Resource Centres for Learning and Change
Links

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• Information about the Certificate
• About the Program (Powerpoint)

Field Visits

• Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia
• Ecology Action Centre
• Wagmatcook Culture and Heritage Centre

Manuals for Resource Centres

• Experiential Exercises for Resource Centres Training
• Community Telecentre "Cookbook"
• Healthlink Worldwide, Resource Centre Manual
• Libraries for All, by Laura Wendell.
• Working with Indigenous Knowledge: A Guide for Researchers, IDRC (1998). Library has hard copy, 333.7 G865w.
• Recording and Using Indigenous Knowledge: A manual, International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR), (1996).
• Sharing Knowledge Handbook 2, by Kingo Mchombu.
• Streams of Knowledge

CERTIFICATE SESSION LINKS

• Logical Framework Analysis Guidance Notes
• Eldis Participation Page
• The Logical Framework Approach

• Collection Building - Electronic
• Communications for Change (C4C)
• Lyris List Manager
• Collection Development Policies
  • Library Collection Development Policies
  • University of Iowa Libraries Policy for Electronic Resources
• Publishers Links
  • BookAid International
    Book Aid International works in partnership with organisations in developing countries to support local initiatives in literacy, education, training and publishing.
    
  • Intermediate Technology Development Group
    Books on microfinance, microenterprise, organizational development, capacity building, civil society and other international development topics.
    
  • Video University
    Links to film and video distributors.
    
• AMARC - World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters
• Developing Countries Farm Radio Network
• Open Access to Knowledge and Information: Scholarly Literature and Digital Library Archives - The South Asian Scenario, Anup Kumar Das (UNESCO), 2008.

• Cataloguer's Toolbox
• Course materials from the Library of Congress' Cataloguers Learning Workshop (CLW). Site contains PDF documents on cataloguing skills, digital library environment skills, and serials cataloguing.
• Was Ranganathan a yahoo?

• CDS/ISIS
• The ISIS-software family: an introduction for novice/prospective users
• Cardbox for Windows
• Microsoft Access Tutorials

• The Development Gateway
• Global Development Network
• Researching women's ICT-based enterprise for development: methods, tools and lessons from fieldwork, R. Reeks, S. Arun, S. Morgan. Published by Women's ICT-Based Enterprise for Development, (2005).
• ICTs and Rural Development: Review of the literature and current interventions and opportunities for action (ODI Working Paper 92) (265K pdf)
• Announcements' Listing, Eldis.
  
  
• ICTs and Rural Development (Working Paper from Overseas Development Institute)
• The role of Intellectual Property Rights in Information and Communication Technologies, C. N. Rao, 2004.
• Indigenous Knowledge Resource Centres
• Introduction to Indigenous Knowledge
• Neem Patent Revoked
• Participatory Video

• Chami's HTML Kit, highly regarded HTML editor which is freely available for downloading.
• Evrsoft's 1st Page, a popular and highly recommended HTML editor.
• HTML Help Documents, website creation quick reference for HTML tags.
• Search engine registration, easy way to submit your web page URL to multiple search engines.

• Electronic Recordkeeping
• Managing Electronic Records
• Public Records Office, guidelines and toolkits on managing electronic records.
• ARMA International, international organisation that develops standards on records management.
• Management and preservation of electronic records, UK Government National Archives.
• Recordkeeping publications, Government archives of New Zealand.
• Conducting a records inventory
• How to conduct a records inventory
• Aidworkers Network, tips on records management for NGOs working in challenging or dangerous situations.

• Capacity Development: What, Why and How
• Dashboard of Sustainability
• Towards Indicators of Sustainability
• Rural Education and Development (READ Global)

SUGGESTED SUPPLEMENTARY LINKS

• Richard, J., & Adams, S. (2009). Partners in libraries. APLA Bulletin, 72(4).

• oneworld.net
  "OneWorld aims to bring together a global community working for sustainable development through interactive online partnerships of organisations and individuals sharing our vision. Includes current news, reports, and a comprehensive directory of organisations."
  
• Changemakers Library--Tools for Social Change
  "Directory of Internet resources for researching and solving social problems."
  
• The Third World Network
  "Network of organizations and individuals involved in issues relating to development, the Third World and North-South issues."
  
• New Zealand Digital Library
  Links to databases of several development collections including agriculture, health, environment and social issues.
  
• CEDPA: The Centre for Development and Population Activities
  "A women-focused nonprofit international organization founded in 1975. CEDPA's mission is to empower women at all levels of society to be full partners in development."
  
• CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation
• Marilyn Waring: Sex, Lies & Global Economics: How to change a system that causes misery
  This is a podcast version of the feminist economics film about the New Zealand author and former member of parliament, Marilyn Waring.
• Open Access and Information for Development, an e-discussion sponsored by the Coady International Institute. This discussion creates a place for people to share their views on what Open Access can mean in terms of information for adult education and development in the Global South. The formal discussion ran from May 29 - June 9, 2006 and continues today.
• PANOS - Communication for Sustainable Development
• United Nations System of Organizations
  Alphabetic directory of all UN organizations such as FAO, UNDP, UNEP, UNICEF, WHO, IFAD, UNIFEM, and the World Bank.
  
• Working Together, a project that explores social exclusion, public libraries and librarianship. In April 2008, the Working Together Project released the publication Community-Led Libraries Toolkit, which shares the experiences and lessons learned over the past four years.

• Resource Centres for Participatory Learning and Action
• Electronic Resource Centre for Human Rights Education
• UNESCO's ICT in Education programme e-Library
• Managers' Electronic Resource Centre
• Network Startup Resource Centre
• Global Focus Aotearoa
• The Digital South Asia Library
• NYPL Digital Gallery
• Aluka: Building a digital library of scholarly resources from and about Africa
• Internet Archive: a digital library of Internet sites
• World Bank e-Library, web portal of World Bank publications.

• ALADIN: Adult Learning Documentation and Information Network
• Directory of Development Organizations
  Guide to Microfinance Institutions, Small Enterprise Development Organizations, NGOs/PDOs, Development Agencies, International Organizations, Private Sector Institutions, Banks, Government Ministries, Universities and Development Consulting Firms
  
• Kabissa
  "Space on the internet for the African non-profit sector."
  
• The NGO Cafe
  Links to various NGO indices and resources on the internet.
  
• SAWNET--South Asian Women's NETwork
• Global Development Network

• 100 Best Free Web Space Services, listing and reviews of websites that allow you to design and post your own webpage at no cost.
  
• Mannix, K. (1999). The Busy Women's Guide to the Internet: Activism and Research On-line, information and links to women's human rights as well as tools to assist with the Internet.
• Learn The Net, tutorial on internet use, including introductions to email, searching, and website design.
  
• Search Engines Worldwide, directory of search engines
  
• WebWise, tutorial on internet use, developed by the BBC.
  

• KIT Publishers, from the Royal Tropical Institute, this independent publisher specializes in development issues.
• The Microfinance Gateway
  Database of 1,500 abstracts and documents on microfinance, many can be downloaded as full-text PDF files.
  
• Institute for Development Policy and Management, the University of Manchester
  IDPM is a multi-disciplinary unit within the University of Manchester specialising in management and development in developing and transitional economies. Site includes access to IDPM's publications in PDF or Word formats.
  
• INTRAC (International NGO Training and Research Centre)
• International Co-operative Alliance (ICA)
  This site aims to be the clearing house of information on co-operatives worldwide and from all sectors.
  
• Internet Resources to Research in Adult Education
• BRIDGE Info Zone
  "BRIDGE supports gender mainstreaming efforts by bridging the gaps between theory, policy and practice with accessible gender information."
  
• Community Economic Development Centre - Simon Fraser University
• WWF (World Wildlife Fund), includes the Living Planet Report.
• Digital Library of Information Science and Technology, from the University of Arizona.
• HSRC Press provides free electronic access to much of their published material relating to social sciences research in Southern Africa.

• Basic Tips for Fundraising for Small NGOs / Civil Society in Development Countries, J. Cravens (2007).
• Eldis Funding Sources, links to government, charitable and corporate funders, as well as fundraising guides.
  
• Foundations & Grantmakers Directory, alphabetical listing of Foundations and Grantmakers based in the United States.
  
• The Virtual Foundation, provides space for community development organizations seeking funding to post project proposals on the website for potential donors to read.
  

• Directory of Open Access Journals, includes a large number of free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals.
• HARRASSOWITZ E-Journals Resource Guide, information about electronic journals with links to several e-journal directories
  
• New Internationalist
• Kidon Media-Link, directory of online newspapers, as well as radio and television services around the world
  
• Partnership: the Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research
• Start4all.com Newspaper Page, directory of online newspapers.

• ENTITLE final conference 'Libraries for Lifelong Learning' provided a discussion forum where European librarians and educators shared their experiences, practices and views on the role libraries should play in nonformal and informal learning. The conference was held in October, 2009, in Budapest, Hungary.