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HUMAN RIGHTSIN THE LIBRARYCOLLECTIONS AT THE CANADIAN MUSEUM FORHUMAN RIGHTS

THE LYON DECLARATIONDEFENDING THE “RIGHT TO KNOW” IN THE POST-2015 DEVELOPMENT AGENDA

READING, REHABILITATION AND REINTEGRATION:PRISON LIBRARIES IN MANITOBA

A BEST PRACTICES SEARCH FILTER IN PUBMED MANITOBA’S HEALTH INFORMATION KNOWLEDGE NETWORK

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICERESPECTING DIGNITYPROGRAMMING ON A DIMECREATING EXCEPTIONAL VISUALS

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Manitoba Libraries Vol 1, Issue 1 - December 2014

ManitobaLibraries

Manitoba Libraries is published by the Manitoba Library Association and is edited and designed by the MLA Communications Committee.

Editor ........................................................................................................... Kyle FeenstraAssistant Editor ............................................................................................ Ruby WarrenCopy Editors ...................................................................... Sarah Clark, Joshua J. HerterCopy Editors ........................................................... Katherine Penner, Alix-Rae StefankoCopy Editor .................................................................................................. Dawn BassettVisual Design .................................. Kyle Feenstra, Joshua J. Herter, & Ruby Warren

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Email queries may be addressed to: [email protected].

The Manitoba Library Association Executive

President.................................................................................................. Camille CallisonVice-President....................................................................................... Alix-Rae StefankoPast President & Treasurer ........................................................................... Dawn BassettSecretary ....................................................................................................Vickie AlbrechtCommunications Director .......................................................................... Kyle FeenstraAdvocacy Director ......................................................................................... Mayu IshidaMembership Director...................................................................................... Sarah ClarkConference Chair....................................................................................Katherine PennerPrison Library Committee Chair...........................................................Kirsten WurmannIndigenous Interest Group Co-Chairs......................Stefany Shirley & Keshav Mukunda Director at Large........................................................................................Donna SandersDirector at Large.............................................................................................Ruby Warren

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EDITOR’S NOTE

Its with great pleasure that I present to you the first issue of Manitoba Libraries, the new journal of the Manitoba Library Association.

Manitoba Libraries was created to offer a fresh platform for librarians and other information professionals to publish, research, and communicate what is happening in libraries and archives in our province and across Canada.

To coincide with the recent opening of the CMHR, our first issue explores the role of the library in the promotion of human

rights and the advancement of the right to information, a role that I believe is of central importance to the relationship be-tween libraries and society in our time. I want to personally thank all the members of the MLA executive who have volunteered their time to help us get the first issue off the ground. It was a great deal of work but the effort has paid off. I also want to thank those who have contributed to our first issue. The articles printed here reflect the high degree of professionalism amongst librarians in our province.

I hope you enjoy our first issue.

Kyle FeenstraEditor & Director of CommunicationsManitoba Library Association

MESSAGE FROM THE MLA PRESIDENT

Manitoba for the benefit of MLA members, the library and information community, and the citizens of Manitoba.

Both I and the Association executive look forward to participating in one such leadership opportunity, the International Indigenous Libraries Forum scheduled for August 2015. I would like to take this opportunity to encourage you to register for and plan to attend this exciting event. More information regarding the IILF can be found on page 10 of this issue.

Camille Callison President Manitoba Library Association

It is my honour to present the inaugural issue of Manitoba Libraries, the Journal of the Manitoba Library Association. Manito-ba Libraries has come to fruition as result of the hard work and dedication of the MLA Communications Committee, who are to be commended for their innovative approach and contribution to the library community.

The Manitoba Library Association’s mission is to provide leadership in the promotion, development and support of library and information services in

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

The Canadian Museum for Human RightsLearn about the Museum’s Library and Archival Collections and Facilities.

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A Human Rights Reading List Find Human Rights-related reading material for any age group.

142 Publication Information 3 Editor’s Note & President’s Message38 Your MLA Board

11 Library Leadership On the intersection of human rights issues and library leadership.

34 Professional Practice Learn about the tools, programs, and strategies of other libraries.

36 Library Updates What’s Happening in Manitoba Libraries?

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

A Human Rights Reading List Find Human Rights-related reading material for any age group.

Reading, Rehabilitation & Reintegration

A Review of Manitoba’s Prison Libraries.

19ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND IMAGE CREDITS

Thanks to the Youth Services Librararians at WPL and Stephen Carney (CMHR) for preparing reading lists for this issue.

IMAGE CREDITS:COVER ............................................................. Kyle FeenstraTABLE OF CONTENTS ................................... Ruby WarrenPAGES 6-7 ........................................................ Kyle FeenstraPAGES 8-9 ................................................. Jessica Sigurdson PAGES 14-17 ...................................................... Kyle FeenstraPAGES 24-25 ..................................................... Ruby WarrenPAGE 36 .......................................... Maria Cristina LaureanoPAGES 40-41 ............................................... Marcus Warren

The Lyon DeclarationWhat is the Lyon Declaration and why it is necessary?

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24 Development of a Best Practices Search Filter in PubMed

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CANADIAN MUSEUM forHUMAN RIGHTSLISA SNIDER STEPHEN CARNEY HEATHER BIDZINSKI

COLLECTIONS AT THE


Established by Parliament through amendments to the Museums Act on March 13, 2008, the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) is an institution that reflects upon human rights issues through collections and programs intended to enhance our understanding of human rights, illuminate personal experiences, and transform our perspectives. This is reflected in the Museum’s mandate, which is to explore the subject of human rights, with special but not exclusive reference to Canada, in order to enhance the public’s understanding of human rights, to promote respect for others, and to encourage reflection and dialogue1.

The Collections Unit of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights plays an essential role in contributing to the Canadian human rights collective memory by identifying, acquiring, preserving and promoting materials related to the subject of human rights. The CMHR Collection is a unified whole comprised of published and primary source materials in our permanent and library collections.

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These collections include archival records, artefacts of cultural and/or historical significance, artworks and published materials in physical and electronic format.

Our Collections represent the Canadian human rights experience and foster greater understanding of the personal, national and international dimensions of the subject of human rights. They support the Museum’s wide ranging programs through exhibit development, providing resources for research, and helping visitors to learn more about the issues they will encounter on their journey through the Museum.

ARCHIVES COLLECTION The CMHR Archives upholds and supports the Museum’s purpose and mandate. It identifies, acquires, preserves, promotes and provides access to primary source materials that document lived experiences of human rights in Canada and abroad, contributes to research and scholarship, and forms the foundation for transformative and interactive exhibits and programs. In accordance with its Mission Statement, and under Section 3(b) of the Museums Act, the Museum collects materials and provides services in both official languages.

The archival collection consists primarily of corporate records, in addition to some private records acquired from individuals and groups, and exists in hybrid (digital and analog) formats. A significant part of the collection is born-digital sound and moving image oral history materials.

The Oral History Program collection includes over 167 interviews of individuals, several exhibit specific interviews, and a few corporate history interviews. In addition, the Archives houses over 275 interviews and related materials generated by the Museum’s Cross-Canada Public Engagement Sessions. Interviews were mainly conducted in English or French, but there are other languages as well, including Spanish and Hungarian.

Researchers will be able to access archival materials online (through a collections search interface) and in the Reference Center by appointment. While the archives has been in existence since 2010, it will enter a new phase in 2015 as we provide public access to our non-restricted holdings for the first time.

We have a dedicated physical archives space that is secure and environmentally controlled. This space is over 2000 square feet, which includes processing and digitization areas, and provides over 1700 linear feet of archival storage for our collections.

LIBRARY COLLECTION The Museum’s library collection currently consists of approximately 2500 volumes.

‘Bringing seldom heard or overlooked stories to the visitor’s attention is an attempt to pull these voices from the margins, and works towards ensuring that the collection represents and speaks to a multitude of audiences.’


The majority of these are physical monographs, with a small but growing e-book collection. Collection development to date has served to meet the needs of Museum employees as they worked towards developing exhibit and program content, alongside the anticipated needs and interests of Museum visitors. The library collection is multilingual, with a focus on materials in French or English. However, relevant materials in any language are considered for inclusion.

The Museum’s mandate, to explore the concept of human rights with a special, but not exclusive, reference to Canada, serves as one of the guiding principles in the development of the Museum’s library collection. The scope of the collection is primarily academic, bringing together material that speaks broadly to current human rights issues, theory, history, and practice. The collection also includes material accessible to a variety of age and reading levels and interests, including children’s literature, graphic novels and comics, art and media, and fiction.

