19Mar
2013

Our New Library Opens at Nwe’Kwe Village

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Our New Library Opens at Nwe’Kwe Village

New library at Nwe’ Kwe By David Leuthold 12/24/12 Another brick library, constructed under Nargis Library Recovery auspices, was dedicated on December 10 at the Myinta Nanda Monastic School in Nwe’ Kwe village, about an hour’s drive northeast of Yangon on the Baho highway. A $8800 donation from the United Nations Women’s Guild of Vienna, Austria, was inspired by Daw Ah Win who administers the International Atomic Energy Agency library. The U.N. Women’s Guild also funded construction of Thingangone library [...]

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March 19, 2013

World Bank and Asian Development Bank Myanmar Assistance will support school libraries

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http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/myanmar

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January 23, 2013

Libraries in Myanmar, Asia and the West~~Share a Common Destiny

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Pew Study Suggests Libraries (And Print) Still Have A Future In An E-Book World ANTHONY HA Monday, January 21st, 2013 1 Comments A new study from the Pew Internet and American Life Project looks at the future of libraries. The study, titled “Library services in the digital age,” doesn’t include anything particularly shocking or revelatory, but it suggests that many people still value the role of libraries, and that librarians are thinking about how their services can evolve. Pew found that in the past [...]

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January 22, 2013

A Million Tourists: A Million Books

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A Million Tourists: A Million Books

I live near Seattle where memories of the Alaska gold rush linger in our local culture. Myanmar this trip bore resemblance to those halcyon days. Travelers are coming from every corner of the world, some to test if  freedom is on the lips of citizens; others to explore  ancient ruins and natural wonders in a country finally deemed safe by guide books and once hostile “experts”, and global media pestering President Thein Sein and Aung San Suu Kyi after their [...]

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January 6, 2013

Most Recent Library Tour~~photos by Johnny Leuthold

in Libraries, Library Photos, Photo Galleries, Tour Reports

You are invited to view Johnny’s photo album: Nargis trip photos batch 1 Nargis trip photos batch 1 May 3, 2012 by Johnny View Album Play slideshow Contribute photos to this album

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