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Welcome to our world of Digital
Libraries...
Here we intend to seek and provide links to online and other
digital libraries we feel may be of interest to our target
groups. This, we hope will help improve their knowledge and
empower them to do whatever they are doing in a more informed
manner.
Below are some
Digital Libraries for you to check out....
Are you residing in Africa? The
African Digital Library (ADL) is for you!!! According
to the information posted at their website "The African
Digital Library is a collection of electronic books (eBooks) that
can be accessed and used free-of-charge by any person living on
the African continent. Individuals can access the library from any
PC that is connected to the Internet in Africa. The objective of
the ADL is to develop a digital library that is available
free-of-charge, to residents and institutions of Africa, for
academic and business use. The ADL project aims to facilitate
access to library resources without the expense of developing and
maintaining a physical infrastructure, by establishing a public
digital library for people living and learning on the African
continent. The library comprises a collection of books and other
resources, in digital format, that are accessible through the
Internet." Click
here to visit the African Digital Library.
MIT OPEN
COURSE WARE:
MIT, a top U.S. University is providing their courses free on the
internet? According to the information at the project's website,
"MIT OpenCourseWare (MIT OCW) makes the course materials that are
used in the teaching of almost all MIT's undergraduate and
graduate subjects available on the Web, free of charge, to any
user anywhere in the world. Because MIT OCW is not a
distance-learning initiative, there is no registration or
enrollment process required for users to view course
materials. Nor is there a certificate or degree granted upon
completion of the materials. MIT OCW is a publication of the
course materials that support the dynamic classroom interactions
of an MIT education."
"With 1,100 courses published as of June 1, 2005", you can find
course materials from the following departments: Mechanical
Engineering, Mathematics, Sloan School of Management, Aeronautics
and Astronautics, Linguistics and Philosophy, Anthropology,
Literature, Architecture, Materials Science and Engineering,
Biological Engineering Division, Biology, Brain and Cognitive
Sciences, Media Arts and Sciences, Chemical Engineering, Music and
Theater Arts, Chemistry, Nuclear Science and Engineering, Civil
and Environmental Engineering, Ocean Engineering, Comparative
Media Studies, Physics, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary
Sciences, Political Science, Economics, Science, Technology, and
Society, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Engineering
Systems Division, Special Programs, Foreign Languages and
Literatures, Urban Studies and Planning, Health Sciences and
Technology, Women's Studies, History, Writing and Humanistic
Studies. Check it out and get started by visiting
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/
 DEVELOPMENT
GATEWAY FOUNDATION
You will find a wealth of information on various topics at the
Development Gateway Foundation's website. For example, the Gender
and Development page of the Development Gateway is envisioned
as an Internet platform for gender and development-related
resources, information, and dialogue. The objective is to enhance
the effectiveness of development efforts worldwide through sharing
knowledge of gender-sensitive analysis, actions and policies.
Other topic pages at the Development Gateway include governance, youth development, poverty reduction, micro finance, ICT
for development, Innovations for development, trade and
development, environment,
among many others.
 QUESTIA.COM
Questia.com has about 45,000 books, 360,000 journals, magazines
and newspaper articles
as part of its collections. According to Questia, "all books
and articles are available in their entirety". This means
every page of the book or article is available to be read online.
This is a good resource for almost anyone, - high school students,
undergraduate and post graduate students, researchers,
enterpreneurs, professionals, school teachers, lecturers, NGOs,
etc, etc, etc... At the Library, you can search for what you
want by "word, phrase, title, author, or subject" The
Library is said to carry "scholarly, high-quality books and
journal articles from over 235 acclaimed publishers in the
humanities and social sciences" Click
here to visit the Questia Library.
HUMAN INFO NGO
There are several CD-Rom libraries produced and distributed by
the Human Info NGO, each containing hundreds of publications.
Their CD-Rom libraries cover areas such as community development,
education, vocational training, energy, food and nutrition,
health, conference papers, etc, etc. Click
here to visit the Human Info NGO's website and find out how to
get their CD-Rom Libraries sent to you.
THE
NEW ZEALAND DIGITAL LIBRARY
Click
here to visit The New Zealand Digital Library Project and gain
instant (free) access to thousands of publications on various
subjects. Categories of Digital Libraries available include
Community Development, Food and Nutrition, Agricultural
Information Modules, Technical and Vocational Education, World
Environment, African Development, Teacher Education Research
Project, and Revised Curricula for Nigeria Polytechnics &
Technical Colleges, among others. Each category of the digital
libraries holds hundreds of publications, for example, the
'Community Development Library' alone has 1,785 publications. It's
worth checking it out. "The New Zealand Digital Library
project is a research programme at The University of Waikato whose
aim is to develop the underlying technology for digital libraries
and make it available publicly so that others can use it to create
their own collections." "...All (the collections)
are available over the Web, and can be accessed through searching
and browsing interfaces provided by the Greenstone digital library
software."
CRYSTAL NETBOOK
This Online Library is a product from CRYSTAL /GTZ and
represents a library of 373 instructional e-text books on
Technical and Vocational Education.
Click here
to read free instructional books on Woodwork,
Electronics/Electrical Engineering, eLearning, Automotive
Engineering, Construction, Metalwork, Pedagogy, Total
Quality Management, etc.
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