A second element that guides the development of the library collection is the inclusion of works focusing on marginalized voices and communities. Bringing seldom heard or overlooked stories to the visitor’s attention is an attempt to pull these voices from the margins, and works towards ensuring that the collection represents and speaks to a multitude of audiences. The process involved in developing a collection of this nature has required us to actively seek out material and information from outside mainstream channels.

This is reflected in a third element that has been central to library collection devel-opment principles employed at the Museum, which is the importance ofachieving true balance. A truly balanced collection is one which recognizes that the

provision of access to multiple, competing perspectives sup-ports the public’s ability to engage in critical inquiry. This, the provision of access to multiple perspectives, is crucial towards encouraging the development of informed opinions and positions.

The physical library collection has an onsite capacity of approx. 7500 volumes within the Museum’s Reference Centre, with an additional onsite closed stack capacity of approx. 2500 volumes. Access to the collection is currently limited to Museum staff. As noted earlier, once the Reference Centre is open, the public will be able to consult the library collection onsite, and we are also looking into making the library collection available through interlibrary loan.

REFERENCE CENTRE Opening in Spring 2015, the Reference Centre is the location within the Museum in which the public will be able access our library and archives collections. It is envisioned as a destination for Museum visitors who seek to furtherexplore, deepen their understanding of, and engage more intensively with the ideas, concepts, events and people encountered on their journey through the Museum. The Centre will be open to all Museum staff and visitors, providing access to our collections of primary and secondary human rights source material in print, audio-visual, and digital formats.

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Lisa Snider has been the Archivist at the Museum since September 2014. She has also worked as the Electronic Records Archi-vist at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin and as Digital Archivist at Brock University and UBC Library Digital Initia-tives.

Stephen Carney joined the Museum as Librarian in May, 2011. He has also worked as a Metadata Librarian with Alberta Education, and an Academic Librarian at University of Alberta’s Bibliothèque St. Jean.

Heather Bidzinski became part of the Collections team in May 2010 as the Museum’s first Archivist. She has been Head of Collections since September, 2011. She has enjoyed a career in archives that has included working for Library Archives Canada, Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management, Archives of Manitoba, and Hudson’s Bay Compa-ny Archives.

In addition to supporting the educational, research and information needs of Museum staff, the Centre will serve the general public, school groups, visiting scholars and academics, and the global human rights community. Visitors to the Centre will be encouraged to engage with staff, seek out information, and develop new understandings.

As previously mentioned, the Centre will be home to a collection of physical and digital resources that complement Museum exhibitions and delve into the broadly defined concept of human rights. The foundation of the Centre will be the multilingual library collection; and it will be the primary public access point to engage archives staff and consult the archives, the heart of which is the extensive oral history collection featuring human rights issues, advocates and actions.

The Centre will make available the resources necessary to assist visitors in their search for knowledge, and help patrons develop the skills required to identify, locate

and understand the information they seek. It will also allow the Museum to actively engage with the community through programming and outreach, and serve as a hub for human rights study, scholarly research, dialogue, and engagement.

1. Museums Act, 2008, c.9, s.2. <http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/m-13.4/page-6.html#h-12>

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To overcome social and economic disintegration around the world we need to promote, organize and implement human rights learning for social and economic transformation at all levels of society. We have no other option. - Shulamith Koenig, 2007

Leadership in 21st century libraries and information centres is as varied, complex and fascinating as the myriad of individuals who cross our paths as employees, colleagues, and clients. There are many different types of leadership, and many different leaders in the library community. Some of us fill the traditional roles of manager or supervisor; some of us demonstrate leadership by volunteering for our local, provincial, national or international associations. Still, more of us lead by example every day as we coach, mentor, advise, and engage those around us.

This is the first in a series of articles in Manitoba Libraries: The Journal of the Manitoba Library Association. My aim with these articles is to discuss the variety of ways in which we lead, and explore the challenges and opportunities we face in our places of work.

I work in an office with a window that looks out at the Provencher Bridge in Winnipeg. I have watched many a stunning sunrise appear from behind the old facade of the St. Boniface Cathedral. I’ve seen the bright red sun reflect off of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. On those beautiful mornings I often find myself contemplating our increasingly connected, ever-changing world, a world of tremendous possibility, but one that seems to be in a constant struggle to keep its humanity. In these moments, I

often ask myself: “How can I ensure that the people I engage with feel that they are being treated with dignity?”

Librarians and information professionals are part of a profession that, by its very nature, makes a difference in people’s lives every day. The history of the profession is based on providing access to information for all and protecting intellectual freedom for everyone.

The Canadian Library Association (1985) recognizes that:

All persons in Canada have the fundamental right, as embodied in the nation’s Bill of Rights and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, to have access to all expressions of knowledge, creativity and intellectual activity, and to express their thoughts publicly. This right to intellectual freedom, under the law, is essential to the health and development of Canadian society.

The CLA also outlines the roles of libraries in the global or national context of human rights and freedoms and includes position statements on Rights to Privacy, Literacy, Diversity and Inclusiveness. These position statements connect all libraries in Canada directly to the Universal Declaration for Human Rights set out by the United Nations (2014).

Internationally, the role of those who work in information industries was discussed at an international symposium in 2003. Delegates at the symposium developed a statement on Human Rights, Human Dignity and the Information Society that commented that the “trends of a human rights culture and the information society are intimately related

RESPECTING DIGNITY LIBRARY LEADERSHIP FROM A HUMAN RIGHTS PERSPECTIVEDAWN BASSETT

Dawn Bassett contributes a regular column on issues related to library leadership. This is its first installment.

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and hold the potential of enhancing each other.”

The delegates outlined several areas where work needs to be done to advance human dignity and human rights with regards to information and communication including; the digital divide, the commodification of information and knowledge, and the growing concentration of ownership and control of the means of producing and disseminating information as well as many others. Engaging in the conversation about any of these topics is one way that library leaders can contribute to furthering human dignity both inside and outside of their institutions.

Human rights may be hard-wired into the history of libraries, but the responsibility for leading in a way that recognizes the human dignity of others is up to the individual. There are many opportunities for us to live up to these responsibilities every day.

We contribute to the dignity of others when we educate ourselves about human rights. Most librarians are life-long learners. Taking the time to educate ourselves about human rights and how to support them is a necessary first step in leading from this perspective.

Regardless of our position or rank, we can accept the personal challenge to treat those with whom we come in contact with dignity, whether we are assisting clients with a research question or mentoring students and new employees.

I recently attended the annual fundraiser for an organization called LEAF Manitoba. The speaker at the event was Shulamith Koenig, a human rights leader who has been awarded the UN Award for Outstanding Achievement in the field of Human Rights. Ms. Koenig delivered a moving speech about the importance of living our lives from a human rights perspective and how it is more important today than maybe it ever has been. She encouraged all of us not to think about rights but about dignity and giving dignity to everyone around us because this is one of the best ways to live and to lead from a human rights perspective.

In her book In our hands: human right as a way of life, Ms. Koenig (2007) comments:

As I embark daily on this road I remind myself that a true

human rights educator is a person, a woman or a man, who

is capable of evoking systemic analysis, critical thinking and a dialogue about political, civil, economic, social and cultural concerns with a fully comprehensive gender perspective, at the community level, guided by the human rights framework that leads to action.

From this perspective, librarians are not just capable of leading with human dignity in mind, but are in the perfect position to educate others to do so as well.

Leading from a human rights perspective can mean many things. At the simplest level it means giving dignity to the human beings we come in contact with every day; including our family, friends, and those that we lead, coach, mentor and serve.

1. Canadian Library Association. (1985) Position State-ment on Intellectual Freedom. Retrieved from Canadian Library Association Website http://www.cla.ca/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Position_Statements&Tem-plate=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=3047

2. The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. (2014) Universal Declaration of Human Rights - English. The Universal Declaration for Human Rights. Retrieved from http://www.ohchr.org/EN/UDHR/Pages/Language.aspx?LangID=eng

3. Statement on Human Rights, Human Dignity and the Information Society. (2003) Interna-tional Symposium on the Information Society, Human Dignity and Human Rights. Palais des Nations, Gene-va: People’s Movement on Human Rights Education. Retrieved from www.pdhre.org/wsis/statement.doc

4. Koenig, Shulamith. (2007) Chapter 10: In our hands: human right as a way of life. In Our Freedoms: A De-cade’s Reflection on the Advancement of Human Rights. London: International Bar Association.

