WiderNet in the News

Check the links below to see how WiderNet's work has been covered over the years - locally, nationally and internationally. Some of the oldest articles have been lost; if anyone has a copy or knows where it is available online, they can email publicity@widernet.org and site this page and the article they've found. Please do not send us links to alternate locations of articles we already have.

2012:
 

• A New Resource: Global Disability Rights Library (GDRL)
  Association for Women's Rights in Development (September 19)
• Working off the Grid
  University of South Carolina (August 26)
• Computer Literacy and Research at Kisaruni
  Free the Children (August 17)
• Digital Identities, Student Investments, and eGranary as a Placed Resource
  Language and Education. Bonnie Norton and Carrie-Jane Williams of Department of Language and Literacy Education at University of British Columbia at Vancouver, BC, and Killarney High School, Vancouver, BC, Canada (July) PDF: 1.4 MB
• American People Sponsor Digital Library to Human Rights Commission to Improve Situation of People with Disabilities
  U.S. Embassy Tanzania (June 14)
• Library service enables children to practice their ICT skills
  Ghana Library Board (May)
• Director of the Centro Ann Sullivan del Peru visits WiderNet
  CASP Newsletter, reblog (May 9)
• The eGranary solution to Internet access Problem
  Journal of Humanitarian Affairs (April 15)
• International Global Disability Rights Library Increases Content
  Access Tourism New Zealand (March 23)

2011:

• WiderNet Aids Those with Disabilities/WiderNet to Provide Data on Disabilities
  Daily Iowan (November 29)
• Library for People with Disabilities Set for Launching
  Tanzania's The Citizen (November 28)
• IESC Kenya: Improving Education in the Great Rift Valley
  Intel Learning Series (November 8)
• The Global Disability Rights Library: An Off-Line Tool Reaching Beyond the Web
  African Disability News (September)
• Disability Rights: A Global Grass-Roots Movement
  The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa (July 28)
• WiderNet Project Announces Launch of Global Disability Rights Library
  University of Iowa News Services (July 14)
• Wikipedia World: An Internet Entrepreneur Agrees that Knowledge is Power
  Iowa Alumni Magazine, p. 37 (June)
• UI Project Seeks Funds to Put System in Prisons
  Iowa City Press Citizen (May 30)
• CASP will be a Website Prototype for the Innovative Digital Global Library
  Centro Ann Sullivan del Perú (May 10)
• Exploring Gaming, eBooks, and 'Interactive Phone Instruction' in Africa
  eLearning Africa News Portal (May 4)
• OA' (OA Prime): Bring OA Resources to Low Connectivity Areas
  Central Advisory Service on Intellectual Property (May 3)
• Centro Ann Sullivan Recibe Poderosa Biblioteca Digital
  El Comercio (May 3)
• CASP Latest News
  Centro Ann Sullivan del Perú (May)
• Centro Ann Sullivan Sera Piloto de Iinnovadora Biblioteca Digital Mundial
  La Republica (April 30)
• The eGranary Digital Library
  ICT Regulation Toolkit (April 22)
• Opportunity for International Cooperation to Advance Disability Rights
  We Can Do (April 21)
• Leaping Over the Last Mile of Digital Connectivity
  USICD (April 21)
• Zambia Knowledge Center Think Tank Report
  VVOB (April 8)
• Global Disability Rights Library Newsletter
  USICD (February)
• Global Access to Aging Information and the Gerontology Healthy Ageing Portal
  Journal of Gerontological Nursing Vol. 37 No. 1 (January)

2010:

• WiderNet to Build Disability Library
  Iowa City Press-Citizen (December 30)
• Library Conference in Gaborone, Botswana
  Wagner and the Moores (December 17)
• WiderNet marks a decade
  Iowa City Press-Citizen (October 24)
• USICD Announces Open Calls to Discuss Gloval Disability Rights Library (GDRL)
  Justice for All, AAPD (October 16)
• Stuffing the Internet in a box and shipping it to schools in Africa
  World Bank (October 22)
• WiderNet project hits 10 year anniversary
  The Daily Iowan (September 27)
• WiderNet tries to cast wider net
  The Daily Iowan (September 27)
• Students Learning to Browse: Training Students on the eGranary
  Voices of Angels Foundation (June/July)
• 'WorldPrairie' hosts Internet talk
  Iowa City Press-Citizen (April 23)
• WiderNet introduces gerontology portal addition to eGranary Digital Library
  University of Iowa News Service (April 8)
• Inveneo Computing Station with eGranary Server
  One Village Foundation (March 16)
• USICD Collaborates to Develop Global Disability Rights Library
  US International Council on Disabilities (March 4)
• WiderNet Uses Grant to Work on Disabilities Rights Portal
  UI School of Library & Information Science (Spring)
• Open School Labs (OS) Labs
  Stockholm Challenge 

2009:

• Library Scholars
  Kitengesa Community Library
• UI Widernet: Giving Africa the Internet
  International Accents, UI International Programs (December 14)
• Thoughts from Final Report for TWBC ‘09
  Wearejustlearning.ca (December 10)
• UI Project to Create Disability Rights Library
  The Gazette (December 7)
• WiderNet receives grant to provide disability resources in developing nations
  University of Iowa News Service and College of Public Health (November 19)
• Regina Junior/Senior High School Donation to Improve Lives Overseas
  Eastern Iowa Schools (October 29)
• WiderNet Project Gives New Life to Old Computers
  Linda Hays: Visual Storytelling Blog, UIowa Journalism Workshop (October 14)
• The WiderNet Project: Outreach from Iowa to the World
  University of Iowa Graduate College Newsletter (Fall)
• UI brings information to developing nations
  The Daily Iowan (August 25)

