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CAFOD Library and Information Centre.
(LIC)
 Who may use the LIC?
The LIC is primarily for the use of CAFOD staff.
External visitors/researchers are welcome, but access is STRICTLY
BY APPOINTMENT ONLY.
Please contact Bernard Barrett, the Librarian and Archivist, either by
letter, phone or by e-mail at [email protected]
Bernard is normally available from 10 till 4.45 p.m. each day.
 Materials held within the LIC
We receive both the daily and weekend versions of the following daily
papers:
 The Times, Financial
Times, Daily Telegraph, Guardian, Morning Star, International
Herald Tribune
These are kept for three months at a time. Some
of the papers are also kept on CD-Rom. See below for further details.
We also receive a number of weekly religious papers:
Baptist Times, Catholic
Herald, Catholic Times, Church Times, Methodist Recorder, National Catholic Reporter, The Universe,
These are kept for eighteen months at a time.
The LIC plays host to a collection of approximately 800 periodical
titles. Space does not permit a complete listing, but we will be pleased to confirm
whether or not the title you require is held by us. We can also supply a list of titles on
request.
We receive our periodicals by a number of different routes. Some are
normal subscriptions (i..e The Economist). The great majority are however free, and come
from CAFOD partners in the various countries/continents where we work. While many are in
English, a high proportion are also in Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese. A smaller number
are in French and Italian. Some are no more than a few pages, and received on quite an
irregular basis. Together, they constitute a rare and interesting collection.
The period for which the periodical is kept depends on it's value. All
are kept in Black Boxes, with a colour sticker indicating the retention period, be they
kept permanently, or for 1 and 3 years.
In the CAFOD context, Documentation (sometimes referred to as Grey
Literature) tends to refer to the following types of material,
 Reports, Conference Papers and Proceedings, Unpublished
Dissertations, Copies of periodical articles (where we no longer have the original
titles), Ephemera such as
significant newspaper articles and occasional small publications (collected for their
significance)
The material is categorised and held in coloured theme boxes. Each
sequence is arranged alphabetically. The following colour scheme applies,
 RED : Themes,
Subjects and Issues,
BLUE : Latin America and
the Caribbean
YELLOW : Asia, Pacific
and the Middle East
GREEN : Africa
The book collection is split into five.
The Main Collection, held within the main reading room
area of the LIC is the most extensive. It comprises approximately four thousand
publications. All books are organised on the shelves using the Dewey Decimal
classification scheme. Subjects covered include,
 Biblical Studies,
Debt, Development Education, Ecology, Environment, Health, International Economics, Militarization, Sociology, Theology, Women, Trade, and
the various countries where we work
The AIDS Library is also held within the main LIC. CAFOD
is the lead agency in the Catholic world for the pandemic of AIDS, so coverage of this
issue is an important one for us. Materials include both books and documentation.
These are held on a separate shelf sequence. Documentation is organised
alphabetically by subject. Books by Dewey numbers.
The Reference Library is also held within the main LIC.
This is composed of encyclopaedias, almanacs, directories, yearbooks and dictionaries. The
intention is that it should be a mini-universe of knowledge. Enquirers will therefore find
such works as the UK Railway Timetable, Foreign Language Dictionaries, and Directories of
Development sitting on the same shelves. They appear to co-exist very happily! All
materials are organised using the Dewey Decimal classification scheme.
Spanish Collection. These are books that have been given
to CAFOD by its partners, or brought back by project officers from field trips overseas.
They cover a multitude of subjects from AIDS, Health care, Child Prostitution, through to
Rural development. All the books are written either in Spanish or Brazilian Portuguese.
They have now been catalogued onto our computerised system, with English translations of
their titles, and a brief English abstract. These are organised by country and author, and
held in the corridor entrance to the LIC
UN/World Bank Reports and others, Among those we
currently subscribe to are:
DAC Report,
Dimensions of the Voluntary Sector
FCO
Departmental Report
Human
Development Report
Least
Developed Countries
Progress of
Nations
Reality of
Aid
State of
the World's Children, State of the World's Population, State of the World's Refugees
World Debt
Tables, World Development Report, World Development Indicators, World Employment Report,
World Investment Report, World Labour Report, World Military and Social Expenditures
All of the above reports are held on shelves within Bernard's office
is the name of the computerised library system we use. Currently, all
books, periodicals and acquisitions are managed through ALICE. The system is networked
throughout the entire building and all staff have access to an OPAC (Online Public Access
Catalogue) from the PC on their desktop.
