The Ulwazi Programme: Local Users, Local Language, Local Content

Presented at the IAMCR 2012 Conference, Durban, South Africa. The Ulwazi Programme uses the public library infrastructure, Web 2.0 technologies and the community to collect and disseminate indigenous knowledge and local histories. This user-generated content is compiled in an online digital library in the form of a website and access is provided through current mobile …

IAMCR 2012

Niall McNulty will be presenting a paper at the forthcoming International Association of Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) Conference 2012, in the Digital Divide session. Niall’s paper looks at local content created by and for local users in the local vernacular, using the Ulwazi Programme as a case study. The full conference programme is available here. IAMCR is the …