2008:

• U.S. Government Donates Digital Library and Science Teaching Equipment to New Horizon College
  U.S. Embassy, United States Diplomatic Mission to Nigeria (November 21)
• Reporting From The Clinton Global Initiative
  CSR@Intel Blog (September 26)
• Developing Countries Gain Internet Access with WiderNet Project
  Intel (July 7)
• eGranary and Open Digital Village - a marriage?
  oneVillage Foundation (February 2)
• The eGranary Digital Library
  ICT Regulation Toolkit

2007:

• The Internet Without the Internet?
  The INFO Project Blog (November 21)
• Bringing the Internet to Schools in Africa
  Chicago Public Radio (October 19)
• Africa, Offline: Waiting for the Web
  The New York Times (July 22)
• Africa, India, Bangladesh, Azerbaijan, Haiti get eGranary Digital Library
  News Blaze (July 18)
• Africa: 'Internet in a Box' Brings Information to Developing World
  allAfrica.com (July 17)
• Fulbright Scholars Discuss Time in Africa
  National Public Radio: Talk of the Nation. Neal Conan, Cliff Missen, Dan Hoyle, Zeeshan Al-Hassan Usmani. (June 22)
• eGranary - How Cool Is This?
  The Reference and Collections Blog (comment posted on June 14)
• Disk Project Gives Africans Net Substitute
  Denverpost.com (June 4)
• Thinking INSIDE the Box: UI Project Addresses Poverty of Information Worldwide
  The University of Iowa Spectator (Spring)
• New Free Software Will Help Close Digital Divide in Education
  USINFO (January 16) 

2006:

• A Library You Can Hold
  TEA-A Hot Archive (December)
• Online Materials Broadening Global Access to Education
  USINFO (December 1)
• Bridging the Digital Divide
  FYI 43, no.7 (November 6)
• UI Aiding in 'Africanizing' the Internet
  Daily Iowan. WiderNet Project and Leo Eko (October 24)
• Bringing the Internet to Schools in Africa
  Chicago Public Radio (October 19)
• Fullbright Scholars Discuss Time in Africa
  NPR Talk of the Nation (June 22)
• eGranary Digital Library
  Answers.com. (begun May 30)
• Casting a Wide Net
  The Wired Campus. The Chronicle of Higher Education (May 15)
• Local Strive to Widen the Internet Globally
  Daily Iowan (May 11)
• Tap Gyan from eGranary
  The Hindu Business Line (May 8)
• Heard in the Alley - New Way To Go To School
  Digital Imaging News (April 15)
• Digital Libraries: Helping Bridge the Digital Divide in Developing Countries
  Web presentation by Anna Jubilo at University of British Columbia's School of Library, Archives and Information Studies (March 20)
• Workshop on eGranary Conducted
  The Hindu. Online edition of India's National Newspaper (March 17)
• India: eGranary Helps Countries Build Digital Libraries
  OWL Institute (March 16) 

2005: 

• The eGranary Digital Library
  Nithin Kamath's Weblog (December 30)
• eGranary: Widernet
  Timbuktu Chronicles Blog (December 1)
• Internet in a Box: Augmenting Bandwidth with the eGranary Digital Library
  Africa Today, Special Issue: African Electronic Publishing. Edward A. Miner and Cliff Missen (December)
• "Free Online "Open Content" Initiatives Announced
  Press Release from The Hewlett Foundation at Scoop Independent News (November 17)
• eGranary Digital Library
  NASA (November 16)
• Organizations Partner to Aid African Schools
  University of Iowa News Service (November 8)
• A Pace-Setter at 30
  Newswatch (October 17)
• EarlyChurch.org.uk Becomes Part of the eGranary Project
  EarlyChurch.org.uk (October 11)
• Cultural Diplomacy. The Linchpin of Public Diplomacy
  US Department of State. Report of the Advisory Committee on Cultural Diplomacy (September)
• UI WiderNet Project wins $225,000 Grant from Hewlett Foundation
  University of Iowa News Service (August 3)
• Scientific Information for African Universities
  Association of African Universities e-Courier no. 23 (July 25)
• Food for Thought: Localized Content Aids Disconnected Africa
  EContent. Digital Content Strategies & Resources (July 22)
• New Way of Delivering the World's Knowledge to Those Most in Need: 50th eGranary Digital Library is Installed in Haiti; First in Central America
  Internet Resources Newsletter 129 (June)
• Univ. of Iowa Installs 50th eGranary Digital Library, First in Central America
  Association of College & Research Libraries 66, no. 6 (June)
• 50th eGranary Digital Library Installed in Haiti
  EContent (May 17)
• eGranary Library in Haiti
  UKSG Serials-eNews (May 9)
• 'Internet in a Box': Augmenting Bandwidth with the eGranary Digital Library
  Africa Today, Edward Miner and Cliff Missen, 52.2: 21-37 (2005)