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Interview No. 1312, Pedro Rivera May 2006

Interview No. 1312, Pedro Rivera

Combined Interviews

Mr. Rivera Duran briefly talks about his hometown and what his life was like growing up; he briefly recalls his family and his childhood; he remembers hearing stories about the bracero program and decided to join; he went through the hiring process at San Luis de la Paz to become a bracero; he traveled from Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico to Mexicali; he briefly describes the transportation and the required documents; as part of the process, he was medically examined, vaccinated, and deloused; he spent most of his time in the San Fernando Valley and Escondido, California; he worked in the citrus …

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Interview No. 1316, Alejandro S. Arredondo May 2006

Interview No. 1316, Alejandro S. Arredondo

Combined Interviews

Mr. Arredondo briefly talks about his hometown and what life was like growing up; he initially learned about the Bracero Program in Cosalá, Sinaloa, Mexico; his brother was already in the United States and he wrote to him about the program; Mr. Arredondo travelled to Culiacán, Mexico in search of employment; from there, he traveled to Mexicali, Mexico; while in Mexicali, Mexico, he worked in the fields picking cotton; he crossed into United States illegally and he picked cotton as an undocumented worker; on several occasions, he and other undocumented workers were detained by immigration officials and were sent back …

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Interview No. 1315, Manuel Salamanca May 2006

Interview No. 1315, Manuel Salamanca

Combined Interviews

Mr. Manuel Salamanca recalls the humble beginnings of his childhood and how he and his siblings suffered; he discusses the advice his eldest brother gave him and his reasons for moving to the United States; Mr. Salamanca discusses the harsh treatment he endured at the hands of his sister-in-law; he went without food for several days because she did not want to raise him; in 1942, at the age of eighteen, he heard about a call for braceros; he traveled to the processing center in Mexicali, Mexico; he briefly discusses the processing center; as part of the process, he was …

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Interview No. 1321, Alfredo Angulo Castro May 2006

Interview No. 1321, Alfredo Angulo Castro

Combined Interviews

Mr. Alfredo Angulo Castro recalls his childhood and the financial difficulties he and his family endured; he was a racehorse jockey at the age of five; in 1949, at the age of nineteen, he traveled to the United States; his godfather was the foreman for a company in Holtville, California; in order to work for the company, he returned to Mexico and joined the bracero program; he recalls going through the processing center in Mexicali, Mexico; as part of the process, he was medically examined, shaved, and deloused; he worked twelve to twenty-four hour shifts as an irrigator in the …

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Interview No. 1325, Antonio García B. May 2006

Interview No. 1325, Antonio García B.

Combined Interviews

Mr. Antonio García B. briefly recalls his childhood and the financial difficulties he and his siblings endured; he remembers hearing stories about the bracero program and he decided to enlist; in 1954, he went through the hiring process to become a bracero; he recalls the entire process, lists of eligible workers, waiting times, and transportation to and from the center; he recalls that one of the requirements for the braceros was to have calloused hands; in addition, he mentions going through the centers in Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico and Ciudad Juárez, Mexico; he also describes the medical exams and required documents; …

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Interview No. 1291, Jesús M. Calles Quijada May 2006

Interview No. 1291, Jesús M. Calles Quijada

Combined Interviews

Mr. Calles Quijada talks about his hometown and working in agriculture and with livestock while growing up; he talks about how his father’s land was eventually taken from him; he briefly discusses how he met his wife, Magdalena Vazquez; he remembers the contracting process and describes the medical exams and required documents; he was stripped, examined, and deloused; he describes the process as humiliating, especially for the indigenous that came from the South; Mr. Calles Quijada talks about working ten hours a day cleaning ditches and irrigating the fields in Imperial Valley; Mr. Calles Quijada also labored in the fields …

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Interview No. 1293, Manuel Chávez Romo May 2006

Interview No. 1293, Manuel Chávez Romo

Combined Interviews

Mr. Romo describes moving at a young age to San Juan de los Lagos because his father was going to help them get residency in the United States; he talks about growing up poor and that 11 of his siblings died because of the harsh winter conditions; at the age of 16 Mr. Romo attended school in Zacatecas where he studied to become a welder; he talks about his mother raising him and taking care of the few chickens and cows they had in order to survive; Mr. Romo speaks highly of his father and is very proud that his …

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Interview No. 1294, Josefina Fajardo May 2006

