Bedbugs in library books make news once again

Public Libraries in Toronto, Oshawa, University of Arizona Main Library, and so many made news then with bed-bugs, but now it is the turn of Utah University Library... (see news archives, below)

• Bed Bugs Cause Closures at U of U Library, University of Utah`s Marriott Library, OCTOBER 28, 2013

From News Archives (Bugs ready for check-out / check-in):

• Bed bugs found inside library books at (Toronto Public Library) TPL, CTV , Sep 3, 2013 
• Kalamazoo Public Library closes 2nd branch due to bed bugs - YouTube  
• Bed bugs found in Hamden library - YouTube  
• Bed bugs in Tulsa library - YouTube  
• Bed bugs found in Kzoo library books - YouTube  
• Bed Bugs Shuts Down Michigan Library - AOL On
• Bed bugs infest library - YouTube  
• Many More videos at YouTube
• Bed Bugs Shut Down University of Arizona Main Library
• Bed bugs in Toronto reference library, and two other branches ...  
• Bedbug FAQs | Burnaby Public Library   
• So, Your Library Books Might Have Bedbugs | TIME.com
• Bed Bugs and Libraries - Strathcona County Library  
• Bedbugs battle still underway at Vancouver libraries - British ... - CBC  
• Don't Let the Book Bugs Bite - Library Journal  
• No bed bugs in North Shore books - News - North Shore News
• Richmond Public Library-Bed Bug Information
• Bed Bug Prevention and Containment Policy
• Windsor Public Library Bed Bug Policy
• Are There Bedbugs in Your Library Books? Here's How to Spot
• Bed bugs check out of Oshawa library, oshawaexpress.ca 
• "Bedbugs in libraries" story backlash, or why to listen to entomologists

Schulich School of Business targets India, Macleans.ca -- But prospects in India???

• Schulich School of Business targets India, Macleans.ca   

• India, foreign varsities: degrees of separation
• India Needs Education Reforms – OpEd,  Eurasia Review
• Foreign varsities get independent access to India 
• India Lost What Over FDI --  
• Foreign varsities no panacea,  By Gourav Vallabh New Indian Express
• India hopeful on foreign colleges to raise quality of education 

Canada grant's her honorary citizenship, Malala's emerging impact in East and West

Canada to grant honorary citizenship to Malala Yousafzai, Reuters Canada, Sat Oct 19, 2013

Extract: OTTAWA (Reuters) - Pakistani teenage activist Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban for campaigning for girls' education, will be granted honorary Canadian citizenship, the Canadian government announced on Wednesday. ... She will join an elite group of foreign honorees who include South Africa's Nelson Mandela and Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi."

 On the same shelf:

• Why many Pakistanis have turned against Peace Prize nominee ... The Globe and Mail
• Pakistani satire of Malala conspiracy theories taken as real conspiracy theory
  Washington Post (blog)
• Brown Moses Blog: Malala Yousafzai - When Satire Goes Bad 
• Malala: The real story (with evidence) - DAWN.COM by Nadeem Paracha  
• Malala Satire Snags Iran's Press TV - Outlook
• Pakistan's Dawn wanted to 'make fun of conspiracy theorists'  
• Didn't see point in Malala satire piece for Dawn  
• Hate mongers on rampage The Nation  
• More Malala Malaise New York Times (blog)
• “Brand Malala”: Western exploitation of a schoolgirl  worldobserveronline.com
• Deconstructing the Malala phenomenon Indian Weekender
• Why the Nobel Peace Prize isn't very different from Miss Universe, Firstpost  
• Truth about Malala: Fraud unearthed! Press TV 
• Pakistan's Malala or Not? Huffington Post
• Malala Yousafzai and the White Saviour Complex | Assed Baig Huffington Post
• Why Malala should have won the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize Washington Post (blog)  
• Malala Yousafzai wins Sakharov prize 'for freedom of thought
• I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban Malala Yousafzai
• Did Malala Teach Us Anything?   By BINA SHAH, The New York Times --
• Malala Yousafzai: Education Activist (Essential Lives) Rebecca Rowell
• Malala: Poems for Malala Yousafzai Multiple Authors
• Malala Ujjol Kamal
• Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here: Untold Stories from the Fight Against Muslim Fundamentalism Karima Bennoune
• Malala and modernity The News International
•  The lesson of Malala rises above east-west sensitivities - FT.com
•  The Diary: Mishal Husain on Malala Yousafzai, the niqab debate  
• Pakistani Girl, a Global Heroine After an Attack, Has Critics at Home, By SALMAN MASOOD and DECLAN WALSH The New York Times --

  Extract: ... In the end, Ms. Yousafzai did not win the Nobel Prize. That went to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. But after a week of intense news coverage, during which she released her memoir and won a prestigious European award for human rights, Ms. Yousafzai’s stature as a symbol of peace and bravery has been established across the world — everywhere, it seems, except at home.

New specialist physicians can’t find jobs in Canada, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons

• Study shows growing number of new specialist physicians can’t find jobs in Canada Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
• Number of specialized doctors who are unemployed growing, study finds Toronto Star
• New medical specialists report says 1 in 6 can't find work  CBC.ca  
• Medical specialists have trouble finding work  Montreal Gazette 
• Doctor shortages a myth? Nearly one in six new medical specialists can’t find work, report suggests, National Post 
• BC medical specialists struggle to find work  Vancouver Sun

North American Union? Diane Francis Pushes US-Canada Merger

Huffington Post Canada ‎-  1 Oct, 2013
It's time for Canada to merge with the United States.

