DOCUMENT RESUME ED 434 989 CE 077 215 AUTHOR Giere, Ursula TITLE Developing a Network of Adult Learning Documentation and Information Services. Directory of Members = Repertoire des Membres = Directorio de los Miembros = Mitgliederverzeichnis. INSTITUTION United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Hamburg (Germany). Inst. for Education. SPONS AGENCY German Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Technology, Berlin. ISBN ISBN-92-820-0069-9 PUB DATE 1998-00-00 NOTE 205p. CONTRACT W1070.00 PUB TYPE Reference Materials Directories/Catalogs (132) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC09 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Adult Education; *Adult Learning; Adult Literacy; Community Development; Database Producers; Databases; Distance Education; *Empowerment; Foreign Countries; *Information Networks; *Information Services; Intercultural Communication; Lifelong Learning; *Literacy Education; Management Information Systems; Nonformal Education; Research Tools; Sex Fairness; Vocational Education; *Womens Education ABSTRACT This directory contains profiles of 89 adult education documentation and information services worldwide that are interested in international cooperation and networking. The foreword and executive summary are in English, French, Spanish, and German. These are followedby a discussion of the survey that collected information contained in the directory. The main entry section contains the 89 services listed alphabetically by name. Each entry is presented in a format that includes some or all of the following: name; address; telephone number,fax number, e-mail address; homepage address; contact name(s); brief description; basic institutional data (year of foundation, director, size of documentation and information staff, countries served, working languages); size and type of collection (areas of specialization, books and documents, periodicals received annually, multimedia or audiovisual materials, annual growth of collection); methods of data management (cataloging rules, classification system, indexing tools/thesaurus, methods of data processing, electronic database software, external online access); information and publications profile; services and special activities (information services provided, studies and surveys in preparation, special activities, networking); user profile; challenges and obstacles in carrying out the work; strategies and perspectives to improve services; and role envisaged within the network of networks. Appendixes include five indexes--areas of specialization; countries covered; countries where services are located; regions where services are located; and working languages. Annexes include lists of databases with external online access, homepage addresses, and a worksheet.(YLB) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. DEVELOPING A NETWORK OF ULT LE G DOCK I NTATION AND INFOR1VIATI SAN SERVICES DIRECTORY OF MEMBERS REPERTOIRE DES MEMBRES DIRECTORIO DE LOS MIEMBROS U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 1VIITGLIEDERVERZEICHNIS Office of Educational Research and Improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) his document has been reproducedas received from the person or organization originating it. 1:1 Minor changes have been made to 1998 improve reproduction quality. Points of view or opinions stated in this document do not necessarily represent official OERI position or policy. PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS Ursula Giere BEEN GRANTED BY TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) 1 BEST COPY AVM ABLE Bundesministerium fiir -------- Bildung, Wissenschaft, ' UNESCO Institute for Education Forschung and Technologic DEVELOPING A NETWORK OF ADULT LEARNING DOCUMENTATION AND INFORMATION SERVICES Directory of Members Repertoire des Membres Directorio de los Miembros Mitgliederverzeichnis 1998 URSULA GIERE 0 The UNESCO Institute for Education, Hamburg, is a legally independent entity. While the Institute's programmes are established along the lines laid down by the General Conference of UNESCO, the publications of the Institute are issued under its sole responsibility; UNESCO is not responsible for their contents. The points of view, selection of facts, and opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily coincide with official positions of the UNESCO Institute for Education, Hamburg. The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the UNESCO Secretariat concerning the legal status of any country or territory, or its authorities, or concerning the delimitations of the frontiers of any country or territory. © UNESCO Institute for Education,1998 ISBN92 820 0069-9 UNESCO Institute for Education Feldbrunnenstral3e58 20148Hamburg Germany The project that