Interview No. 1294, Josefina Fajardo

Combined Interviews

Ms. Fajardo vividly describes details of her childhood and adolescence; although she moved around often, she settled for a time in Mexicali, Baja California, México; a few blocks from where she lived people regularly gathered in front of a school during bracero contracting sessions; many of them waited for days, slept outside on the floor, and ate whatever they could or begged for food; she saw what they had to endure and felt sorry for them; later, she unknowingly started dating a bracero; he told her he worked at a bar, because he was too embarrassed and did not want …

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Interview No. 1295, Adolfo González May 2006

Interview No. 1295, Adolfo González

Combined Interviews

In 1954, Mr. González went through the hiring process to become a bracero; he went through the contracting center in Mexicali, Mexico; he goes on to detail the camp size, living conditions, provisions, duties, payments, deductions, remittances, treatment, friendships, correspondence and recreational activities; he recalls working for Spanish-speaking Japanese foremen in Imperial Valley (1954-56) who did not give the braceros a day of rest; later, he asked for a transfer to another company; he was sent to work in the fields of Salinas and Yuma, California; he describes his workdays as very long and strenuous; he recalls using short-handled hoes; …

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Interview No. 1298, Adelino López Gutiérrez May 2006

Interview No. 1298, Adelino López Gutiérrez

Combined Interviews

Mr. López describes the long lines and the actions taken by people in order to obtain an eligibility letter at Justo Sierra, Jalisco, Mexico; he traveled to the processing center in Empalme, Sonora, Mexico; he recalls the entire process, including lists of eligible workers, waiting times, and transportation; as part of the process, he was stripped and examined, which was embarrassing because their were women present; he traveled to the receiving center; he goes on to detail the camp size, living conditions, provisions, duties, payments, deductions, remittances, treatment, friendships, correspondence and recreational activities; he recalls the use of short-handled hoes …

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Military Development: Twenty-Five Years Of U.S. Military Aid To Egypt, 1980-2005, Matthew Robert Fomby May 2006

Military Development: Twenty-Five Years Of U.S. Military Aid To Egypt, 1980-2005, Matthew Robert Fomby

Archived Theses and Dissertations

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Women’S Access To Credit In Sub-Saharan Africa: Sudan, Michael Kevane, Endre Stiansen May 2006

Women’S Access To Credit In Sub-Saharan Africa: Sudan, Michael Kevane, Endre Stiansen

Economics

Women in Sudan have been largely excluded from formal financial institutions of the Anglo-Egyptian and independent Sudan, even as they have demonstrated the ability and desire to profit from financial transactions. The exclusion is not based on legal criteria, but rather on informal practices that control institutions of the formal sector. However, women –particularly in urban areas of northern Sudan – have access to informal financial institutions, and in recent years there have been some attempts by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to offer financial services, especially loans at discounts, to women

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Interview No. 1222, Ignacia Godinez May 2006

Interview No. 1222, Ignacia Godinez

Combined Interviews

Mrs. Godinez talks about her family and what her life was like growing up; she did not go to school very long, but she did learn how to write her name; she later met a man by the name of Esteban Godinez, who was from Michoacán, México; some time afterward, they moved to Mexicali, Baja California, México and had their first child in 1954; they had a total of nine children, five girls and four boys; Esteban enlisted in the bracero program in 1942, and he continued with the program until it ended in 1964; his contracts lasted six months …

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Interview No. 1303, Federico Navarro Duran May 2006

Interview No. 1303, Federico Navarro Duran

Combined Interviews

Mr. Navarro talks about his hometown and working in agriculture and with livestock while growing up; he married Ester and shortly thereafter he decided to enlist in the bracero program; Mr. Navarro discusses his family life in detail; he further discusses the death of his two young daughters; he went through the contracting center in Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico; from there he travelled to a camp called Las Animas; from there, he was sent to Benjamin Hill; in addition, he mentions going through the contraction centers in Empalme Sonora, Mexico, Hermosillo, Mexico and Chihuahua, Mexico; as part of the process, he …

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Cost-Benefit Analysis Of Electronic Information Resources: An Evaluation On Middle East Technical University Library., Hacer Bati May 2006

Cost-Benefit Analysis Of Electronic Information Resources: An Evaluation On Middle East Technical University Library., Hacer Bati