5. People’s Movement for Human Rights Education (PDHRE). (2011). Retrieved from PDHRE website http://www.pdhre.org/.


SAVE THE DATE! May 4-5, 2015

Co-hosted by

Highlights of 2015 conference

Collaboration with copyright specialists from across Canada Keynote presentations on issues that will be current Dinner and tour of the new Canadian Museum for Human Rights Located downtown at the University of Winnipeg near The Forks

We hope to see you there!

Used with permission from CMHR

John Tooth, UW Copyright Officer [email protected] Juliette Nadeau, UM Copyright Officer [email protected] Betty Braaksma, BU University Librarian [email protected]

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READING, REHABILITATION, & REINTEGRATION: A REVIEW OF PRISON LIBRARY SERVICES IN MANITOBAAllison HasselfieldLibrary ConsultantGovernment of ManitobaPublic Library Services Branch


As a library consultant for the Manitoba Public Library Services Branch, I conducted interviews with representatives from each of the correctional facilities located in Manitoba, including two youth centres, seven provincial institutions and one federal institution. These interviews were intended to aid in the evaluation of library services currently offered to incarcerated individuals. The aim of this article is to outline some of the challenges, emphasize the positive work taking place, and highlight opportunities.

In Canada there are many pressures affecting the correc-tional system, which in turn affect the provision of library services. These include crowding, disproportionate represen-tation of disadvantaged minority groups, and high propor-

tions of substance abuse and mental health issues (The Correctional Investigator, 2013). Learning disabilities are also common among Canadian inmates (CSC, 2010).

Library services can have a profound effect on the correctional environment. In addition to recreational reading, program support, and literacy improvement, libraries in correctional institutions provide a space where inmates are free to make their own choices (Lehmann & Locke, 2005). Prison libraries have unique challenges, which include having many goals to accomplish within a defined budget, diverse demographics to serve, minimal support, and the requirement to adhere to prisorules (Curry et al., 2003).

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“Almost all inmates will return to their home communities eventually, and in order for them to reintegrate successfully it is necessary that they have the chance to re-evaluate their actions and thought patterns in a constructive way.”

The Canadian Library Association and the Canadian Association of Law Libraries recently released a joint “Position Statement on the Fundamental Right of People who are Incarcerated to Read, Learn and Access Information,” which highlights the prevalent issues in correctional facilities in Canada and advocates for resources to be put towards the provision of library services (2014). While change may be distant, librarians across the country are working to improve outreach services to inmates.

Many of the library services currently in place within correctional facilities in Manitoba consist of collections of donated books that are maintained by assigned staff without library training. These correctional libraries represent an opportunity for libraries on the outside to contribute to lasting social change by being involved with inmates, forwhom library access can have a very profound impact.

A NOTE ON GUIDELINES

Standards for prison library services are laid out in various documents, and these can provide benchmarks to which prison libraries may aspire. The International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) has published Guidelines for Library Services to Prisoners, which covers all elements of prison library service (Lehmann & Locke, 2005). Correction-al Service Canada’s National Guide for Institutional Libraries was inspired by IFLA’s Guidelines and informed by Canadian correctional regulations (CSC, 2012). However, adherence to this guide is unregulated, even in federal institutions.

DOING MORE WITH LESS

Despite limited resources and competing priorities for space allocations, some prison library programs continue to exist. At the Manitoba Youth Centre (MYC), when the library

was repurposed to a teacher resource staff room, teachers created a book club in the common area between two of the units. The book collection is comprised of quality donations as well as some newly-purchased books, and students have shown interest because of the currency of the collection. The teachers found that when they implemented a paper-based sign-out system, they had very few problems with book destruction.

The positive effects of the recent MYC program have not been measured, but there is anecdotal evidence that the program is having an impact by improving behaviour. Since the book club happens on Thursday night, some staff remark that the units are quieter on the weekend. Also, seeing students discussing books is a welcome and positive change.

FUNDING AND STAFF

The IFLA Guidelines stipulate that library budgets should include salaries, materials, subscriptions, equipment, supplies, IT, network and consortial memberships, training and database fees (Lehmann & Locke, 2005). Based on the interviews I conducted, in order to acquire materials, most Manitoba prison libraries rely on donations, and very few use a directed fund to purchase materials. Many libraries are considered part of the education department and some use funds remaining from the education budget for acquisitions. Some prison libraries use the Inmate Surplus or Inmate Welfare Fund, which is the profit from inmate canteen purchases.

The IFLA Guidelines recommend that each correctional institution employ a professional librarian (Lehmann & Locke, 2005). However, even at the one federal institution in Manitoba, the person responsible for the library is a teacher, and only staffs the library half-time. It appears that most of the institutions in Manitoba


have education personnel running the library or correctional officers overseeing it. It does not seem that library personnel currently participate in library-related professional development or have built networks with other library staff within the sector.

The issues highlighted in this article underscore the need for public library involvement in supporting library service in correctional institutions. Librarians can facilitate book donations, supply inter-library loans, and provide advice on stewardship of collections beyond cataloguing, including ways to engage inmate and staff patrons in library programming. Creating these relationships also has the potential to introduce inmates to the public library, allowing them to use the library as a resource once they are released.

VOLUNTEER EFFORTS

As is the trend across the country, many prison libraries in Manitoba are operating despite budget constraints and limited staff expertise. Some volunteer programs are filling the gaps and augmenting library services for inmates. The Manitoba Library Association’s Prison Libraries Committee (PLC) is currently facilitating collection development and programming for the Winnipeg Remand Centre and the Women’s Correctional Centre (WCC). They solicit donations, process books, and deliver them to the facilities. They also run “Open Library” programs in both facilities in which volunteers provide readers’ advisory to inmates.

Many of the PLC volunteers are professional librarians, and their expertise has driven insightful library development. Their interest in community-led library services has led them to use surveys and focus groups to determine the materials and programming most appropriate for the

inmates at the Women’s Correctional Centre. They have also been involved in Resource Fairs, in which community organizations give inmates information that can be used upon their release.

The Prison Libraries Committee has also coordinated authors and musicians to work with inmates. Notably, in October 2014, Beatrice Mosionier came to talk to inmates at the Women’s Correctional Centre. Her book, April Raintree, is one of the most requested books at the facility.

Another important volunteer program is Book Clubs for Inmates, which is taking place at Stony Mountain Institute. Through this program, inmates are given one book per month, and a monthly book club is held.

CENSORSHIP

The IFLA Guidelines state that prison libraries should have a collection management policy in place, and that items should not be censored unless they pose an actual security threat (Lehmann & Locke, 2005). On the Canadian correctional front, Commissioner’s Directive 764 provides more detail on inappropriate subject matter: detailed

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information on committing crimes or making weapons; advocacy of hatred or genocide; sexual material that involves violence, criminal activity or children; excessive violence or prison violence; and anything that undermines the dignity of a person (CSC, 1999).

Collection development policies ensure that items are not unnecessarily weeded from prison collections, ensuring access to the widest variety of titles possible. As a best practice I strongly encourage existing prison libraries in Manitoba and any future prison-library-partnerships to employ written collection development policies. Currently, most of the libraries employ non-standardized screening methods, and some of them do not screen books at all. The emphasis on security is very important in prison facilities, so there is a need for collection development policies that take into account institutional rules. Policies will help ensure the safety of the facility, as well as equitable access to materials for inmates.

LIBRARY SPACES

In a correctional facility, the library has the potential to be a welcoming space where the harsher aspects of prison life do not apply, and some Manitoba prison libraries are succeeding at creating these spaces. The Stony Mountain Institute library, for example, resembles the environment clients might expect from visiting a small public library. The bays of books are organized according to genre, with Aboriginal interest, fantasy, and science fiction featured prominently. There is also a varied non-fiction collection and a French language collection. Twice per week, up to 25 inmates benefit from using the library. The space is welcoming as there are nooks and crannies for inmates to sit and look at books and the natural light is also a welcome addition.

CONCLUSION

Prison libraries are often overlooked as an integral part of the correctional process. Regardless of the benefits of library service, the fact remains that inmates are citizens who retain the right to have access to information (CLA/CALL, 2014). There are many opportunities for librarians to make a difference by offering their time and expertise. Almost all inmates will return to their home communities eventually, and in order for them to reintegrate successfully it is necessary that they have the chance to re-evaluate their actions and thought patterns in a constructive way (The Correctional Investigator, 2014). Library service in

correctional institutions has the potential to offer such opportunities and can be initiated or enhanced through partnerships between the administrators of correctional institutions and public libraries.

