Post Tagged with: "Myanmar Library Association"

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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31May
2012

Myanmar’s Libraries & NLR Develop Knowledge

in About the Project, Featured, Libraries, Newsletter, Our Myanmar Partner-MBAPF, Overall Nargis Recovery Strategy

ROLE OF MYANMAR LIBRARIES IN KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT AND ACTIVITIES OF MYANMAR BOOK AID AND PRESERVATION FOUNDATION Dr. Thant Thaw Kaung  One of the last countries opened up to the world, Myanmar is facing many challenges to develop its human resources.  In order to improve human resource development, our current government has made  changes and improvements, but  many challenges remain.  Our ministries of Education and Health along with INGOs and NGOs will play major roles in making these changes. This paper [...]

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27Mar
2011

Daw Ah Win’s Comment on the Cochran Trip Report

in Tour Reports

Dear Bill, First of all your thoughts are very valuable.  I really want to know how you evaluated Myanmar’s current library development and what suggestions you have for the future.  These are the seeds and the plants can not come out without the seeds.  What follows is information for you as we did not have time for discussion during the trip. Partnership Concerning  our partnership, I would like to describe my role.  UNWG, Vienna, is not a partner with NLR [...]

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18Mar
2011

Letter from Billings Librarian to Myanmar Library Friends

in About the Project, Friends of NLR, Newsletter, Our Myanmar Partner-MBAPF, Tour Reports

Letter to Myanmar Library Friends February 10, 2011 Each of you asked if I would share impressions of Myanmar libraries and your efforts to assist them, formed as a result of the December tour. I’m sending these thoughts while the journey is still fresh in my mind, in hopes that there might be something of value to you, although I suspect that you will have already thought of and discussed most of these ideas. I focus on libraries in the [...]

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