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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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)