On the same shelf:

• Diane Francis on a Canada-US merger | The Current with Anna ...
• USA-Canada Merger? - Off-Topic - Giant Bomb
• Writer's idea that Canada and US should merge likely DOA - Yahoo!
• A Canada/US merger? | Watch GlobalNews Videos
• The Late Great U.S.A.: The Coming Merger With Mexico and Canada
  Jerome R. Corsi
• Goodbye America, Goodbye Britain
  Alan & Pat Franklin

Why Margaret Atwood wants to change the lyrics of O Canada

The Globe and Mail

 ANN HUI  Oct. 01 2013,  
"A group of prominent Canadian women are campaigning once again to change the lyrics of O Canada to be more “gender-neutral.” At issue is the line: “True patriot love in all thy sons command."

"At issue is the line: “True patriot love in all thy sons command.” According to Restore Our Anthem, a group that includes writer Margaret Atwood and former prime minister Kim Campbell, these lyrics are exclusionary of women, and do not reflect the original intent of Robert Stanley Weir, who wrote the English words for O Canada in 1908."

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The Globe and Mail

Library has resources to help you find a job: keyword searching for a job, career, resume

Your question is how to find, or what keywords or search terms are relevant for your need, right?

Here is a sample of how libraries try to help you:

Strathcona County Library

Browse for Materials:

Find Books:

Use the following words to search the

Library catalogue by Subject or Keyword.

• Applications for positions
• Job hunting
• Resumes
• Networking
• Career changes
• Employment
• Interviewing 
• Vocational guidance

Browse the following general areas in the Career Centre, Adult Non-Fiction and Reference collections (arranged by Dewey Decimal Classification)

Example:  650.14 TAH 2010, Taher, Mohamed, Job search the Canadian way: what works, what doesn’t

Bow Valley College Library

What is a Keyword or Search Term? 

A keyword is a word used to search an electronic resource in order to locate results that match that word in a specified part or in any part of the item, such as the title or in the full text.
When searching in digital environments, such as a library database or on the Internet, it is most effective to use single words (keywords) or phrases (terms).
Never type in a long sentence, such as a question or a thesis statement.
Instead, enter in a single keyword or term in the search box. Or, click "Advanced Search" for more search boxes then type in additional keywords and terms

Research Help

This introduction to library research explains how to choose a topic, develop a research question and search for resources online, in the LLC and in the library database collection.

• How to Begin your Research
  Use this section for help on developing a research topic, finding keywords to search for resources, and understanding library and research-related terms

Career Services and Resources
by Kelley Wadson - Last Updated Sep 13, 2013
Find information about career services available at Bow Valley College and links to helpful books, websites, articles and e-books for career planning, job searching, interviewing and professional development

Search tips: The default search is AND, i.e. it will search for all the words entered. To perform OR search use | character, e.g. hello | world. To exclude words use !, e.g. hello ! world will search for matches where there is the word hello but not world. To search for a phrase enter it in quotes, e.g. "hello world". 

More help: The words you use to search for information are very important.
To begin, underline the main topics in your research topic or question and think of related terms and concepts. For example:

Main topics and key concepts	Related terms and concepts
Aboriginal peoples in Canada	First Nations indigenous peoples the Metis the Inuit the Objibway

Remember to include:

• alternate spellings
• abbreviations
• plurals
• synonyms

Unique Canadian-Islamic Culture by: H.E. Imam Mohamad Jebara

Info courtesy: Hussain M. Mir

Extract:
... Just as Christians are severed into countless sects and denominations, so are Muslims.  In the same way that Catholics and Protestants differ and vary in some fundamental beliefs, so we shall find among the Muslims of the world...

... Muslims vary in their practice and understanding of Islam, they vary by region and culture, they vary by educational level, race and economics, and their interpretation and practice of Islam is influenced by political and social stability or the lack thereof.  Can someone say that Irish Catholics and Mexican Catholics are identical?  Are Russian Catholics the same in their practices as some Catholics in the Philippines, who practice flagellation and crucifixion every Easter?  It would be just as inaccurate, unproductive and unfair to generalize saying Sunnis believe such and such, or Shiites believes such and such. 

Now, how does this relate to Canada?  And the Western world?  In the same way that the understanding and interpretation of Islam differs from one place to another, we as Canadians need to have our own unique Canadian-Islamic identity.  When people import the interpretations of Islam from other nations, they do not necessarily apply in a Canadian context.  And even when we say Canadian, even in this we cannot generalize.  To which Canadian culture do you refer?  Mohawk? Inuit? Quebecois?  Franco-Ontarian? Newfoundland? Prairies?  It is for such a reason that the Qur`an says, “And we have created you into various nations and cultures, so that you may come to know each other’s differences, strengths and shortcomings and to respect and love one another despite these differences.” continue reading

Policy Arrogance or Innocent Bias: Resetting Citizenship and Multiculturalism @ Toronto Star

Half a cheer for Jason Kenney's revolution in immigration policy: A new book on Jason Kenney's revolution inside Canada's immigration department shows that anecdote is a lousy basis for policy-making.  By:Natalie Brender, Sep 19 2013, Toronto Star

Policy Arrogance or Innocent Bias: Resetting Citizenship and Multiculturalism
Andrew Griffith

Extract:

Andrew Griffith, a retired senior official at Citizenship and Immigration Canada, has just published a book about the tense period beginning in 2007 that saw minister Jason Kenney bring a tidal wave of change to two federal departments. Among the many virtues of Griffith’s book, Policy Arrogance or Innocent Bias: Resetting Citizenship and Multiculturalism, is a striking commitment to epistemological modesty and self-reflection.

Throughout his case studies of various policy issues, Griffith underlines how officials working on multiculturalism and citizenship issues under Kenney were forced to confront their own latent ideologies and grapple with challenges to their expertise under a regime that broke starkly from the approach of previous governments. Continue reading Toronto Star