1. Canadian Library Association/Canadian Association of Law Libraries [CLA/CALL]. (2014). Position Statement on the Fundamental Right of People who are Incarcerated to Read, Learn and Access Information. Retrieved from http://www.cla.ca/Content/NavigationMenu/CLAatWork/Advocacy/CLA_CALL_statement_prison_libraries_14Sept2014_Fi-nal2.pdf

2. Correctional Service of Canada [CSC]. (1999). Commissioner’s directive No. 764: Access to materials and live entertainment. Retrieved from http://www.csc-scc.gc.ca/text/plcy/cdshtm/764-cde-eng.shtml

3. Correctional Service Canada [CSC]. (2010). Profile of a Canadian offender: Quick facts. Retrieved from http://www.csc-scc.gc.ca/publica-tions/092/005007-3004-eng.pdf

4. Correctional Service Canada [CSC]. (2012). National guide for institutional libraries. Retrieved from http://cla.pwwebhost.com/conference/as-sets/sessions/I71_2012_National_Library_Guide.pdf.

5. The Correctional Investigator, Canada. (2013). Annual Report of the Correctional Investigator, 2012-2013. Retrieved from http://www.oci-bec.gc.ca/cnt/rpt/annrpt/annrpt20122013-eng.aspx#sV

6. The Correctional Investigator, Canada. (2014). Annual Report of the Correctional Investigator, 2013-2014. Retrieved from http://www.oci-bec.gc.ca/cnt/rpt/pdf/annrpt/annrpt20132014-eng.pdf

7. Curry, A., Wolf, K., Boutilier, S. & Chan, H. (2003). Cana-dian federal prison libraries: A national survey. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 35(3), 141–152.

8. Lehmann, V. & Locke, J. (2005). Guidelines for library services to prisoners. 3rd Edition. IFLA Professional Reports, No. 92. Retrieved from http://archive.ifla.org/VII/s9/nd1/iflapr-92.pdf


HUMAN RIGHTS READING LISTS

To mark the official opening of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Winnipeg Public Library staff put together lists of human rights resources for children and teens. The list includes older classics and recent titles, with a special focus on Canadian writers and topics. In addition, the Canadian Museum for Human Rights staff and our editors have compiled a list highlighting some of the best resources related to human rights in museum and library work.

BOOKS FOR EVERY AGE

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MORRIS MICKLEWHITE AND THE TANGERINE DRESS CHRISTINE BALDACCHINOGroundwood Books/House of Anansi Press, 2014.

The redheaded hero in this picture book loves wearing the tangerine dress in his classroom’s dress-up center; but, he finds that some of his classmates aren’t so accepting.

SHI-SHI-ETKO NICOLA CAMPBELLGroundwood Books, 2005

Shi-shi-etko knows that in four days she will have to leave her family to go to a residential school. She spends those days treasuring the beauty of her world, and listening to her parents and grandmother share teachings

MIMI’S VILLAGE: AND HOW BASIC HEALTH CARE TRANSFORMED ITKATIE SMITH MILWAYKids Can Press, 2012

In simple language, the author explains the dangers faced by millions of children without access to fundamental health care. This is the story of how Mimi and her family help to bring basic health care to their community.

PAS D’ÉCOLE POUR TISHAQUITTERIE SIMONMilan, 2010

La maman de Tisha n’a pas le choix : elle confie sa fille à une dame, à la ville, qui promet de prendre soin d’elle. Mais qu’est-ce qu’on fait quand on ne va pas à l’école.

I HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE A CHILDALAIN SERRESGroundwood Books, 2012

A young narrator describes what it means to be a child with rights; from the right to food, water, and shelter, the right to go to school, the right to be free from violence, the right to breathe clean air and and much more.

LES ENFANTS INVISIBLES: HISTOIRES D’ENFANTS DES RUESMARIE-JOSÉ LALLART ET OLIVIER VILLEPREUXActes Sud Junior, 2012

Recueil de huit récits poignants dans lesquels des enfants des rues de divers pays témoignent de leurs conditions de vie difficiles, mais aussi des actions de solidarité qui leur a permis d’améliorer leur situation.

BOOKS FOR CHILDREN

See the full list of titles available at

http://wpl.winnipeg.ca/library/pdfs/HRreadingChildren.pdf


NO SAFE PLACE DEBORAH ELLISGroundwood Books, 2010

It has taken fifteen-year-old Abdul four months to make the dangerous journey from his war-torn home in Baghdad to The Jungle, a squalid, makeshift migrant community in France. With no papers, his options are limited and risky.

7 GENERATIONS: A PLAINS CREE SAGA DAVID ALEXANDER ROBINSON; SCOTT B. HENDERSON HighWater Press, 2012

Follows the lives of a Plains Cree family from the 19th century up until the present day. 7 Generations explores the life of a young Cree warrior, the smallpox epidemic of 1870, the residential school system of the 20th century and its legacy.

L’AFFAIRE DU COLLÈGE INDIENSYLVIE BRIENGallimard Jeunesse, 2006 Un policier campé dans le cadre original du Québec des années 1920, dont on découvre avec horreur un épisode peu glorieux: la scolarisation forcée, et dans des conditions déplorables, qu’ont subie de jeunes Amérindiens et ce, jusqu’en 1980.

SWEET SIXTEEN ANNELISE HEUTIERCasterman, 2013

En 1957, dans l’Arkansas, Molly, 15 ans s’apprête à intégrer le lycée de Little Rock, un établissement réservé aux blancs, mais Molly est noire. Cette chronique, inspirée de faits réels, met en scéne des adolescents confrontés au racisme et à la haine.

BEYOND MAGENTA: TRANSGENDER TEENS SPEAK OUT SUSAN KUKLINCandlewick Press, 2014

Six teens tell what it is like for them to be members of the transgender community. Portraits and family photographs grace the pages, adding immediacy to the emotional and physical journeys of these unwaveringly honest young adults.

BRANDED BY THE PINK TRIANGLEKEN SETTERINGTONSecond Story Press, 2013

When the concentration camps were built under Nazi rule, homo-sexuals were imprisoned along with Jews and any other groups the Nazis wanted to suppress. The pink triangle sewn onto prison uniforms became the symbol of the persecution of homosexuals.

BOOKS FOR TEENS

See the full list of titles available at

http://wpl.winnipeg.ca/library/pdfs/HRreadingTeens.pdf

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CURATING DIFFICULT KNOWLEDGE: VIOLENT PASTS IN PUBLIC PLACES

ERICA T LEHRER, CYNTHIA E MILTON, & MONICA PATTERSONPalgrave Macmillan, 2011

This book examines the concepts of transitional justice (a means of redress for the legacy of massive human rights abuses), memory studies and post-conflict reconciliation within the context of museum and heritage studies.

THE ARTS OF TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE: CULTURE, ACTIVISM, AND MEMORY AFTER ATROCITY

EDITED BY: PETER RUSH & OLIVERA SIMIĆ Springer, 2013

This work focuses on the role played by artists, the arts and aesthetic performances in post-conflict societies.

MUSEUMS, EQUALITY, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE

EDITED BY: RICHARD SANDELL & EITHNE NIGHTINGALERoutledge, 2012

This collection of essays explores a shift within the museum field that has seen concepts such as equality, social justice and human rights move from marginal to central positions.

LEARNING AT THE MUSEUM FRONTIERS: IDENTITY, RACE, AND POWER

VIVIEN GOLDINGAshgate Publishing Company, 2009

This book explores how museums can take an active role in combatting injustice and social exclusion.

MUSEUM READING


DISMANTLING THE PUBLIC SPHERE: SITUATING AND SUSTAINING LIBRARIANSHIP IN THE AGE OF THE NEW PUBLIC PHILOSOPHY

JOHN BUSCHMANGreenwood Publishing Group, 2003

Based on Jurgen Habermas’ writings on civic engagement and public life, the author defends the democratic principles of the library against the undermining forces of the New Public Philosophy.

BEYOND ARTICLE 19: LIBRARIES AND SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS

EDITED BY: JULIE EDWARDS & STEPHAN EDWARDSLibrary Juice Press, 2010

This collection of essays discusses the role of libraries in protecting and promoting social and cultural rights of both individuals and communities. Special attention is given to library development in Sub-Saharan Africa as well as the relationship between libraries and Indigenous cultures.

LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION SER-VICES TOWARDS THE ATTAINMENT OF THE UN MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS

EDITED BY: BENSON NJOBVU & SJOERD KOOPMANIFLA Publications, 2008

The authors discuss the role of libraries in social and economic development and the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals. Papers selected for this publication are from the proceedings of the 18th Standing Conference of East, Central and Southern Africa Library and Information Associations 2008 (SCECSAL).

LIBRARIANSHIP AND HUMAN RIGHTS : A TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY GUIDE

TONI SAMEKChandos, 2007

This book explores the ways in which librarians can engage in critical practice and social action for the promotion and establishment of human rights and social justice. Samek challenges the notion that libraries are politically neutral.

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DEVELOPMENT OF A BEST PRACTICES SEARCH FILTER IN PUBMED Carol FriesenMHIKNET Librarian for Manitoba HealthNeil John Maclean Health Sciences LibraryUniversity of Manitoba

To facilitate evidence-based health policy and research by provincial health department staff in Manitoba, the MHIKNET Librarian for Manitoba Health has performed comprehensive literature searches to identify high quality evidence since 2009. Staff of the health department review the Librarian’s search results and request full-text articles through Manitoba’s Health Information and Knowledge Network (MHIKNET). This process allows health department staff to save time and resources and utilizes the Librarian’s searching expertise, particularly with the use of search filters which can help to narrow down search results. The Librarian has created a best practices search filter in PubMed that provides consistency in searching for relevant literature and is included in focused search strategies that are used for ongoing alerts of current evidence-based literature.

BACKGROUND

Since 2009, the MHIKNET Librarian for Manitoba Health has worked for the University of Manitoba Health Sciences Libraries (UMHSL) at the Neil John Maclean Health Sciences Library and at Manitoba Health’s head office in Winnipeg. Manitoba Health staff members have requested literature searches to help with their evidence-based health policy and research through the Librarian and the UMHSL. The provision of librarian-mediated literature searches is a key service at the UMHSL, available to patrons at the University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Health Sciences (including the Colleges of Dentistry, Medicine, Pharmacy and


Rehabilitation Sciences, and the School of Dental Hygiene), hospitals in Winnipeg, and through contractual agreements to staff of Manitoba Health, participating regional health authorities in Manitoba, Kivalliq, and fee-for service physicians in Manitoba. Eligible patrons affiliated with the University of Manitoba have electronic access to full-text articles, while patrons affiliated through the contractual agreements can order articles through MHIKNET and document delivery services at the UMHSL. Librarian-mediated literature searching, also referred to as expert searching in the Medical Library Association’s policy statement called “The Role of Expert Searching in Health Sciences Libraries” (2005), is a “mediated process in which a user with an information need seeks consultation and assistance from a recog-nized expert” who “performs a search that is the combined and synergistic application of key skills and knowledge” (p. 1), including institutional knowledge, expert knowledge of databases, and the ability to evaluate the results according to the requestor’s require-ments and expectations.

Health sciences librarians often use search filters when conducting literature searches. Search filters are optimal search strategies that have been developed to help librarians and other researchers to find different types of evidence from bibliographic databases, and consist of combinations of search terms, including free text and controlled vocabulary (Beale et al., 2014).They can help librarians to focus their search results to a manageable size, can save librarians’ time, and can offer transparency and consistency in searching (Beale et al., 2014). Search filters have been created to identify economic evaluations (Glanville, Kaunelis, & Mensinkai, 2009), literature from specific geographic areas such as Africa (Pienaar, Grobler, Busgeeth, Eisinga, & Siegfried, 2011), diagnostic test accuracy studies (Ritchie, Glanville, & Lefe-bvre, 2007), adverse effects (Golder & Loke, 2012), and literature related to Canadian

Indigenous Peoples (Campbell, Dorgan, & Tjosvold, 2014). These filters are normally created and used for producing systematic reviews and clinical guidelines but are also used for rapid questions to answer brief questions or for scoping searches to determine the size of the literature on a topic (Beale et al., 2014) and are created for database applications, such as PubMed Clinical Queries (National Library of Medicine, 2014).

Searching for topics in health policy can be a complicated endeavour, as the questions are not typically clinical in nature, and relevant literature can be hard to find. With typical clinical questions, the components of the question can normally be defined by the “PICO Model”, with PICO referring to Patient, Intervention, Comparison, and Outcome (University of Illinois at Chicago’s University Library, 2014). These components are then used as search terms and clinically relevant studies can be identified by referring to the evidence-based medicine (EBM) pyramid of evidence, with systematic reviews, critically appraised topics, clinical practice guidelines, and randomized controlled trials being at the top of that pyramid (Glover, Izzo, Odato, & Wang, 2006). Health policy related search questions do not always fit neatly into this PICO model (although the EBM pyramid is useful in pinpointing high quality evidence). Finally, literature related to health policy questions is not always well-indexed in bibliographic databases, meaning that the key components of the search questions are not consistently captured by controlled vocabulary, such as Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) in PubMed, so this literature can only be found by searching for free text terms. This can lead to the retrieval of

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thousands of search results which need to be narrowed down before sending them to the search requestor(s). At this point, there are no known search filters for health policy-related topics.

For these reasons, the Librarian has created a search filter that combines controlled vocabulary and free text terms that can be used to retrieve high quality evidence for search requests from Manitoba Health staff, particularly in the area of best practices. The search filter has been developed in PubMed, which is the free web interface for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books, containing more than 24 million citations (National Library of Medicine, PubMed, 2014). PubMed is also used by MHIKNET to send weekly Current Awareness alerts to their patrons (Dingwall, Friesen, & Stregger, 2010).

METHODS

The Librarian has created the following search strategy in PubMed to encompass the concepts of best practices and high quality evidence:

improv*[TI] OR evaluat*[TI] OR effectiv*[TI] OR “best practice”[TI] OR “best practices”[TI] OR cost*[TI] OR eco-nomic*[TI] OR Meta-Analysis[ptyp] OR Review[ptyp] OR systematic[sb] OR Comparative Study[ptyp] OR Evaluation Studies[ptyp] OR “Benchmarking”[MAJR] OR “Cost-Ben-efit Analysis”[Mesh] OR “Practice Guideline”[ptyp] OR “Practice Guidelines as Topic”[Mesh] OR “Quality Improve-ment”[Mesh] OR “technical report”[ptyp]

The following field tags and searching techniques are used in this PubMed search strategy: [TI] re-fers to searching in the title field; * refers to the use of trunca-tion, where different versions of the root word are searched; [pytp] refers to searching in the publication type field; [sb] refers to searching in the subset field; [MesH] refers to searching in the Medical Subject Headings field; [MAJR] re-fers to searching in the MeSH Major Topic field (i.e. the article is indexed with a specific MeSH heading as the major topic) . This filter focuses on articles that have versions of the following words in their titles: improvement, evaluation, effectiveness, best practices,costs, and economics. The MeSH Major Topic of “Benchmarking” is used, as it is described in PubMed as referring to the “Method of measuring perfor-mance against established standards of best practice”, which is the closest MeSH heading to encompass the concept of “best practices” (National Library of Medicine, 1998). The

filter also focuses on the following publication types: meta-analyses, systematic reviews, and practice guidelines (which are all at the top of the EBM pyramid), along with reviews, comparative studies, evaluation studies, and technical reports. Finally, the filter also includes searches for articles indexed with the MeSH headings of cost-benefit analyses, practice guidelines as the topic of the article, and quality improvement.

RESULTS

The Librarian uses this best practices search filter in combination with requested search topics to narrow the results to a manageable number that are the most relevant and evidence-based. Often, the Librarian offers search requestor(s) the option of focusing on Canadian studies from the last year or two, especially when creating search strategies that will be used for Current Awareness alerts in PubMed. Further limits and search terms can be applied to focus the results with these contextual preferences in mind, and are tested to determine if this excludes any potentially relevant or important results. If the use of these limits and additional combi-nations of search terms is too restrictive, the Librarian screens through the initial search results for the most relevant articles. The PubMed search strategy in the table below shows an example of how the Librarian con-ducted a search for literature related to primary health care, using MeSH terminolo-gy and free text terms (line #3), in combina-tion with the best practices search filter (in line #1), focusing on Canadian studies (line #6) since the beginning of 2013 (line #5). The Librarian would then screen through the final set of 136 results (line #7) to come up with a list of relevant results for the re-questor(s).