forms the basis of this report was supported by funds provided by the German Federal Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Technology under the reference number W1070.00. Responsibility for the content of this publication rests with the author TABLE OF CONTENTS Page FOREWORD 1 PREFACE 1 PREAMBULO 2 VORWORT 2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 COMPENDIUM 4 RESUMEN 5 ZUSAMMENFASSUNG 6 DEVELOPING A WORLDWIDE NETWORK OF NETWORKS OF ADULT EDUCATION DOCUMENTATION AND INFORMATION SERVICES 7 MAIN ENTRY SECTION 01 Adult and Community Education Association (ACEA), New Zealand 19 02 Adult Education Resource and Information Service (ARIS), Australia 20 03 African Women's Development and Communication Network (FEMNET), Kenya 22 04 ALECSO, Tunisia 24 05 ALICE: Information Centre on Non-formal Adult Education in Europe, Belgium 26 06 Asia/Pacific Cultural Centre for UNESCO (ACCU), Japan 28 07 Asociatia Femeilor din Romania, Romania 30 08 Association of Summer Universities in Finland, Finland 31 09 Astha Sansthan Documentation Centre, India 33 10 Basic Skills Agency Resource Centre, UK 34 11 Bundesinstitut ftir Berufsbildung, Germany 35 12 Caribbean Educational Research Information Service (CERIS), Trinidad and Tobago 37 13 CBR Network (South Asia), Pakistan 39 14 CEDEFOPEuropean Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, Greece 41 15 Centre for the Advancement of Women, Poland 43 16 Centre de documentation sur l'education des adultes et la condition feminine (CDEACF), Canada 44 17 Centre for Adult and Continuing Education (CACE), South Africa 46 18 Centre for Comparative Education Policy and Commonwealth Education, UK 48 19 CENTRE INFFO - Centre pour le developpement de rinformation sur la formation professionnelle continue, France 49 20 Centro de CooperaciOn Regional para la Educaci6n de los Adultos en America Latina y el Caribe (CREFAL), Mexico 51 21 Centro de Documentation Paulo Freire, Instituto Nacional para la Educacion de los Adultos (INEA), Mexico 53 22 Centro de InvestigaciOn y de Estudios Avanzados del Institute Politecnico Nacional (DIE-CINVESTAV), Mexico 54 23 CIDHAL - ComunicaciOn, Intercambio y Desarrollo Humane en America Latina, Mexico 56 24 Coady International Institute, Marie Michael Library, Canada 58 25 COLLECTIF ALPHA, Belgium 60 26 Council of Adult Education (CAE), Australia 62 27 Council of Europe (EUDISED), France 63 28 Danish Research and Development Centre for Adult Education (DRDC), Denmark 65 29 Deutsches Institut ffir Erwachsenenbildung (DIE), Germany 67 30 DGB Bildungswerk, Germany 69 31 Dhaka Ahsania Mission Literacy Resource Centre for Girls and Women, Bangladesh 70 32 DIK Association, Sweden 72 33 DOKEB Dokumentationssystem Erwachsenenbildung, Austria 73 34 Educational Research Network for West and Central Africa (ERNWACA), Cameroon 75 35 ERDIEuropean Research and Development Institutes for Adult Education, Denmark 77 36 ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult, Career, and Vocational Education, USA 78 37 Erwachsenenbildungsarchiv (EBA), Germany 81 38 European Association for the Education of Adults (EAEA), Finland 82 39 Forschungsinstitut fiir Arbeiterbildung e.V., Germany 84 40 General Secretariat for Adult Education, Greece 85 41 German Foundation for International Development (DSE), Germany 87 42 Gewerkschaft Erziehung und Wissenschaft, Hauptvorstand, Abteilung Berufliche Bildung und Weiterbildung, Germany 89 43 Global Information Networks in Education, USA 90 44 Global Reproductive Health Forum (GRHF), USA 92 45 Indian Adult Education Association (IAEA), Documentation Centre on Literacy and Population Education, India 94 46 Institut fiir Erwachsenenbildung im Ring Osterreichischer Bildungswerke, Austria 95 47 Institute for International Cooperation of the German Adult Education Association (IIZ/DVV), Germany 97 48 Institute for Planetary Synthesis, Switzerland 99 49 Institute Indigenista Interamericano (I.I.I.), Mexico 100 50 International Council for Adult Education (ICAE), Canada 102 51 International Institute for Adult Education Methods, Iran (Islamic Republic of) 104 52 International Literacy Institute (ILI), USA 105 53 ISIS International, Chile 107 54 Landesinstitut ftir Schule und Weiterbildung, Germany 109 55 Mercator Education, Netherlands 111 56 Namibian Information Workers Association (NIWA), Namibia 113 57 National Centre for Research in Vocational Education (NCRVE), USA 115 58 National Centre for Educational Resources, Norway 116 59 National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (England and Wales) (NIACE), UK 118 60 National Non-Formal Education Council Secretariat, Ministry of Education, Nepal 120 61 National Vocational Education and Training Clearinghouse, Australia 121 62 NOCEAD/ACCU Literacy Resource Centre for Girls