The OPAC can be searched using any one or a combination of,
 Subject, Keyword, Author Surname, Resource Title, Series Title, Location (in the building), and Classification Number
The LIC can also access a wealth of information through a number of
CD-ROMS. Currently, we subscribe to/hold,
 Newspapers
: Financial Times (updated monthly) and the Independent (updated quarterly)
Encyclopaedias :
Encarta 97, Hutchinson's Multimedia, Grolier Academic American
Biblical : Master
Search Bible, Scripture in Church
Third World : Third
World Guide 1997, NGO Rio Earth Summit
General : Biosphere
(Environment), Concise Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford Reference Shelf
The above titles can be accessed from 2 workstations within the LIC. We
hope to improve access with a third workstation over the coming months. The CD Roms are
stored within the main LIC office.
Full public access to the Internet, and specifically to the World Wide
Web, is possible via three workstations within the LIC.
Frequently used sites (such as newspapers) have been bookmarked on the
machine within the main reading area, to improve access to these resources.
To help staff become aware of relevant information resources on the WWW,
we maintain a catalogue of useful web sites, both in printed format (usually printed home
pages), which are stored in categorised ring binders (held on the Reference Shelves). This
information is also made available via the ALICE OPAC, and can therefore be accessed over
the CAFOD network.
A booking system is in place for the workstation within the main reading
area, and priority is given to staff, who use this system.
Bernard Barrett is very happy to provide training on use of search
engines and net directories to all who request it.
A Flatbed Scanner is attached to the workstation within the main reading
area. All users are welcome to make use of this facility, to scan pictures, photographs
etc, for inclusion in printed publications. Please ask Bernard Barrett for assistance, if
you have not used this before.
Two printers are available for use within the LIC. The default is the HP4
LaserJet, which is housed in Bernard's office. A second and colour printer is now also
available, but can only be used from the workstation with the scanner attached. You will
need to select this printer before printing nay material, so please do ask for assistance
if using it for the first time.
The CAFOD Archive is a source of information on all CAFOD activities past
and present. Much of the material has been gathered together over the last four years.
Currently, the archive holds the following materials.
 CAFOD
Campaign : a complete set of all CAFOD campaign materials produced over the last
16 years. These can also be accesses via ALICE. It is possible to view all the resources
of a particular campaign via a link facility, and to search for quotes, case
studies and testimonies used to support particular issues such as Debt, Slavery etc.
CAFOD
Fundraising Campaigns : twice a year, during Lent and at Harvest, CAFOD organises
a fundraising campaign based around a 24 hour fast. The archive contains a complete set of
all the materials produced to support these. It can be accessed in the same way via ALICE
as for the main CAFOD Campaign above.
Posters
: many of these are specially designed works of art which are used as part of the
above two campaigns. These have all been laminated, and tell a story of how CAFOD has
attempted to portray development issues through the years.
CAFOD
Magazine : we are the only place in CAFOD that keeps back copies of these. Some
of the major articles from the magazine can also be viewed on our web site. Please click here to connect to the Information Sources and Services page
CAFOD Annual
Review and Accounts : we hold copies of each of these. The current edition (1996)
is also located on our web site. Please click here to connect to
the Annual Review page
Working in
Partnership : was a scheme which attempted to link Catholic parishes in the UK
with Catholic parishes in third world countries. Although this scheme no longer operates,
we have a complete set of all the materials produced.
Early CAFOD
History : this is a set of papers which gives details of who CAFOD's early
administrators and directors are, together with descriptions of it's early development and
relief work. They paint a clear picture of the growth of CAFOD from a staff counted in
single figures to the 130+ that now work for it today.
Press
Releases : a copy of every press release issued by our Media Relations Section is
kept. A selection of current press releases are kept on the web site. Please click here to go to the press releases page.
Pope Paul VI
Annual Lectures : these are organised by CAFOD each year, at which a leading
figure talks on development issues. Previous speakers have included the President of
Ireland, Mary Robinson and Cardinal Roger Etchegaray
Whitfield
Archive : Teresa Whitfield, who was the author of a book, on the murder of the El
Salvadorian Jesuits in 1992, has deposited with us all the materials she gathered
together, while carrying out research for her book. These have now been organised and can
be accessed through the ALICE OPAC.
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