The Librarian used a version of this search strategy in a Current Awareness alert in PubMed that has been sent weekly from MHIKNET staff to a group of Manitoba Health staff since 2013. Versions of the best practices search filter are used in 27 more alerts on specific health topics that are sent to Manitoba Health staff, keeping them ap-prised of consistently high quality and cur-rent evidence-based literature.

LIMITATIONS

Due to the complexity of many health policy related search requests, the Librarian searches many databases beyond PubMed, including social sciences databases, internet resources, and print resources for grey literature, and the best practices filter can-not always be applied. Also, many search filters used in the systematic review process are validated, by testing them against refer-ence standards of hand-searched results on specific topics. Therefore, this is not a vali-

dated search filter, as there are no known reference standards of results on best practices for health policy search topics, against which this search filter could be tested.

CONCLUSION

The best practices search filter created by the Librarian in PubMed helps to make the searching process for health pol-icy related topics as consistent and comprehensive as pos-sible. The Librarian and library services provided through MHIKNET, including the weekly Current Awareness alerts in PubMed (that combine this search filter with various topics), will continue to provide timely, relevant, and context-specific search results that support the research of Manitoba Health staff and provide access to high quality, evidence-based information. Future work will focus on the creation of further search filters that can benefit Manitoba Health staff, includ-ing one to find research about health equity interventions that can help to reduce health disparities.

With thanks to Orvie Dingwall (University of Manitoba).

Beale, S., Duffy, S., Glanville, J., Lefebvre, C., Wright, D., McCool, R., . . . Smith, L. (2014). Choosing and using methodological search filters: searchers’ views. Health Information and Libraries Journal, 31(2), 133-147.

Campbell, S., Dorgan, M., and Tjosvold, L. (2014). Creating provin-cial and territorial search filters to retrieve studies related to Cana-dian Indigenous peoples from Ovid MEDLINE. Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association, 35, 5-10

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Dingwall, O., Friesen, C., Stregger, E. (2011). Evolving and Transforming a Current Awareness Service for Outreach Clients in Manitoba. Poster presentation at CHLA (Cana-dian Health Libraries Association)/ABSC 2011 Conference: Calgary, AB.

Glanville, J., Kaunelis, D., & Mensinkai, S. (2009). How well do search filters perform in identifying economic eval-uations in MEDLINE and EMBASE. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 25(4), 522-529.

Glover, J., Izzo, D., Odato, K., & Wang, L. (2006). EBM Pyramid and EBM Page Generator. Dartmouth College and Yale University. Retrieved from http://guides.library.yale.edu/content.php?pid=9786&sid=73113

Golder, S., & Loke, Y. K. (2012). The performance of adverse effects search filters in MEDLINE and EMBASE. Health Information and Libraries Journal, 29(2), 141-151.

Medical Library Association (2005). Role of expert search-ing in health sciences libraries. Journal of the Medical Library Association, 93(1), 42-44.

National Library of Medicine (1998). Benchmarking. Retrieved at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/?ter-m=benchmarking

National Library of Medicine (2014). PubMed Clinical Queries. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/clinical

National Library of Medicine (2014). PubMed. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed

Pienaar, E., Grobler, L., Busgeeth, K., Eisinga, A., & Sieg-fried, N. (2011). Developing a geographic search filter to identify randomised controlled trials in Africa: finding the optimal balance between sensitivity and precision. Health Information and Libraries Journal, 28(3), 210-215.

Ritchie, G., Glanville, J., & Lefebvre, C. (2007). Do pub-lished search filters to identify diagnostic test accuracy studies perform adequately? Health Information and Li-braries Journal, 24(3), 188-192.

University of Illinois at Chicago’s University Library (2014, April 17). Evidence Based Medicine: PICO. Re-trieved from http://researchguides.uic.edu/content.php?pid=232200&sid=1921075

c a n a d i a n r e v i e w o f m a t e r i a l s

CM: Canadian Review of Materials is published weekly from September through June and is an all-volunteer online publication which features reviews of books and other materials that are authored, illustrated and/or published by Canadians and that are produced for/of interest to children and adolescents. CM’s reviewers areteachers, teacher-librarians, public librarians and university professors who have an interest and expertise in materials for juveniles.

Published by the Manitoba Library Association and Hosted by the University of Manitoba.

http://www.umanitoba.ca/cm/

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The Lyon DeclarationDefending the “Right to Know” in the Post-2015 Development Agenda

My flight landed in Burundi just 4 months before UN peacekeeping soldiers departed from the country. Following a 12 year long civil war, Burundi was entering a new phase of post-war reconstruction. The last remaining rebel group, the Forces Nationale de Libération were on the verge of signing a peace agreement and negotiations for disarmament and political reintegration were set to commence.

This was my first visit to Africa. I had committed to teaching History at an international school in the capital Bujumbura for a year. At the time, I was ambitious, idealistic and about to learn a great deal about the immense challenges educators face in underdeveloped nations. Since it offered the only English language program in French Burundi our school attracted a unique group of students. Many were the children of foreign diplomats and previously exiled political leaders who had sought refuge in English Africa and Europe during the war. Others who had either remained in Burundi or were born in Burundi during the war were under the care of missionaries aid workers from the United States and the U.K. All of the students at this school were required to pay tuition and the added revenue provided enormous advantages over students at schools that depended entirely on government funding.

Despite being one of the most well funded schools in the country we still lacked the basic learning resources that I was accustomed to in Canada. My classes met in a small room on the second floor of a house repurposed as a high school. Providing enough tables and chairs for large class sizes resulted in a cramped and cluttered space. With just a few exceptions the added tuition allowed us to provide one textbook per child and basic school supplies. Adjacent to my classroom we also had a small computer lab with six outdated machines that were use for practicing keyboard skills. With a student to computer ratio of 30:1 time spent with ICTs (information and communication technologies) was minimal and without access to the internet the usefulness of the computer lab was severely limited. The secondary campus also did not have a library, without which it was nearly impossible to teach the

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research and information literacy skills that are considered fundamental competencies for high school graduates in North America. The United Nation’s ICT Development Index, published by the International Telecommunications Union, offers startling insights into the digital divide separating youth across the globe. In contrast to Canada, digital natives in Burundi, “young people with 5 years of ICT experience who are drivers of the information society” (ITU, 2013) represent a small minority of the youth population. This is due to the fact that majority of homes and schools simply do not have computers or access to the Internet. The challenge of improving access to ICTs is exacerbated by widespread poverty and poor telecommunications and transportation infrastructure. Additionally, it is the youth in Burundi that make up the majority of the population and the rate of increase is approximately 3 times that of the average developed nation in the West. (World Bank, 2014)

Sadly, an increasing majority of the world’s youth are on Burundi’s side of the digital divide. This is especially true in Sub-Saharan Africa. Overall Internet penetration amongst youth is significantly lower outside of Europe, North America and parts of Asia where ICT infrastructure is most advanced. (ITU, 2014) In addition to basic ICT infrastructure, information literacy education is an essential of a sustainable approach to ICT development. Libraries and schools are uniquely poised to provide resources that enable citizens to access the information they need to participate in society and benefit from its resources. This is especially true for marginalized and vulnerable members of the population. (IFLA, 2014) For these reasons “libraries are an essential part of a critical infrastructure that supports jobs, education, and community growth” (IFLA, 2014) and therefore ought to be recognized as an integral part of development policy. The disadvantages of underdeveloped ICT

Burundi Canada World

ICT Development Index Rank 168 17 -

Digital Natives as % of Youth* Population

2.0 90.5 30.0

% of Youth** Internet Penetration

3.2 99.5 26***

Youth as % of Total Pop. 65.5 29.9 44.3

*Refers to Ages 15-24**Refers to Ages 0-25*** Estimated figure, unverified.

infrastructure may be less obvious in Canada due to the remoteness of affected rural and northern communities. The digital divide however, affects countless Canadians and therefore needs to be addressed in our own nation as well. Increased funding for community libraries and ICT infrastructure requires changes to information policy at all levels of government. This is unlikely to take place without a concerted lobbying by national and provincial library associations. Library associations in Canada also have the means to lobby the federal government to take the initiative to ensure that sustainable information policy is adopted by the United Nations. In 2000 the United Nations General Assembly implemented the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), a 15-year directive designed to address international concerns about poverty, health, economic development, environmental sustainability, education, and gender equality. The MDGs not only provided guidance for the development practices of member states and collaborating Non Governmental Organizations, they also provided a basis for accountability as they were closely linked with the UN International Declaration of Human Rights.


