NARGIS LIBRARY RECOVERY NEWSLETTER #13 MARCH 2010 My last newsletter described the global context within which our library recovery effort is sustained. This month I want to delve more deeply into our book distribution. While our project is directed to library recovery in the Irrawaddy Delta, librarians in other parts of the country have appealed for help. When feasible, we have responded. I asked Dr. Thant Thaw Kaung, director of our partner NGO, Myanmar Book Aid and Preservation Foundation, to [...]

I admire Prospect Burma’s semi-annual newsletter produced through the good offices of Patricia Herbert; likewise, Derek Tonkin’s Myannar Network enhances readers’ knowledge of policies effecting all Burmese; finally, Online Burma/Myanmar Library published by Michael Carney is a fine resource for anyone interesting in current research and publications. Bookmarks for the three publications: 1] Prospect Burma provides scholarships to needy Burmese students & posts its periodic reports online as pdfs. These can be downloaded here. 2] Check the “What’s New” section [...]

NARGIS LIBRARY RECOVERY NEWSLETTER #12 FEBRUARY 2010 This posting is shadowed by Haiti’s catastrophe and Afghanistan’s appalling devastation. Total collapse of civil order in Port of Prince and rebounding Taliban influence in many Afghan provinces has replaced Nargis Recovery as a priority among foreign donors. To maintain traction in assisting Delta communities we must hold to our mission and expand our efforts. New donors are essential. Contrast the three societies—Myanmar, Haiti and Afghanistan—each suffers from decades of civil strife & [...]