Archive for Category: "Overall Nargis Recovery Strategy"

17Jun
2013

World Economic Forum in Naypyitaw~~

in Overall Nargis Recovery Strategy, Press, World Economic Forum

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZ23eTj_S6s

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22Jan
2013

A Million Tourists: A Million Books

in About the Project, Donations, Libraries, Newsletter, Overall Nargis Recovery Strategy, Tour Reports
A Million Tourists: A Million Books

I live near Seattle where memories of the Alaska gold rush linger in our local culture. Myanmar this trip bore resemblance to those halcyon days. Travelers are coming from every corner of the world, some to test if  freedom is on the lips of citizens; others to explore  ancient ruins and natural wonders in a country finally deemed safe by guide books and once hostile “experts”, and global media pestering President Thein Sein and Aung San Suu Kyi after their [...]

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20Nov
2012

Myanmar Students May Use Libraries for High Value Internet Courses

in About the Project, Cultural, Libraries, Overall Nargis Recovery Strategy

November 19, 2012 College of Future Could Be Come One, Come All By TAMAR LEWIN Teaching Introduction to Sociology is almost second nature to Mitchell Duneier, a professor at Princeton: he has taught it 30 times, and a textbook he co-wrote is in its eighth edition. But last summer, as he transformed the class into a free online course, he had to grapple with some brand-new questions: Where should he focus his gaze while a camera recorded the lectures? How could the 40,000 [...]

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11Oct
2012

Two Conference Reports

in About the Project, Friends of NLR, Newsletter, Overall Nargis Recovery Strategy

Myanmar has moved to center stage in media coverage of Asian affairs, one measure of that shift is the widening participation in Myanmar conferences. While the role of libraries has not yet become a focus in these events, our work is being discussed, I am pleased to report. 1] The Center for Strategic and International Studies is located midst powerful lobbyists on K St. in Washington D.C. For three decades it has served as a venue for policy experts to [...]

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8Sep
2012

Village Knowledge Centers~~Sesh Velamoor

in Cultural, Featured, Friends of NLR, Libraries, Newsletter, Overall Nargis Recovery Strategy

Follow this article. It leads to our village/town/city learning centers~~as  libraries we’re now assisting in Myanmar will be transformed. Choices already made are outlined, options remaining come into clear focus. Myanmar is the beneficiary of a priceless library, Foundation for the Future’s collection of books, serials and one-of-a-kind research reports. Sesh Velamoor assembled this lode over fifteen years as he led the Foundation’s extraordinary workshops. conferences and gatherings. Scholars from around the world participated. What is most appealing is the practical [...]

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