Libraries Around the World
There are many amazing libraries and library services around the world - including the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Alexandria, Egypt. Here are just a few for you to discover.
African Library Project
The African Library Project coordinates book drives in the United States and partners with schools and villages in African countries to start small libraries. Libraries have been started in Botswana, Ghana, Nigeria,Cameroon, Lesotho, Malawi, Sierra Leone,Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Find out how to start a book drive here.
The African Library Project coordinates book drives in the United States and partners with schools and villages in African countries to start small libraries. Libraries have been started in Botswana, Ghana, Nigeria,Cameroon, Lesotho, Malawi, Sierra Leone,Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Find out how to start a book drive here.
Bibliotheca Alexandrina
The Bibliotheca Alexandrina is a very modern library built on the site of the ancient library of Alexandria, Egypt. It includes four museums, a planetarium, six specialized libraries (including libraries for people who are visually impaired, children and young adults). If you visit the Egyptian Cultural and Educational Bureau in Washington, D.C., it is possible to access all of the BA's digital resources remotely through the Embassy of Knowledge. Email [email protected] for more information.
The Bibliotheca Alexandrina is a very modern library built on the site of the ancient library of Alexandria, Egypt. It includes four museums, a planetarium, six specialized libraries (including libraries for people who are visually impaired, children and young adults). If you visit the Egyptian Cultural and Educational Bureau in Washington, D.C., it is possible to access all of the BA's digital resources remotely through the Embassy of Knowledge. Email [email protected] for more information.
Lubuto Library Project
The Lubuto Library Project (LLP) began as a reading room for street kids at a drop-in shelter in central Lusaka, in the African country of Zambia. As word of the reading program spread, people began donating books and the project grew.
Three Lubuto Project libraries have now supported more than 6,000 marginalized children and youth, and provided life-changing mentoring to more than 3,500 adolescents, including programs that kept over 1,500 girls in school and HIV/AIDS free.
The Lubuto Library Project (LLP) began as a reading room for street kids at a drop-in shelter in central Lusaka, in the African country of Zambia. As word of the reading program spread, people began donating books and the project grew.
Three Lubuto Project libraries have now supported more than 6,000 marginalized children and youth, and provided life-changing mentoring to more than 3,500 adolescents, including programs that kept over 1,500 girls in school and HIV/AIDS free.
Read Global (enabling access to knowledge in developing and transition countries) and Riecken Community Libraries in Central America all support the development of libraries to bring information and resources to poor communities.
International Dunghuang
The ancient town of Dunhuang was an oasis on the edge of the Gobi desert in western China, a stop along the important trade route known as the Silk Road. Early in the twentieth century, explorers and archaeologists discovered a Buddhist cave library filled with sculptures, murals and manuscripts from 100 BCE (Before the Common Era) to 1400 CE (Common Era). The manuscripts were rolled up in scrolls, just like the manuscripts in the ancient Library of Alexandria.
The International Dunhuang Project is a partnership of several libraries around the world, led by the British Library, to make all the manuscripts from this ancient library available on the Internet. The American libraries participating in the project include the Freer Gallery of Art at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C., the University of California in Los Angeles, Princeton University and The Morgan Library in New York.
Morocco Library Project
The Morocco Library Project builds English language libraries in schools and under-resource communities in Morocco. The Morocco Library Project collaborates with local teachers to build and curate the libraries. Karen Leggett Abouraya visited a Morocco Library Project in Chouiter, Morocco, near Marrakech in 2017, where she met teacher Tawfik Moussaoui and his English Club students.
The ancient town of Dunhuang was an oasis on the edge of the Gobi desert in western China, a stop along the important trade route known as the Silk Road. Early in the twentieth century, explorers and archaeologists discovered a Buddhist cave library filled with sculptures, murals and manuscripts from 100 BCE (Before the Common Era) to 1400 CE (Common Era). The manuscripts were rolled up in scrolls, just like the manuscripts in the ancient Library of Alexandria.
The International Dunhuang Project is a partnership of several libraries around the world, led by the British Library, to make all the manuscripts from this ancient library available on the Internet. The American libraries participating in the project include the Freer Gallery of Art at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C., the University of California in Los Angeles, Princeton University and The Morgan Library in New York.
Morocco Library Project
The Morocco Library Project builds English language libraries in schools and under-resource communities in Morocco. The Morocco Library Project collaborates with local teachers to build and curate the libraries. Karen Leggett Abouraya visited a Morocco Library Project in Chouiter, Morocco, near Marrakech in 2017, where she met teacher Tawfik Moussaoui and his English Club students.
