Friday, August 29, 2008
[IWS] New! 100 YRS of CALIFORNIA LABOR HISTORY DIGITIZED
IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE)
California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO: Proceedings and Publications [DIGITAL COLLECTION]
http://www.irle.berkeley.edu/library/digital_collections/calfed/
[excerpt]
About the California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO
The California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO ("the Federation") was founded in 1901 as the California Federation of Labor. It was the most important successor to several earlier labor organizations, such as the Federated Trades Council of San Francisco, and the Knights of Labor in Los Angeles. The state federation played an early role in coordinating labor union activities throughout the state, even though labor power was focused primarily in the urban centers of San Francisco, Sacramento, Fresno and Los Angeles.
The collection includes --
Proceedings
* http://sunsite2.berkeley.edu:8088/xtf/servlet/org.cdlib.xtf.crossQuery.CrossQuery?metacollection=proceedings&rmode=irle&sort=yearirle
Legislative Voting Records
* http://sunsite2.berkeley.edu:8088/xtf/servlet/org.cdlib.xtf.crossQuery.CrossQuery?metacollection=legislative&rmode=irle&sort=yearirle
CIO Documents
* http://sunsite2.berkeley.edu:8088/xtf/servlet/org.cdlib.xtf.crossQuery.CrossQuery?metacollection=cio&rmode=irle&sort=yearirle
Newspapers
* http://sunsite2.berkeley.edu:8088/xtf/servlet/org.cdlib.xtf.crossQuery.CrossQuery?metacollection=newspapers&rmode=irle&sort=yearirle
as well as a page to
SEARCH THE COLLECTION
http://www.irle.berkeley.edu/library/digital_collections/calfed/search.html
Press Release
UC Berkeley's Labor and Employment Library Digitizes 100 years of California Labor History
The Institute for Research on Labor and Employment has created a digital repository of the publications of the California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO. This collection includes proceedings and papers dating back to 1901, from the records of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. This collection is now available on the UC Berkeley Library Web site, and also in the California Digital Library's Calisphere and Online Archive of California (OAC). URLs for each location follow below.
The project was made possible by a grant from the UC Labor and Employment Research Fund (LERF), which is based in the UCOP Office of Research. The principal investigator for the ongoing digitization project work is Terry Huwe, IRLE Librarian. The IRLE Library collaborated with UC Berkeley Library's Digital Publishing Group to create these new resources, and presented CDL with a pilot opportunity to support the PDF file format in Calisphere and the OAC.
"Even though the repository is just beginning to attract attention, several scholars have contacted the Library to tell us how excited they were," said Terry Huwe, IRLE's librarian. "But the real surprise came when Federation staff themselves told me that they were able to use this scholarly tool to help prepare for their summer 2008 convention. It just proves how much potential the Web has for revolutionizing all kinds of information use."
Huwe also indicated that the project is not yet complete, and that more files will be added and some revisions to the site are forthcoming. "Nonetheless, the repository is ready for use right now," he said.
These primary resources documenting California labor history are available in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF), a file format that is newly supported within Calisphere and the OAC.
The University of California, Berkeley Library
http://www.irle.berkeley.edu/library/digital_collections/calfed/
The Online Archive of California:
http://content.cdlib.org/search?style=oac-img&sort=title&relation=ark:/13030/kt0489q6r6
For Further Information:
Terry Huwe, IRLE Library
< mailto:thuwe@library.berkeley.edu> thuwe@library.berkeley.edu
(510) 643-7061
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______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE)
California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO: Proceedings and Publications [DIGITAL COLLECTION]
http://www.irle.berkeley.edu/library/digital_collections/calfed/
[excerpt]
About the California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO
The California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO ("the Federation") was founded in 1901 as the California Federation of Labor. It was the most important successor to several earlier labor organizations, such as the Federated Trades Council of San Francisco, and the Knights of Labor in Los Angeles. The state federation played an early role in coordinating labor union activities throughout the state, even though labor power was focused primarily in the urban centers of San Francisco, Sacramento, Fresno and Los Angeles.
The collection includes --
Proceedings
* http://sunsite2.berkeley.edu:8088/xtf/servlet/org.cdlib.xtf.crossQuery.CrossQuery?metacollection=proceedings&rmode=irle&sort=yearirle
Legislative Voting Records
* http://sunsite2.berkeley.edu:8088/xtf/servlet/org.cdlib.xtf.crossQuery.CrossQuery?metacollection=legislative&rmode=irle&sort=yearirle
CIO Documents
* http://sunsite2.berkeley.edu:8088/xtf/servlet/org.cdlib.xtf.crossQuery.CrossQuery?metacollection=cio&rmode=irle&sort=yearirle
Newspapers
* http://sunsite2.berkeley.edu:8088/xtf/servlet/org.cdlib.xtf.crossQuery.CrossQuery?metacollection=newspapers&rmode=irle&sort=yearirle
as well as a page to
SEARCH THE COLLECTION
http://www.irle.berkeley.edu/library/digital_collections/calfed/search.html
Press Release
UC Berkeley's Labor and Employment Library Digitizes 100 years of California Labor History
The Institute for Research on Labor and Employment has created a digital repository of the publications of the California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO. This collection includes proceedings and papers dating back to 1901, from the records of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. This collection is now available on the UC Berkeley Library Web site, and also in the California Digital Library's Calisphere and Online Archive of California (OAC). URLs for each location follow below.
The project was made possible by a grant from the UC Labor and Employment Research Fund (LERF), which is based in the UCOP Office of Research. The principal investigator for the ongoing digitization project work is Terry Huwe, IRLE Librarian. The IRLE Library collaborated with UC Berkeley Library's Digital Publishing Group to create these new resources, and presented CDL with a pilot opportunity to support the PDF file format in Calisphere and the OAC.
"Even though the repository is just beginning to attract attention, several scholars have contacted the Library to tell us how excited they were," said Terry Huwe, IRLE's librarian. "But the real surprise came when Federation staff themselves told me that they were able to use this scholarly tool to help prepare for their summer 2008 convention. It just proves how much potential the Web has for revolutionizing all kinds of information use."
Huwe also indicated that the project is not yet complete, and that more files will be added and some revisions to the site are forthcoming. "Nonetheless, the repository is ready for use right now," he said.
These primary resources documenting California labor history are available in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF), a file format that is newly supported within Calisphere and the OAC.
The University of California, Berkeley Library
http://www.irle.berkeley.edu/library/digital_collections/calfed/
The Online Archive of California:
http://content.cdlib.org/search?style=oac-img&sort=title&relation=ark:/13030/kt0489q6r6
For Further Information:
Terry Huwe, IRLE Library
< mailto:thuwe@library.berkeley.edu> thuwe@library.berkeley.edu
(510) 643-7061
#30#
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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