IFLA call for ALP small project applications for 2011

The IFLA Action for Development through Libraries Programme (ALP) is pleased to announce the call for project applications for 2011. 25,000 Euro is provided for small projects in 2011, with a total available budget per project of 7,000 Euro. ALP supports projects in training and development with an emphasis on capacity building and train-the-trainer or cascading delivery. There is a preference for projects based on IFLA's training packages and that build sustainability and capability in local library communities in developing countries or emerging economies around the world.

Project applications can be made to the IFLA ALP Programme for support to library associations, groups of libraries, or others who want to develop co-operation, knowledge and services within the special programme areas of ALP. Priority will be given to projects proposed by IFLA members (or by institutions/organisations sponsored to join IFLA through a mentoring partnership with a library association). All projects should communicate with, and have the support of, an appropriate institution(s), association and the appropriate Regional Section or MLAS (Management of Library Associations Section) to implement the project.

 

BLDS Newsletter July/August 2010

The July/August 2010 newsletter is now available.

 

BLDS Updates are now available as RSS feeds

BLDS Updates can now be delivered to you as RSS feeds (Newsfeeds). If you subscribe to the newsfeed version of a BLDS update, you can have the most recent content sent to you via your web browser or your newsreader software. Click on the icon next to the name(s) of the updates you want delivered this way on the BLDS Updates page. For more about RSS feeds and how they work, see the Eldis page on Newsfeeds.

 

World Bank Group opens data to all

World Development Indicators, Global Development Finance, Africa Development Indicators, and Global Economic Monitor are now free, open, and easy to access at data.worldbank.org

Recognizing that transparency and accountability are essential to development, the World Bank Group now provides free, open, and easy access to its comprehensive set of data on living standards around the globe—some 2,000 indicators, including hundreds that go back 50 years. The data is available in Arabic, French, and Spanish in addition to English.  

“I believe it’s important to make the data and knowledge of the World Bank available to everyone,” said World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick. “Statistics tell the story of people in developing and emerging countries and can play an important part in helping to overcome poverty. They are now easily accessible on the Web for all users, and can be used to create new apps for development. ”

The open data announcement coincides with the launch of the World Development Indicators (WDI) 2010, the Bank’s popular statistical resource. Apart from giving open access to the WDI, with nearly 1000 indicators, the initiative also opens up the Global Development Finance (GDF), Africa Development Indicators (ADI), Global Economic Monitor (GEM), and indicators from the Doing Business report.

Access to these new resources is available at data.worldbank.org, a central web site that makes it easier to find, use, and manipulate data. A data catalog lists the available databases. The Bank will continue to add databases in the months ahead.

For convenience to users in areas without internet access, print and CD-ROM editions of WDI, GDF, ADI, and other products will continue to be available, now at a much-reduced cost. 

 

Library and Information Science Research Grants

Emerald is delighted to offer a research grant for a Chinese project in the field of library and information science research, and a research grant for an Indian project in the field of library and information science research. The awards will be £2,000 (approximately US$3,000 equivalent) each. See 
http://info.emeraldinsight.com/research/awards/ for details of the scope of the awards and how to apply.