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Shipe named 2010 ACRL WESS Coutts Nijhoff International Grant winner (American Library Association)
International relief efforts remain fragmented, warn doctors (PhysOrg)
NASA ARC Internal Memo: Message from the Center Director - Christensen Appointed Director for Ames International Space ... (SpaceRef)

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Shipe named 2010 ACRL WESS Coutts Nijhoff International Grant winner (American Library Association)

Posted: 02 Feb 2010 02:07 PM PST

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ACRL Program Coordinator
312-280-2514
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NEWS
For Immediate Release
February 2, 2010

CHICAGO – Timothy Robert Shipe, assistant to the director for collections and scholarly communications at the University of Iowa Libraries, has been selected to receive the 2010 Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Western European Studies Section (WESS) Coutts Nijhoff International West European Specialist Study Grant, for his proposal, "The Franco-Romanian Literary Avant-garde in Bucharest Libraries."

Sponsored by Coutts Information Services, the grant provides $3,000 to support a trip to Europe. The primary criterion for awarding the grant is the significance and utility of the proposed project as a contribution to the study of the acquisition, organization or use of library materials from or relating to Western Europe. Shipe will receive his award during the 2010 ALA Annual Conference in Washington D.C.

"Through his work with the Dada Archive at the University of Iowa, and previous work travel to Romania, Shipe has unique access to uncataloged special collections of Franco-Romanian writers from the avant-garde period in Romania," said award committee chair Laura Dale Bischof, librarian for Classical and Near Eastern Studies German and Dutch Linguistics and Literature Linguistics at the University of Minnesota. "His work will close the gap between what is known about the work of the Romanian avant-garde in Paris and Romania itself and provide a missing piece in the scholarship."

"Shipe's established relationships with three libraries in Bucharest will allow him access to these privately guarded collections," Bischof continued. "He will disseminate his research through the International Online Bibliography of Dada, which he curates (http://sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/dada/biblio/index.html). This is an open access resource which will be available to all scholars in this area."

Shipe received his Master of Library Science from the University of Iowa in 1984, where he also earned his Ph.D. in Comparative Literature in 1981.

ACRL is a division of the American Library Association, representing more than 12,500 academic and research librarians and interested individuals. ACRL is the only individual membership organization in North America that develops programs, products and services to meet the unique needs of academic and research librarians. Its initiatives enable the higher education community to understand the role that academic libraries play in the teaching, learning and research environments.

Coutts Nijhoff International is the European books division of Coutts Information Services, the international book and eBook service provider to academic libraries and information organizations. www.couttsinfo.com.

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International relief efforts remain fragmented, warn doctors (PhysOrg)

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 02:26 AM PST

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International relief efforts remain fragmented, warn doctors

February 3, 2010

Despite the frightening regularity of humanitarian disasters like the earthquake in Haiti, international responses remain fragmented and must be improved, argue a group of trauma surgeons in the British Medical Journal today.

They warn that an uncoordinated push to get people and equipment into the affected zone as soon as possible can worsen the situation and reduce the effectiveness of relief efforts.

They also advise anyone thinking about volunteering to join an established group and obtain appropriate training to enable them to function in a disaster zone.

Many healthcare professionals from developed countries do not know what to do when faced with the horrors of a major humanitarian disaster, so proper preparation is key to providing prompt relief, write Dr Charles Krin and colleagues.

In the US, volunteers are required to undertake a National Incident Management System (NIMS) course so that they are aware of the likely systems and where they will fit in to the system. Other countries run similar programmes. Passports and immunisations also need to be kept up to date.

Medical volunteers should have a basic understanding of field and trauma medicine, be able to treat wounds and fractures with limited equipment and in non-sterile conditions, and know basic field sanitation and water purification techniques.

These measures will help avoid well intentioned but sometimes misguided help from uncoordinated and untrained people that can hamper relief efforts, say the authors.

Surely, we have learnt enough from the natural disasters of the last few decades to allow us to set priorities and offer a reasonably coordinated international relief effort the next time this happens, say the authors.

They call for international dialogue to explore ways to improve the response to these events.

"We have a perfect opportunity in Haiti to work towards true international cooperation, they conclude. "The Haitians will benefit from a long-term commitment to rebuilding, and the world medical community will benefit from the lessons learned when next we are called upon to provide disaster relief."

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NASA ARC Internal Memo: Message from the Center Director - Christensen Appointed Director for Ames International Space ... (SpaceRef)

Posted: 02 Feb 2010 08:29 PM PST

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NASA ARC Internal Memo: Message from the Center Director - Christensen Appointed Director for Ames International Space Station Program Office

STATUS REPORT
Date Released: Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Source: Ames Research Center - Comments

Subject: Christensen Appointed Director for Ames International Space
Station Program Office
From: Centerwide Announcement
Date: Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Message from the Center Director
Christensen Appointed Director for Ames International Space Station Program Office

The International Space Station (ISS) is finally nearing completion, and entering its utilization phase. This will allow unprecedented opportunities for innovative and valuable research. Ames, with its long and distinguished history of research in space, is home to several organizations eager to seize this opportunity on ISS. In order to coordinate and leverage the Ames efforts, we have created the Ames International Space Station Program Office and asked Marvin (Chris) Christensen to serve as its director.

This position, which reports to the Deputy Center Director, will be the lead for coordination, oversight, and management of the Ames ISS utilization program. Working with the technical directorates, Mr. Christensen will be responsible for developing an institutional approach and plan, responsive to NASA priorities, which brings together and maximizes the return to the Center from ISS science, technology development/feasibility, commercial partnerships, energy, advanced studies, and education, while meeting the Agency's utilization guidelines. These can involve either basic or applied research. Mr. Christensen's responsibilities will include overseeing and assuring successful implementation of the center-approved plan. He will draw upon the expertise within the directorates to formulate, promote and implement the technical elements of the program.

Also with directorate support, he will establish and maintain program critical interfaces at NASA Headquarters, other NASA centers, federal agencies, academic institutions and relevant corporate entities. These synergies will help achieve Ames objectives and Agency goals. Mr. Christensen will serve as the primary programmatic, and budgetary interface for the developing and ongoing ISS utilization activities for the center.

We're very pleased that Mr. Christensen has agreed to bring his experience and knowledge to bear in this position. Please work with him to make Ames a model for ISS utilization.

S. Pete Worden
Center Director

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