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Posted on October 4, 2012 - in Civil Society Strengthening, Education
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What is a modern library? What role can young librarians from around Eastern Europe play to promote modern services and approaches in their...

Posted on September 27, 2012 - in Higher Education Development, Education
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Noela Jonathan

When Noela Jonathan asks the Tanzanian government for a shilling, she considers herself lucky to get just half. Such is life at public universities across Tanzania, where an already cash-tight...

Posted on September 24, 2012 - in Civil Society Strengthening, Education, Youth
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Librarians in Crimea Promoting Literacy with Tech

A library in the Crimea has attracted Azerbaijani children of recent immigrants with online games and technology, and helped them...

Posted on August 9, 2012 - Kaia Benson in International Education, Education
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Asst. Sec. Stock with international students

Ann Stock, Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs, welcomed more than 150 international youth leaders to the U.S. to begin academic and cultural programs at more than 80...

Druzhkivka librarian helping to register a patron

Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the central bank was dissolved and millions of citizens of the former USSR lost their savings.  The Ukrainian government has subsequently made...

Posted on July 23, 2012 - in Research Support
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Seventeen scholars and professionals are set to advise the U.S. government on key policy issues. From a look at "corporate raiding" in Ukraine to understanding why some of Russia's young Muslims...

A librarian assists a patron at a Bibliomist-supported library

As more and more librarians use ICT and internet in their daily work, their vision of their role shifts from traditional book-lending to community-centered knowledge management. This change is...

Posted on June 26, 2012 - Julia Hon in Research Support
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Human trafficking, drug trade, police reform, and corporate graft were among the diverse topics debated and discussed by ten up-and-coming scholars at the 2012 IREX/WWC Regional Policy Symposium...

Posted on June 13, 2012 - in Media Development
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Hennadiy Serheyev

Hennadiy Serheyev and his crew at TV Chernivitsi have come a long way to become one of the premiere news resources in their city, thanks to a partnership with WFIE in Indiana. It's just one of 28...