With all the talk of the citizenship journalism I thought some of you
would be interested in the below conference.
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We traveled in the rural US this summer and we did not take a laptop
along. We had very little problem finding free broadband Internet access
at most local libraries and many coffee houses that were scattered
before us on our journey. WalMart now sells a very low cost computer and
also sells di
Dear Colleagues,
Nyaka AIDS Orphans School mission is to provide
quality, free education and extracurricular
activities, both formal and informal, to children who
have been orphaned due to HIV/AIDS as a means to
counteract pervasive hunger, poverty, and systemic
deprivation. It is the initiative
WORLD BANK'S E-DEVELOPMENT SERVICES THEMATIC GROUP
invites you to a video-seminar/live webcast
Single Window Government:
Does it Improve Delivery of Public Services and Investment Climate?
As part of e-Development Dialogue
List: We use GCF Learn Free quite a bit here and I encourage users to get
there own account so they can use it wherever they have access to a
computer. The classes cover a range of areas, MS Windows and Office
applications, as well as non-computer subjects, like financial
literacy/savings and
Jim Baller in Washington DC with the law firm of Baller Herbst keeps an
excellent record of municipally-owned systems, regulations and issues about
municipal ownership, and is involved in advising many of them. He has an
abundance of information on the history from public power to public network
o
Now two years old, the International Childrenâs Digital Library (
www.icdlbooks.org) houses books in 27 languages. Through stories, it introduces
kids to
their counterparts in other countries and to universal ideas, in the hope of
promoting open-mindedness. Children use the library for recreati
Thanks for sharing this and there is much I agree with...
I've also been thinking about how I was when I was younger and as I was reading
about the students who aren't involved - I was thinking about myself at that
age and I too was pretty much occupied with my immediate world. I read my daily
The following item was posted on the Washington DC Mayor's Office
Funding Alert
http://opgd.dc.gov/opgd/lib/opgd/services/grant/funding_alerts/currentne
wsletter.pdf Has anyone on the list ever used the resources described
here? If so, can you tell me your experiences? Thanks ~ siobhan
GCF Global
This post highlights an article about the relationship of virtual
libraries to user needs in contrast with print resources and collections
and this article is juxtaposed with content sources regarding the
diminuation and elimination of libraries and library services.
From: "David P. Dillard" <[
The problem can be shortly stated.
There is plenty of literature on the economical aspects of Digital Divide,
covering both international and domestic aspects, with a very large
documentation of statistics, measurements, recommendations and case studies.
What I'm looking for is something about the
> i'll be focusing on the pro bono work people are
> involved with -- whether it be web design, teaching,
> computer refurbishing, video production, or anything
> of that sort.
Those of you who are engaged in pro bono activities to support initiatives to
help bridge the digital divide are VOLUN
BLOGS MOVING INTO ACADEMIA
On a number of campuses in the United Kingdom, blogs have begun to
migrate from the technology fringes to the mainstream of educational
tools. At the University of Warwick, more than 2,500 students and staff
have signed up for the university's blog service, making it one
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