Dr. John V. Richardson Jr.,UCLA Professor of Information Studies

UCLA DIS 281 “Historical Methodology”26 October 2010

US vs. Them

1989

1991

1996

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The St. Petersburg State Academy of Culture

Results

“Education for Library and Information Science in Russia: A Case Study of the St. Petersburg State Academy of Culture,” Journal of Education for Library and Information Science Education 39 (Winter 1998): 14-27.

1997

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“The Origin of Soviet Education for Librarianship: The Role of Nadezhda Konstantinovna Krupskaya (1869-1939), Lyubov’ Borisovna Khavkina-Hamburger (1871-1949) and Genrietta K. Abele-Derman (1882-1954).” Journal of Education for Library and Information Science 41 (Spring 2000): 106-128.

Working in Russian Libraries

“RUSSIAN LIBRARIES: A USER'S GUIDE” at http://polaris.gseis.ucla.edu/jrichardson/LIS%20Dict/how.htm

1998

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“Spravochnye Sluzhby i Dostup k Informatsii/ Reference Services and Information Access,” Bloct Knigi: Biblioteka Izdatelstvo Vuz (no. 2, 2001): 43-46, 46-49.

Dictionary’s Origins

2005

“Virtual Reference Services: A Response to Disintermediation?” In Informatsionnye Tekhnologii v Upravlenii i Uchebnom Protsesse Vuza; Materiali 4-i Vcepossiickoi Ochno-zaochnoi-prakticheskoi Konferenstii (15-17 October 2003), edited by A. F. Kovalevskii (Vladivostok: Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service Press, 2004), p. 246-247.

 “Automation of Higher Education Administration: A

Case Study of UCLA’s Online Environment,” In Informatsionnye Tekhnologii v Upravlenii i Uchebnom Protsesse Vuza; Materiali 4-i Vcepossiickoi Ochno-zaochnoi-prakticheskoi Konferenstii (15-17 October 2003), edited by A. F. Kovalevskii (Vladivostok: Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service Press, 2004), p. 248-251.

2006

Harriet G. Eddy"Harriet G. Eddy (1876-1966): California's First

County Library Organizer and Her Influence on USSR Libraries," California State Library Foundation Bulletin, No. 94 (2009): 2-13. (pdf)

"Soviet-American Librarian Intersections: Harriet G. Eddy, First California County Library Organizer and Anna G. Kravchenko," Library Science in Russia and Western Tradition/Bibliothekswissenschaft in Russland und die Traditionen des Westens, 1910-1930 Conference, 4-5 September 2006, Moscow, Russia. (Power Point presentation in English or Russian)

189-195 Countries in the World

8 Major Civilizations

The New US versus …

Them!

And More of Them!

So, what do they think of US?

So, what do they think of US?

What does America want abroad?

What does America want abroad?Concept of Cultural Diplomacy

The U.S. Department of State’s role in CD:Lecture seriesFulbright ScholarsUSIA/USIS abolished in 1999American Corners (which replaced USIA/USIS

libraries)Information Resource Centers

My international work…Russia

SPB and Moscow (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2006)

Vladivostok (2000 and 2005)Uganda (2001)Zambia (2001)Eritrea (2003)Turkmenistan (2006 and 2009)Tanzania (2010)

Hardship PostsRange from 0-35% pay differential (see Form DS-267, Post

Differential Questionnaire, for list of determining factors):

0=Western Europe, Japan, Korea5=Colombia, Bogotá; Hungary, parts10=Bahrain; Alice Springs, Australia15=Mexico; China, Beijing or Shanghai20=Tel Aviv; Fiji; Gabon, parts ; Ghana, parts ;

Guatemala, parts25=Tanzania; Ethiopia; Burundi30=Turkmenistan, Eritrea or Burma35=Iraq, Afghanistan; Pakistan, Peshawar, Tajikistan, or

East Timor

STEPE ModelA Brief Intellectual History of the STEPE

Model or Framework— the Social, Technical, Economic, Political, and Ecological)

SOURCE: http://polaris.gseis.ucla.edu/jrichardson/STEPE.htm

Working Abroad: Some AdviceDo your homework before you go, so you know as much as

possible beforehand.Confirm what you think you know by asking more questions

than making statements.Be open minded and respectful of other cultural practices—

people do things differently—our approach isn’t always better.Genuinely care about the people you meet and their situations.

Be empathetic to those you meet—understand that systemic or structural factors can be constraining them. Be collaborative in your approach as opposed to “I’m here to solve your problems.”

Faithfully keep a diary/journal along with photos; it’s amazing how quickly you can forget the details.

Set a high standard for yourself—deliver more than you promise.

Be willing to go to seemingly hopeless places. You may be pleasantly surprised by the attitude of the people you meet.

ReferencesSamuel P. Huntington, Clash of Civilizations:

Remaking of World Order (NY: Simon and Schuster, 1996, especially “preface”) based on 1992 lecture at the American Enterprise Institute1993 Foreign Affairs article

Bernard Lewis, “The Roots of Muslim Rage: Why so many Muslims deeply resent the West, and why their bitterness will not easily be mollified,” Atlantic Monthly 266(no. 3, September 1990): 47-60.

Rich Steves, Travel as a Political Act. (New York: Nation Books, 2009).