Posted on April 14, 2008 by devlibrarian
I haven’t written much about Open Access issues on this blog but it’s an important issue for libraries to advocate. This blog post highlighting new research paper titled Open Access to Research for the Developing World explains why.
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Posted on March 12, 2008 by devlibrarian
IKEA is funding school libraries in Albania. Book Wish Foundation is to fund libraries that serve refugees from Darfur.
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Posted on February 22, 2008 by devlibrarian
From Dropping Knowledge, this interview with Ethan Zuckerman, part 1 and part 2, introduced me to Global Voices Online. I didn’t realize he was also part of Geekcorps.
I found this story under Global Voices Online, Education about parents in Bahrain lamenting the state of education in her country. One parent describes the need [...]
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Posted on February 17, 2008 by devlibrarian
I have some Google alerts for several different searches that sometimes uncover content that I would otherwise never have known about. My last blog post about the distance education plan for Iraq is an example of something that came in through the alert. Another one that came in and it got me to thinking about [...]
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