Public libraries in Africa are navigating an increasingly digital world…
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iAfrika 2020 – digital access and growth
The coronavirus pandemic has had far-reaching consequences for all aspects of life. A number of countries have implemented partial or full lockdowns to prevent the spread of the virus and people are staying at home, and going online. Many activities that we once did in person – shopping, business meetings, going to school, birthday parties …
iAfrika Pilot Project Report
iAfrika is a digital libraries service that provides access to cultural and historical information in African languages. This type of information is often unavailable in books or on the Internet but is important to people’s cultures, histories and identities. Based on McNulty Consulting’s theory of change, iAfrika has the potential to: Develop people’s digital skills, Improve …
The Number in my Pocket: the Power of Mobile Technology for the Exchange of Indigenous Knowledge
Niall McNulty and Ulwazi project leader Betsie Greyling presented a poster at the The Third International m-libraries Conference (https://www.usq.edu.au/m-libraries) in Brisbane, Australia recently. The poster outlined the Ulwazi Programme’s plans for developing a system to collect indigenous knowledge via mobiles phones in the eThekwini Municipality. View the poster … Read the abstract …