Lubuto Library Project
Lubuto means knowledge, enlightenment and light in the Bemba language, and this is exactly what the Lubuto Library Project is proving vulnerable …
Digitizing Works from Timbuktu
The Mali government has begun work to create a library that will house material from Timbuktu‘s golden age. Material consists of works …
Commonwealth of Learning
The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) is a collaboration, started in 1989, of the 53 Commonwealth head’s of state to promote open and …
Looted Cultural Goods
This morning the New York Times had an article about two parallel art exhibits displaying art looted during WWII. The exhibit is …
Valentine’s other side
A recent article in the BBC shows how recent violence in Kenya sparked from election disputes has affected the flower industry. Usually …
The Digital Divide
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has recently published Information Economy Report 2007-2008 which notes that the digital divide …
OLPC out in the World
After 5 years of planing and development the “$100 Laptop” is finally making its way out into the real world! One of …
December 10
December 10 seems to be a date that gathers many great events. Today is International Human Rights Day. This year the UN …
World Digital Library
A World Digital Library is coming together after an agreement signed yesterday between Abdul Waheed Khan, UNESCO’s Assistant Director-General for Communications and …
40th anniversary of Che’s capture
Today is the 40th anniversary of “Che‘s” (June 14 1928-Oct 9, 1967) capture and execution (Oct 9th) in the Bolivian mountains. After …
