What's New Archives: September 2004

• The Digital Divide, Digital Inclusion, & Universal Service page continues to grow. For example, take a look at the link to "Meeting on Bridging the Digital Divide for the Caribbean" under General Resources, in Regional Resources.

• We are giving the Internet Tools page a complete overhaul. We have renamed it "Internet & Computing Tools" and are creating new categories, reorganizing the links, and adding new links. Please take a look, offer suggestions, and check back often!

• The Maps page is undergoing changes. For example, we are adding links to GIS sites. Additionally, under Regional Resources, we have created the category Hispanic/Latino, which contains links to maps showing demographic trends in the United States. Other new links on the page include:
  • Country Resources, under Brazil:
    • Centro Integrado de Estudos em Geoprocessamentos
    • Coordenação-Geral de Observação da Terra
    • Fator GIS
    • GeoBusca
    • Mapas e Rotas
  • International Resources:
    • David Rumsey Map Collection
    • Geo-Guide
    • GIS and Mapping Related Sites
    • Royal Geographical Society
    • This Dynamic Planet
  
  
• There are also new links on the Library & Information Science page:
  • Regional Resources, under Associations: Centro Latinoamericano de Estudios en Informática
  • Country Resources, under Cuba: Informática 2005

• There are new links on the Digital Divide, Digital Inclusion, & Universal Service page:
  
  • In the Regional Resources section:
    • Under General Resources:
      • Closing the Digital Divide in the Caribbean
      • Digital Divide, a page from the World Bank
      • eHealth in Latin America and the Caribbean: Development and Policy Issues
      • Internet and Society in Latin America and the Caribbean
      • Road Maps Towards an Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean
      • Telecentres to Narrow Digital Divide
    • Under Hispanic/Latino:
      • The Digital Divide Council in Florida
      • Toward Equality of Access
  • In the Country Resources section:
    • Under Barbados: A Portable Bridge for the Digital Divide
    • Under Brazil:
      • Amid Gang Warfare, Berkeley Students Venture into Brazilian Slums for United Nations Study on the Digital Divide
      • Inclusão Digital, from the Prefeitura de São Paulo
    • Under Chile:
      • Accelerating e-Business for Small Business Innovation and Growth
      • BiblioRedes
      • Chile Seeks to Cross Digital Divide
    • Under Costa Rica: Fundación Omar Dengo
    • Under Cuba: Cuba Wants IT
    • Under Guatemala: Increasing Microbusiness Success in Low-income Communities
    • Under Jamaica:
      • Jamaica Has Achieved Its Universal Service Objectives in Voice Telephony
      • Jamaica's Efforts at Bridging the "Digital Divide" through Building Information Communication Technologies (ICT) Capacity
      • New Mobile Library Service Coming in July
      • Paulwell Announces Internet Plan
    • Under Puerto Rico: CyberLearning to Train 70,000 Students in Puerto Rico
    • Under Trinidad and Tobago: National Information and Communication Technology Plan
  • In the International Resources section:
    • Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
    • Cisco Systems - Digital Divide
    • Digital Freedom Initiative
    • DOT COM Alliance
    • The Internet in Developing Nations: Grand Challenges
    • QuickLinks - Digital Divide
    • Who Benefits from the Digital Divide?

• News and updates about the Caribbean Hurricanes can be found at our Newsroom.

September 13, 2004

• Check out new resources added to the following pages!

• Anthropology & Archaeology:

  • Publications and Journals:
    • Revista Alteridades

  • International Resources:
    • Anthropology Resources on the Internet

• Argentina:

  • Literature:
    • Autores de Argentina

  • News & Newspapers:
    • Valor Local

  • Science & Technology:
    • Centro Observadores del Espacio
    • Liga Iberoamericana de Astronomía

  • Travel & Tourism:
    • Barracas Argentina
    • Construir Turismo Argentina

• Childern & Family:

  • Argentina:
    • Comedor Los Piletones

  • Peru:
    • Drogas Global

• Chile:

  • Arts & Culture:
    • Museo Surazo

  • Magazines:
    • Hipopografo

  • News:
    • Centro de Medios Independientes Santiago

• Development:

  • Argentina:
    • Fundación para el Desarrollo Sustentable

  • Regional Resources:
    • Centro Latinoamericano para el Desarrollo y la Comunicación Participativa

• Dominican Republic:

  • Academic Research Resources:
    • ILANG- Institute of Languages

  • Arts & Culture:
    • Muestra Internacional de Cine Santo Domingo: 7 - 16 de Octubre de 2004

  • News & Media:
    • La Página Quisqueyana

  • Organizations:
    • Delegación de la Comisión Europea en República Dominicana y Cuba

  • Travel & Tourism:
    • Dominican Impressions

• Human Rights:

  • Chile:
    • Puro Chile . La Memoria del Pueblo

  • Costa Rica:
    • Agua Buena
    • Centro de Investigación y Promoción para América Central de Derechos Humanos

  • Uruguay:
    • Memoria para Armar

• Humor:

  • Costa Rica:
    • Cartoon Arcadio
    • La Tardía Evolución de la Historieta en Costa Rica

• Uruguay:

  • Academic Research Resources:
    • Alianza Cultural Uruguay-Estados Unidos

  • Portals, Directories & Search Sites:
    • Mundo Master

September 8, 2004

There are new links on the following pages:

• Brazil, on the Arts & Culture subpage, under Music:
  • Brazilian Music Links
  • Música Brasileira
  
  
• Digital Divide, Digital Inclusion, & Universal Service:
  • Regional Resources, under General Resources:
    • Caribbean Community ICT Main Page
    • Connectivity Map
    • PAN-Americas Networking
    • Telecommunication Reforms, Access Regulation, and Internet Adoption in Latin America
  • Country Resources:
    • Brazil: Internet Use and Citizen Participation in Local Government: Ipatinga's Interactive Participatory Budgeting
    • Chile: The Newspaper of the Civil Society (DSC)
    • Mexico: Promedios de Comunicación Comunitaria
  • International Resources:
    • Broadening and Enhancing the Capacity of Developing Countries to Effectively Participate in the Global ICT Policy Fora and the ICT for Development Process
    • Global Policymaking for Information and Communications Technologies: Enabling Meaningful Participation by Developing-Nation Stakeholders
    • Louder Voices: Strengthening Developing Country Participation in International ICT Decision-Making
    • Monitoring the Digital Divide
  
  
• Paraguay, under Environment & Sustainable Development: Sociedad Geografica Paraguaya