Africa – Page 3 – Bilingual Librarian

Sep 20 2007

Yale is returning Inca artifacts

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Yale University has agreed to return most of the Inca artifacts it has housed since Professor Hiram Bingham “rediscovered” Machu Pichu and brought back over 4,000 pieces from the site....

Aug 25 2007

Women, World

Microfinancing and Women

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For some years now more and more initiatives are being created to help out poor women develop industries and help communities pull themselves out of poverty. The main belief behind...

Jun 30 2007

World

World Heritage Sites

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Earlier this week UNESCO had a couple of additions to their World Heritage Site list. World Heritage Sites can include natural locations, buildings, monuments, and entire cities, and are believed...

Jun 25 2007

World

Cape Verde, just one example…

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Today Cape Verdians outside the island outnumber those who live on the island, and this dynamic which has been forming for years, even decades has transformed a nation and continues...

Jun 22 2007

Europe, World

Kiva.org

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Kiva means “unity” in Swahili, but it is also a fascinating new way to help empower people in the developing world. After working in East Africa, two Stanford business students...

Jun 21 2007

Europe, Women, World

Women Peacekeepers

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This morning the BBC has an article about the first all-female UN peacekeeping troop. The group is comprised of 105 Indian women, who have been based in Liberia for the...

Jun 04 2007

USA, World

Tutankhamen Exhibit

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This weekend I was in Philly to see the Tutankhamen exhibit at the Franklin Institute Science Museum. My mom saw this exhibit when it toured the USA back in the...

May 21 2007

Europe, Technology, World

Replacing cash with cell phones

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A new technology is emerging in Zimbabwe, one that uses cell phone messages to exchange currency for goods. Mukuru.com is a company that has set up a system by which...

May 17 2007

Libraries, Technology, USA, World

Room to Read

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Room to Read is an amazing nonprofit organization founded by John Wood, a former executive at Microsoft who had his life flipped upside down after traveling to Nepal. On this...

May 01 2007

Databases, Digital, Europe, Libraries, Open Access, Technology, World

eFIL – Electronic Information For Libraries

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Yesterday I attended a fascinating lecture on eIFL which is an independent consortium for library consortia. Basically what it does is help libraries in the developing world access online journals...

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