In the 15 years since the MDGs were passed UN member states have been only partially successful in achieving the stated goals. While some targets have been met, others remain unattainable due to a number of unforeseen factors, including armed conflicts and the effects of the global economic recession of 2008. In the span of the same 15 years the information landscape has also changed dramatically. Libraries have found themselves deeply immersed in a technological revolution that has altered the way people communicate, read, learn and access information. Any promise that the Internet would eliminate information poverty has failed as economic inequality widens the digital divide. (Emphasize)

With 2015 fast approaching the United Nations has been working to draft the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals designed to address the successes and failures of the MDGs. The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in 2012 (RIO+20) mandated that an Open Working Group (OWG) would be formed to prepare a proposal for Post 2015 Sustainable Development Goals. In 2014 the OWG released a document proposing 17 SDGs for the Post-2015 development agenda. (UNDESA, 2014) United Nations member states will have the opportunity to negotiate the terms of the OWG proposal between September 2014 and September 2015 with the final agreement to be implemented January 1, 2016. (IFLA, 2014) This is a critical opportunity for library associations to advocate for improvements to information policy. IFLA has taken leadership by drafting the Lyon Declaration, launched at the World Library and Information Congress in August of 2014. The Lyon Declaration calls on the governments of member states “to ensure that access to information is recognized in the framework to be launched by the United Nations at the end of 2015”. (IFLA: Lyon Declaration, 2014) While, Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (2014) states: Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold

opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers. The Lyon Declaration (IFLA, 2014) extends Article 19 by advocating the United Nations recognize the right to information, the importance of ICT infrastructure development, and adopt policies to guarantee its success and sustainability. As a result member states enable marginalized people to:

• Exercise their civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights.

• Be economically active, productive and innovative.

• Learn and apply new skills• Enrich cultural identity and expression. • Take part in decision making and participate in

active and engaged civil society. • Create community-based solutions to

development challenges. • Ensure accountability, transparency, good

governance, participation and empowerment. • Measure progress on public and private

commitments to sustainable development. IFLA urges libraries, archives, and their professional associations to sign the Lyon Declaration and advocate for improved information

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access with policy makers at all levels of government. Promoting the principles of the Lyon Declaration amongst professional networks will help to improve access to information for marginalized and vulnerable people in our own communities as well as the regions of the world most affected by the digital divide. The importance of effective and sustainable information infrastructure cannot be overstated. Without massive advancements in education and ICTs, billions of young people will continue to be excluded from their inherent right to quality education, political participation and the advancement of their own well being. Sound information policy specifically designed to address the needs of the “information poor” supports all other aspects of development. This is well documented. (IFLA, 2014) The extent to which ICT development is prioritized the post-2015 development agenda will depend heavily on the expressed interests of UN member states. Librarians, archivists and other information professionals have the experience and resources to assist our governments in promoting the right to information as outlined in the Lyon Declaration. In doing so we not only improve existing development practices but we have a greater chance of achieving the end goal of a more equitable world. For more information on the Lyon Declaration and how to add your organization’s name as a signatory

please visit their website at lyondeclaration.org. For guidance on how to advocate for with govern-ments and policy makers download IFLA’s Toolkit: Libraries and the UN post-2015 development agenda.

1. International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions. (2014) IFLA, Libraries and Development. Retrieved from http://www.ifla.org/libraries-de-velopment.

2. International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions. (2014) IFLA statement on Libraries and Development. Retrieved from http://www.ifla.org/files/assets/alp/statement_on_libraries_and_development.pdf.

3. International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions. (2014) The Lyon Declaration. Retrieved from http://www.lyondeclaration.org.

4. International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions. (2014) The Lyon Declaration, one month on. Retrieved from http://www.ifla.org/node/9045.

5. International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions. (2014) Toolkit: Libraries and the post-2015 development agenda. Retrieved from http://www.ifla.org/files/assets/hq/topics/libraries-development/documents/ifla-post-2015-a2i-libraries-toolkit.pdf.

6. International Telecommunications Union. (2013) Measuring the Information Society. Retrieved from http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Documents/publications/mis2013/MIS2013_without_Annex_4.pdf.

7. McDonagh, Maeve. (2013) “The Right to Information in International Human Rights Law”. Human Rights Law Review. 13(1) 25-55.

8. World Bank Group. (2014) Data: Population Growth (annual %). Retrieved from http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.GROW/countries.

9. United Nations. (2014) Millennium Development Goals and Beyond 2015. Retrieved from http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals.

10. United Nations. (2011) Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development. Retrieved from http://www.uncsd2012.org.

11. United Nations. (2013) United Nations 2012 Demographic Yearbook. Re-trieved from http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb-sets/2012.pdf.

12. United Nations. (2014) Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Retrieved from http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/.

13. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. (2014) Open Working Group Proposal for Sustainable Development Goals. Retrieved from http://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdgsproposal.html.

14. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. (2014) World Pop-ulation Prospects: The 2012 Revision. Retrieved from http://esa.un.org/wpp/index.htm.

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the Right toKnow.

The Manitoba Library Association recognizes the essential role of freedom of information in the establishment of equal and inalienable human rights in the Province of Manitoba, Canada and the international community. The MLA en-dorses Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which states:

“Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.”

The MLA is a proud signatory to the Lyon Declaration on Access to Information and Development, which “calls upon United Nations Member States to make an international commitment through the post-2015 development agenda to ensure that everyone has access to, and is able to understand, use and share the information that is necessary to promote sustainable development and democratic societies”.

Learn more about the Lyon Declaration at www.lyondeclaration.org

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PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

Programming on a Dime Erika Martin Municipal Library ConsultantGovernment of Manitoba One of the biggest factors to successful program planning at a library is keeping your community in mind. Many library administrators and boards se-lect programs based on the status quo: “since every neighbouring library system has a children’s story time, we need one too!” Creating programs and events that accurately cater and serve your patron-base keeps your community interested. People are changing, interests are shifting, and how people entertain themselves is evolving. It’s only natural that libraries need to evolve with them. Programming is a great way to pick up on the interests in your community. Informational and entertaining sessions can maintain the libraries relevancy in society. Hosting an informational session by someone from your community can create a great new partnership. An additional benefit is that bringing in topics on various subjects can bring in people who wouldn’t normally visit the library. Every new person to walk through your door is a potential new patron; bringing them in means they’ll see your displays and realize the library has DVDs, provides eBook access and has Internet and printing stations. Programs and events are more than just the intended topic; they’re another way to advertise the library. Literacy partners, financial advisors, local retailers, or health and wellness experts are just a few ideas for informational session hosts. When working with small budgets it’s important to use what you already have and to be openminded. Sometimes the best programs and events are the simplest ones: display local artists’ work for them, or commission art from the local school. This connects the library to the community and brings interested parties in. Something as simple as hosting a ‘Hot Topics’ evening and serving tea and coffee gives the community a space to sit down and

chat with each other. As technology advances we receive more and more reference questions about how to do basic computer functions: creating information sessions on topics like how to use social media, how to use Internet email or how to use Microsoft Word could be very valuable.

The reality of small budgets means we have to be creative, but it doesn’t mean we have nothing valuable to offer. You, along with your staff are some of the best resources you have. Get your staff involved wherever you can; learn and use their strengths. Is someone crafty, great with kids, good with computers or loves talking about what book they’ve just read? All of these are skills that can be utilized for great programming ideas.

Some libraries find formal book clubs daunting, always having to read the same book and constantly ordering in book sets can be time consuming and difficult. An alternative could be an informal book-club where members read any book they want. At the meetings each person gets a chance to give a short ‘book talk’ about what they’ve read in the past month. This format is a great way to learn about new books; it allows people to read genres they like and it generates a lot of conversation.

Author visits can be expensive when travel and accommodations are factored in, but something that is becoming more and more prevalent is video author visits. Setting up a viewing screen, speakers and microphone and bringing the author in through any of the available online video conferencing platforms is a cheap, and possibly free, way of having well known authors give a talk at your library.

Libraries are more than our collections; to thrive in upcoming years, we have to promote ourselves as community living rooms. Libraries provide a space where people come together to share ideas, places with culture, places that are safe and comfortable. Considering our ever-tightening budgets, it’s more important than ever to strive to provide quality services and programming to our patrons: ones that educate, enlighten and entertain.


