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2Apr
2012
2012
RENEWED LIBRARIES PARALLEL RENEWED PARLIAMENT
When Nargis Library Recovery began we faced a very uncertain political landscape with possible closure any day. We jockeyed between D.C. and Naypyidaw with little confidence that either capital would allow our venture to progress. And we had no certain supply of books, with no funds to freight them to Yangon even if we got donations. Three years later we have significant changes in Naypyidaw, much conversation in D.C. about which sanctions to drop, and how soon, plus an ongoing [...]
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30Mar
2012
2012
LIBRARIES SOURCES OF INFORMATION
Nothing seems more self-evident than the idea that libraries should offer information about the world in which we live. In democratic societies citizens and students normally visit their neighborhood library to catch up on civic activities as well as political events. They become “the citizens’ news store.” April 1 marks Myanmar’s first by-election under the new constitution, so I offer this critique of candidates and constituencies in which they are competing. This posting is brings to our readers the most [...]
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28Jan
2012
2012
STELLAR STUDENT MANAGED LIBRARIES
Scattered in Myanmar’s two largest cities~~Yangon and Mandalay~~ are a dozen student-created and managed lending libraries. Each has the unique stamp of the young trustees who dreamed up their project. In each case, they came to our partner, Myanmar Book and Preservation Foundation, seeking books and in several instances, funding to expand their capacity. The photos that follow reveal a new generation of bright young men and women who tested among the top secondary school graduates, and applied for study [...]
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27Jan
2012
2012
KEY ROLE OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES
Behind every local or neighborhood library in Myanmar are local trustees. Often unseen by users, yet they are crucial to the success of the library. Most frequently they are entrepreneurs~~business men and women who usually sustain one or more monasteries. Their influence in the community overlaps with senior monks, health professionals, and government officials. Bogalay’s Tint Aung Library T
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6Jul
2011
2011
LIBRARIES FACE GLOBAL CHALLENGE, NOT JUST IN MYANMAR
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/25/nyregion/schools-eliminating-librarians-as-budgets-shrink.html
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28Mar
2011
2011
Library Opened in Thingangone
By David Leuthold Thingangone [thin’-gan’-goan’] Community Library officially opened December 14, 2010, the first library constructed under Nargis Library Recovery (NLR) auspices. Previous articles have referred to the library as being in Labutta; Thingangone is in Labutta Township. Thingangone village is located in the southwest corner of Myanmar, on the Irrawaddy River Delta, and was ravaged by Cyclone Nargis in May 2008. Two small existing libraries were destroyed. The village is the principal community on Middle Island, which has 40,000 [...]
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22Oct
2010
2010
Letter of appreciation from Tharapar Library
Today, we, Tharapar Library, received 1500 books from Myanmar Book Aid & Preservation Foundation. Thank you for your donation and we appreciate your kindness and generosity.I would like to take this advantage to present about “Tharapar Library”. Tharapar library was founded in 2009 January. We started with 40 English books and 60 Burmese books. We started to buy books and collect books from our peers. Also, we got donation from generous book donors such as “Myanmar Book Aid and Preservation [...]
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6Jan
2010
2010
Knowledge Bank Library–
Happy New Year!! We wish you all the best for this 2010. Let me give you good news. I am now attaching photos of a new library which we all should be proud of. This is a newly opened private library located in central Yangon (on Fraser Road near Sule Pagoda). 95% of books in these photos are donated by us. Most are from Thrift Books, some are donated by the University of Washington Library. Since this library concentrate on [...]
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17Mar
2009
2009
School Libraries Receiving Our First Shipment
SCHOOL # Students Location Mingalar Kan Thar (Primary) 476 Bogalay city Maggin Yeik Thar (Primary) 345 Bogalay city Sandar Dipa (Primary) 80 Nhwe Nyi Naung Village Yay Kyaw Kan Thar (Primary) 65 Yay Kyaw Village Dhamma Wisaya (Primary) 47 Khayu Chaung Village Wibazza Wardi (Primary) 56 Pyar Yay Su Village Yadana Thiri (Primary) 59 Ma Gu 4 Yard Village Sanpya Yadana (Ba/Ka Primary) 104 Sar Phyu Su Village Ywar Ma Kyaung (Primary) 65 Ngoke Kaung Ywar Ma Village Kyun Hnit [...]
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21Feb
2009
2009
Why Institute of the Rockies
Why is the Institute of the Rockies sponsoring Nargis Library Recovery? Located in Missoula, Montana where it was established in 1973 as a public policy education membership association, the Institute has focused on issues affecting citizens of the Northwest and Northern Rockies region; so what is the connection with library recovery in Myanmar? The answer becomes clear if one learns about the heritage and purpose of Institute, the Myanmar Book Aid and Preservation Foundation, and the desperate need to help libraries recover from Nargis. In 1973 I had been teaching [...]
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19Feb
2009
2009
Second Container
Thant flew from Yangon to Seattle to meet donors and arrange future shipments this past week. Thrift Books‘ CEO Hector Rivas offered one million books to our project, a portion of which will be sold in Myanmar to fund purchase of Burmese books to replace those destroyed by cyclone Nargis. The bulk of the second shipment will be children’s book, useful in all libraries for kids and adults trying to maintain English learned in school. Clair Jenkins, VP of UNITUS [...]
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