A GREAT DIGITAL LIBRARY

The New Zealand Digital Library
The New Zealand Digital Library is a research programme seeking to develop technology for digital libraries and to make it available publicly. The website is described as providing "several document collections, including historical documents, humanitarian and development information, computer science technical reports and bibliographies, literary works, and magazines. All are available over the Web, and can be accessed through searching and browsing interfaces provided by the Greenstone digital library software." Included are libraries of agricultural, food and nutrition, and health information for development professionals. Several languages are represented, including English, French, and Spanish, as well as Arabic in a demonstration library. To illustrate the value of this site,

One of the classic collections it contains is:

The Humanity Development Library
The Humanity Development Library alone "contains a total of 160,000 pages and 30,000 images, which if printed would weigh 340 kg and cost US$20,000. It is available on CD-ROM at US$2 for distribution in developing countries" as well as on the web at this site.

Among the contents of this library are some books related to the interests of this Blog. These are books from a project I managed. Most were written more than ten years ago, but may still be of interest, especially to those looking for historical perspective on ICT and Development:

Microcomputer Applications In Education And Training For Developing Countries (1987)

Microcomputers and their applications for developing countries (1986 report)

Policy Issues in Microcomputer Applications for Developing Countries (1992)

Bridge Builders - African Experiences with Information and Communication Technology (1996)

Research For Development (1991)