A Practical Tool for Creating Exceptional Visuals Sarah Clark Liaison Librarian University of Manitoba

In a culture defined by its ability to distribute information quickly and effectively, methods of delivery seem to be endless. While there are many online tools to guide you through the process of organizing, displaying and sharing the information you find valuable, it is important to take time to find quality sources suited to your professional goals or objectives. As one of the most user-friendly products, Piktochart is a great choice. Using a wide variety of eye-catching templates, Piktochart can be used to draw attention to important data, research, or ideas. For those with more time or an interest in expressing their creativity, products can also be created from scratch. Though initially recognized as a tool for designing infographics, Piktochart is incredibly versatile. It can be used to produce a wide variety of resources including reports, posters, and presentations, all of which can be embedded and shared.

Easily customizable, Piktochart provides many opportunities for creating a distinctive product, allowing users to choose from a wide selection of fonts, charts, and color schemes. Users can also import their own images, which can be stored within a Piktochart account, and consulted when making future designs. While all Piktochart creations can be saved free of charge, paid accounts are also available. With the fee-based option, significant benefits include the removal of the Piktochart watermark from all designs, and a much larger selection of graphics and templates. Though this feature is somewhat costly ($29/month, $290/year), reduced pricing is also available for educational and non-profit organizations. As a web-based product, Piktochart’s major challenge lies in its inability to be used offline. While all designs can be downloaded as images, this may not be the best choice for files

created in “presentation mode.” Instead of saving a series of slides, presentations can only be stored offline as a single infographic, making them less relevant for future use. Overall, however, Piktochart provides a fun and creative way to communicate ideas through a platform that is both easy to use, and extremely engaging. For more information, visit www.piktochart.com.

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UPDATES: WHAT’S HAPPENING IN MANITOBA LIBRARIESUNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG The University of Winnipeg Library has been enjoying its first year with Gabrielle Prefontaine as the Dean of the Library. Changes have been made to the layout on the 5th floor, enabling us to host special events including Open Mic Nights for the student literary journal Juice, book launches and readings, meditation sessions over the summer, as well as hosting an array of Open Access Week events. With this new event space we look forward to continuing to offer diverse programming.

We continue to strengthen our collaborations with campus and community partners like the U of W’s campus art gallery, Gallery 1C03, community group exhibits as part of Culture Days/ Arts Fest, and children’s book readings. We have also formed a student advisory group from which we hope to obtain feedback on a wide range of Library services.

University of Winnipeg Library recently held its first Library Donor Appreciation night, which was hosted by the Dean and the University of Winnipeg Foundation, with special guests including the new University President Annette Trimbee, Vice President Academic Neil Besner, and distinguished library supporters. We were delighted with the turnout, which included many alumni and relatives of past notable donors and unexpectedly received a number of new book donations from our ever-loyal faculty members. The Donor Appreciation Night was also paired with the launch of a new crowd funding website, organized by the University of Winnipeg Foundation. You can check it out at our website.

We congratulate Dr. Linwood DeLong, Acting Dean of the Library, on his retirement. Dr. DeLong will be missed so we keep finding excuses to get him back in the Library. Brett Loughead has joined our Archives team, as University Archivist and Digital Curator. We are grateful for the digital expertise he will bring to the University Archives. Erin Acland will move over to become the United Church Archivist, as Diane Haglund has retired. This summer, Diane was awarded The Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Historical Preservation and Promotion in recognition of her passion and dedication to the field.

The University of Winnipeg Library looks forward to co-hosting the ABC Copyright Conference in 2015, as well as participating in the International Indigenous Libraries Forum in August 2015.

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Manitoba Library AssociationBoard of DirectorsPRESIDENT

Camille Callison is the President of the Manitoba Library Association and Professional Development Director. She is from Tsesk iye (Crow) Clan of the Tahltan Nation and holds a BA in Anthropology and a M.L.I.S. First Nations Concentration from the University of BC. She is Indigenous Services Librarian and Liaison Librarian for Anthropology, Native Studies and Social Work at the University of Manitoba where she is also a member of the Implementation Committee for the University of Manitoba’s National Research Centre for Truth and Reconciliation. Camille founded the MLA

Indigenous Interest Group and is also the Moderator for Library and Literacy Services for Indigenous Peoples of Canada for the Canadian Library Association; the Chair of the Diversity and Equity Committee for the Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarians; a Member of the International Relations Roundtable Pre-conference & Publications Committee for ALA; a Member and presenter for the IFLA Special Interest Group (SIG) on Indigenous Matters and an active volunteer and member of the Prison Library Committee providing library services to inmates.

VICE-PRESIDENTAlix-Rae Stefanko is the Vice-President of the Manitoba Library Association. She works as the Customer Service Librarian - Teen Services at Winnipeg Public Library where her primary focus is on the implementation and delivery of high quality teen services and programming. Alix-Rae holds her MLIS from McGill University and Bachelor of Music (History) from the University of Manitoba. In addition to her work with the MLA, Alix-Rae also has experience volunteering for the Manitoba Libraries Conference and is a Web Manager for CM: Canadian Review of Materials.

Dawn Bassett is an information professional and information manager, writer and volunteer. She holds a Diploma in Stage Management from Studio 58; a B.A.(Hons) from Simon Fraser University; and an M.L.I.S. from University of British Columbia. Dawn has enjoyed working in a variety of special and academic libraries. She is active on the board of the Western Canada Chapter of the SLA and the Manitoba Library Association.

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SECRETARYVickie Albrecht is this year’s secretary. She is a first-time secretary and is excited to learn some new skills with this position. This is her second year being on the MLA board; last year she was a Direc-tor-at-Large. By day, she is employed by the Univer-sity of Manitoba Libraries as the Biological Sciences Librarian. She is also a regular patron at the

Winnipeg Public Library where she gets her dose of cookbooks and mystery fiction; Joanne Fluke, Kate Carlisle, Avery Aames are just a few of her favourite authors. Other than cooking and reading, her major hobby is board gaming and she owns an ever expanding board game collection (currently around 30 games).

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ADVOCACY DIRECTORMayu Ishida is the Advocacy Director of the Manitoba Library Association. As the Research Services Librarian at the University of Manitoba, she facilitates the Libraries’ scholarly communication initiatives. Her previous community work includes the Immigrating Women in Science, a program to support internationally-trained female professionals in STEM fields.

Donna Sanders is a Library Technician at North-ern Regional Health Authority, based in Thompson.

COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTORKyle Feenstra is Communications Director at the MLA and Liaison Librarian for History at the University of Manitoba. He holds a B.A. (University of Winnipeg), a B.Ed. (University of Winnipeg), and MLIS (University of Western Ontario). Kyle is currently serving as lead consultant for community library development with Mountain Lion Agriculture in Sierra Leone.

Sarah Clark is a liaison librarian at the University of Manitoba’s Elizabeth Dafoe Library. She received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Winnipeg, and in 2012, completed a Master of Library and Information Science degree with the University of Western Ontario. Her research interests focus on exploring new instruction and communication techniques in order to deliver information effectively, and connect meaningfully with users.

PLC CHAIRKirsten Wurmann is Director-at-Large of the Manitoba Library Association, and the Chair of the Prison Libraries Committee. Connected to her work with prisons and libraries, she is also the moderator for the newly formed Canadian Library Association - Prison Library Network. She works as the branch head of Westwood Library at the Winnipeg Public Library and has previously worked as a special librarian with a public legal education non-profit in Edmonton, Alberta. Kirsten is passionate about social justice and creating access to information for all.

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IIG CO-CHAIRKeshav Mukunda co-chairs the Indigenous Interest Group at the MLA. He has an MLIS from the University of British Columbia iSchool, and has worked as a reference librarian at both the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University. He has also been involved with an indigenous classification project at the Resource Center Library of the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs. Besides being a librarian, Keshav has a PhD in Mathematics, and has taught university courses for several years.

WEBMISTRESSStefany Shirley co-chairs the Indigenous Interest Group at the MLA, and is a Library Technician with the Manitoba Indigenous Cultural Education Centre. She has a strong history of community support and volunteering.

Ruby Warren is the User Experience Librarian at the University of Manitoba, and spends most of her time elbow deep in the internet. Her tumblr can be reached at rubeseatsinfo.tumblr.com. It, like her, is very silly.

CONFERENCE CHAIRKatherine Penner is Liaison Librarian at Univer-sity of Manitoba.

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Submissions categories include:+ News or updates from your library community+ Information about past or upcoming events+ Feature articles and editorial pieces+ Information about interesting projects, initiatives, tools and programs+ Professional development experiences and opportunities+ Research reports and reviews+ Community library profiles+ Book reviews of any genre or reading level

Our next issue will focus on technology in the library, however we are accepting articles on any topic.

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