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

In recent years there has been a rapid transition from print to electronic resources. Significant amount of library budgets are allocated for licensing electronic resources. Identifying and analyzing the benefits and costs of this new trend is therefore important for academic libraries. In this presentation experiences of METU (Middle East Technical University) Library on licensing and usage of electronic resources is evaluated by providing a cost-benefit analysis based on the cost and usage statistics of electronic resources. METU is founded in 1956 and it is the largest technical university in Turkey with 5 faculties and 5 institutes. The university has …

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The Importance Of Having Data-Sets., Ronald Dekker May 2006

The Importance Of Having Data-Sets., Ronald Dekker

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

Much scientific research is based on the gathering and analysis of measurement data. Scientific data-sets are, at least, intermediate results in many scientific research projects. For some time data-sets weren’t even published and even if they were published it was mostly as a (not re-usable) by-product of the publication. But an interesting phenomenon might be observed here: data-sets (often in combination with models and parameters) are becoming more important themselves and can sometimes be seen as the primary intellectual output of the research. Publishing and preserving data-sets should therefore seriously be considered. This will especially be the case if the …

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Learning Communities And Librarians At Arizona State University., Jennifer Duvernay, Sheila J. Young May 2006

Learning Communities And Librarians At Arizona State University., Jennifer Duvernay, Sheila J. Young

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

In the Fall Semester of 2003, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) at Arizona State University, for the first time, offered freshmen the opportunity to participate in a Learning Community. Although there are several types of learning communities, the CLAS Learning Communities at ASU utilize a fully integrated model and each community is based on a theme integrating several disciplines that examine the theme from different perspectives. One such theme, “Human Disease and Society,” integrates English, Biology, and Philosophy. Courses in English, Political Science, History, and Religion are the foundation for the theme “War, Culture and Memory.” A …

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Impact Of E-Journals On A Subsidized Unmediated Ordering Service (Sumo): Ten Years After., Louis Houle May 2006

Impact Of E-Journals On A Subsidized Unmediated Ordering Service (Sumo): Ten Years After., Louis Houle

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

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Technical Intelligence Units: Use Of Competitive Intelligence Within Academic Environment In Iran., Nader Naghshineh, Tahereh Oloumi May 2006

Technical Intelligence Units: Use Of Competitive Intelligence Within Academic Environment In Iran., Nader Naghshineh, Tahereh Oloumi

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

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Think Systematically, Act Strategically: Sustainable Development Of Information Literacy In The Broader Context Of Students' Learning., Judith Peacock May 2006

Think Systematically, Act Strategically: Sustainable Development Of Information Literacy In The Broader Context Of Students' Learning., Judith Peacock

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

A challenge for educators is to fuse the learning of information literacy to an academic education in such a way that the outcome is systematic and sustainable learning for students. This challenge can be answered through long-term commitment to information literacy education bound to organisation-wide, renewable strategic planning and driven through systemic reform. This paper explores the process of reforming information literacy education in an academic environment, drawing on the experiences of one Australian university which has undertaken the implementation of a strategic, systemic approach to information literacy learning and teaching.

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The Integration Into Academic Areas Of Library Systems To Improve Teaching And Research: The Uniscul Experience., Maria Isabel Santoro, Inês Confuorto G. Macedo May 2006

The Integration Into Academic Areas Of Library Systems To Improve Teaching And Research: The Uniscul Experience., Maria Isabel Santoro, Inês Confuorto G. Macedo

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

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The Brave New World Of Scholarly Repositories., Herbert Van De Sompel May 2006

The Brave New World Of Scholarly Repositories., Herbert Van De Sompel

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

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Interview No. 1307, Gregorio Nuñez May 2006

Interview No. 1307, Gregorio Nuñez

Combined Interviews

Mr. Nuñez briefly talks about his family; he and a friend traveled by train from Guadalajara, Mexico to Benjamin Hill, Sonora, Mexico; from there he traveled to Mexicali, Mexico and then to Calexico, California to look for his brother; his brother was no longer living at the address; he stayed on with the young woman who lived at the address and she introduced him to a foreman that worked for Spruce Farms; initially, Mr. Nuñez was an undocumented worker; in 1946, he heard about the bracero program and decided to join; Mr. Nuñez met his wife in Brawley, California and …

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Interview No. 1229, Higinio Muñoz Martínez May 2006

