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Sunday, 4th April 2010

An African Nation Joins World Digital Library

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Finally, Uganda joins the World Digital Library (WDL) project after receiving equipment worth Ush600 million ($300,000) from Carnegie Corporation of New York and Ush6 billion ($3 million) from Google.

During the handover of the equipment, the National Library of Uganda (NLU) director Gertrude Kayaga Mulindwa, said WDL is intended to promote international and inter-cultural understanding mainly among young people.

“It will also be used to expand the volume and variety of cultural content on the Internet, provide resources for educators, scholars and general audiences, as well as build capacity in partner institutions in a bid to narrow the digital divide within and between countries.

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Dr Alan Shonubi, the chairperson of NLU [National Library of Uganda] Board said that libraries are not taken seriously in Africa yet they are becoming important globally and are crucial to the attainment of Millennium development goals.

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Ms Mulindwa said Uganda urgently needed to develop expertise in library, archival and museum work in ICT, law and other fields in a bid to get all the important information and treasures the country needed to share with the world.

Launched last year at Unesco in Paris, NLU signed an agreement with the Library of Congress that would see it participate in the WDL project.

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Source: The East African

See Also: From 4/20/2009 ResourceShelf Post About the Official Launch of the World Digital Library

Note: The World Digital Library has officially been online for about one year. At launch, the database contained 1140 entries. 50 weeks later the database is home to 1257 entries. Why has the database grown by only 117 entries in one year? Why aren't members contributing and/or the material that has been contributed making it online?


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