

A Clashing Viewpoint Concerning India: A Critique Of Goldman Sachs 2007 Report, Ashok K. Roy, Aniruddha Bagchi

Journal of Global Initiatives: Policy, Pedagogy, Perspective

The centerpiece of the 2007 Report by Goldman Sachs is the prediction of India's phenomenal economic growth and power in the next few decades. In this article we critique the conceptual validity of that prognosis. In particular, we highlight several hard and soft infrastructure impediments to India's emergence as a major economic power.


The Value Of African American And Latino Coalitions To The American South, Ramona Houston Jun 2010

The Value Of African American And Latino Coalitions To The American South, Ramona Houston

Journal of Global Initiatives: Policy, Pedagogy, Perspective

No abstract provided.


Redefining Nairobi's Streets: Study Of Slang, Marginalization, And Identity, Mungai Mutonya Jun 2010

Redefining Nairobi's Streets: Study Of Slang, Marginalization, And Identity, Mungai Mutonya

Journal of Global Initiatives: Policy, Pedagogy, Perspective

This study attempts an analysis of a restructured Swahili variety spoken by Nairobi's street community: Kinoki. Adapting tools of sociolinguistic inquiry and focusing on Kinoki's divergence from the dominant urban slang, Sheng, the study discusses attitudes toward divergent terms referencing the street community, street activities, and law enforcement officials. Results indicate that street children, unlike their school-going peers living in the city's low-income neighborhoods, redefine pejoratives that devalue and stigmatize street people and their lifestyle. Instead, Kinoki empowers the marginalized community to construct a positive identity, to ameliorate representations of street lifestyle, and to redefine neologisms that reference in-group ( …


Brain Drain, Waste Or Gain? What We Know About The Kenyan Case, Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere Jun 2010

Brain Drain, Waste Or Gain? What We Know About The Kenyan Case, Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere

Journal of Global Initiatives: Policy, Pedagogy, Perspective

Over the last three decades, Kenya and many other countries in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) have experienced rapid emigration to the developed world. The general view is that emigration from developing countries especially Africa has led to brain drain and brain waste. However, recent research on emigration from Mexico provides evidence of significant gains from emigration. This recent finding highlights the importance of looking at individual countries' diasporas. In this review paper, I focus on trends in the Kenyan diaspora. More importantly, I summarize what we know from the literature and data on Kenya with respect to issues of brain …


Globalization And The Unending Frontier: An Overview, Olutayo C. Adesina Jun 2010

Globalization And The Unending Frontier: An Overview, Olutayo C. Adesina

Journal of Global Initiatives: Policy, Pedagogy, Perspective

The decisive events and the determining forces unleashed by globalization hold on the one hand, the potential for expanding the scope of political, social and economic processes, and on the other, erode people's connection to the way they live, the people they live with and the places they live in. They also intensify alienation and disengagement. The essays, themes, arguments and macro-level analysis in this volume try to make sense of the dynamics of globalization. They survey the potentials of the phenomenon and forces of globalization, and the capacity of these highly disruptive and contentious change processes to direct, affect …