Interview No. 1229, Higinio Muñoz Martínez

Combined Interviews

Mr. Muñoz talks about his family and childhood memories; while he was in México, Distrito Federal, he saw an announcement in the newspaper for the bracero program; in 1945, he decided to enlist in the program, because he was not earning enough money and wanted a chance for a better life; he went through the contracting center in Irapuato, Guanajuato, México, and from there, he was transported by train to Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México, before finally arriving at the camp in Oregon; the braceros had no say in where they went to work; in his opinion, they were all very …

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Monetizing Usage Of Scholarly Collections With Patent Citation Analysis., Paul Canning May 2006

Monetizing Usage Of Scholarly Collections With Patent Citation Analysis., Paul Canning

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

Based on a series of independent studies conducted by Dr. Anthony Breitzman of 1790 Analytics, IEEE has learned that granted patents cite scientific and the technical literature found in journal articles, conference papers and industry standards. This paper outlines the findings of three studies conducted by 1790 Analytics and discusses the implications for library professionals and members of the scientific and scholarly community. Patent citation analysis is a viable metric to quantify both usage and value of access to scholarly materials at universities, corporations and government research centres.

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Technological Convergance For Access To Hardcopy And Softcopy Collections By Means Of The Unibibliweb Portal: The Experience Of Cruesp/Libraries Consortium., Adriana Cybele Ferrari, Luiz Atílio Vicentini, Margaret Alves Antunes May 2006

Technological Convergance For Access To Hardcopy And Softcopy Collections By Means Of The Unibibliweb Portal: The Experience Of Cruesp/Libraries Consortium., Adriana Cybele Ferrari, Luiz Atílio Vicentini, Margaret Alves Antunes

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

The Consortium CRUESP/Libraries formed by the three São Paulo State Universities Library System, USP, UNESP, and UNICAMP, seeks to offer specialized services and products to the academic community. With the expanding of the available information sources to the Universities, researchers need to visit various sites from diverse information providers, possessing different access interfaces. This demands time for the user to know these interfaces, which are not always user-friendly, and utilize the same search terms numerous times. With the technological advance it has become evident the possibility of the creation of a unified search interface, using the international communication protocols such …

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Creser: Sibi/Usp Staffing Training And Development Program., Adriana Cybele Ferrari, Márcia Elisa Garcia De Grandi,, Mairza Leal De Meirelles Do Coutta May 2006

Creser: Sibi/Usp Staffing Training And Development Program., Adriana Cybele Ferrari, Márcia Elisa Garcia De Grandi,, Mairza Leal De Meirelles Do Coutta

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

It describes the institutionalization of continuous education process of library teams, with prominence for the creation of the Staff Training and Development Portal (Crescer) of University of Sao Paulo´s Integrated Libraries System (SIBi/USP). SIBi/USP understands that continuous qualification aims at promoting organizational changes and developing competencies in order to improve the quality of products and services offered. To achieve these goals, training sessions, events, courses (remote and in loco) are developed and provided on a yearly basis, among other activities that promote professional development. Since the beginning of the process in 2002, 6,467 qualification opportunities for library professionals have been …

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Embedding Research And Learning In Libraries., William R. Maes May 2006

Embedding Research And Learning In Libraries., William R. Maes

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

The theme of this conference is “Embedding Libraries in Research and Learning.” While this is critical within the context of the new technologies and new service expectations of scholars and students it is also important that research and learning remain embedded in libraries if they are to be an integral part of the scholarly fabric of our institutions. With continuing economic pressures on scholarly institutions and the desire to use the new technologies to change established and expensive processes and facilities, the threat to the physical academic library has perhaps never been greater This paper discusses why the physical library …

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Factories (Teaching Resources Facilities Located In All Upc Campuses Libraries), Pep Torn May 2006

Factories (Teaching Resources Facilities Located In All Upc Campuses Libraries), Pep Torn

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

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Librarian Class Attendance: Blogs, Statistics, Outcomes And Opportunities., Dianne Cmor, Victoria Marshall May 2006

Librarian Class Attendance: Blogs, Statistics, Outcomes And Opportunities., Dianne Cmor, Victoria Marshall

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

What, if any, are the benefits of having librarians attend lectures and seminars? In the midst of a start-up program, the librarians at the Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar were challenged to test new models of active participation while demonstrating positive outcomes. This paper describes the setting, methods, and outcomes associated with having librarians attend courses as active members in an evolving learning environment. Interactions with faculty and students will be analyzed to assess whether course attendance benefits professional relationships in a way that positively impacts student learning. In parallel, an examination of assessment measures for determining value of …

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