Ajit Pyati, SIG-III Officer, in First Monday

Submitted by Daniel Alemneh on Wed, 2009-07-08 13:47

Ajit Pyati

SIG-III's Ajit Pyati (above) has just published an article titled "Public library revitalization in India: Hopes, challenges, and new visions" in First Monday. Here is the abstract:

The Globalization of Search

Submitted by Daniel Alemneh on Fri, 2008-09-19 14:12

Baidu

Naver

Yahoo China

Best practices for digital education: A case study of ICT in India

Submitted by Daniel Alemneh on Thu, 2008-07-17 15:27

Smart classroom

Image by Idiolector, used under the Creative Commons license.

A very cool use of Second Life

Submitted by Daniel Alemneh on Thu, 2008-07-10 15:04

Image by kedguest, used under the Creative Commons license.

Data on social networks in Asia, Europe, and the U.S.

Submitted by Daniel Alemneh on Mon, 2008-06-02 14:33

This week's Data chart of the week from Josh Bernoff and Charlene Li's Groundswell project features use statistics of social networks in different regions. Commenting on this chart from Groundswell, Josh asks

Does Korea have the highest participation because of CyWorld, or because Koreans love to connect?

Sustainable electricity in rural India

Submitted by Daniel Alemneh on Fri, 2008-04-18 12:55

Rocketboom, one of my favorite vlogs, did an interview with the founders of the Barefoot Foundation a few days ago. This is a great piece about bringing sustainable energy to villages in India. The Barefoot Foundation seems to take a microfinance-style approach, similar to that of the Grameen Foundation, of training a lady from a village to perform a service for the village, and thereby becoming a village leader.

SIGIII

The Special Interest Group in International Information Issues

Asia