[DDN] Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants

2006-09-25 Thread BCKESQ2000
I saw this announcement in the RFP Bulletin of The Foundation Center and thought it might be of interest to some members of the Digital Divide Listserv. Bernice C. Karg National Endowment for the Humanities Announces Digital          Humanities Start-Up Grants Program Deadline: November 15,

[DDN] US university restores 700 year old Indian Scriptures

2006-09-25 Thread Jay Bhatt
Hi all, Sachin Kalbag reports a unique project to digitally archive and preserve 700 year old Indian scriptures in his article in DNAINDIA. Excerpts: The project will digitally preserve 13th century scholar Madhavacharya's Sarvamoola granthas, a collection of 36 works with commentaries on his

[DDN] Video conference on pc's for free?

2006-09-25 Thread James Lerman
We have 4 people, in 4 separate locations who each have an audio-enabled webcam connected to a pc on a high speed internet connection.. We want to be able to video conference together simultaneously and we want to do it for free. We know if we all had macs we could do it on iChat, but we don't

Re: [DDN] Looking for Statistical Information

2006-09-25 Thread Rimon Levy
Ana Teresa, The following links points to some statistics that might be of interest to you: http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/statistics/DOI/index.phtml http://www.oecdobserver.org/news/fullstory.php/aid/1382/Sum_of_knowledge.html http://www.digitalcenter.org/pages/site_content.asp?intGlobalId=22

[DDN] INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LEARNING CENTER LAUNCHED FOR CHINESE MIGRANT WOMEN WORKERS

2006-09-25 Thread BBracey
The Asia Foundation, the Microsoft Corporation, and the Guangdong Women’s Professional Technical College recently opened a new information technology learning center for migrant women workers and local community members in Panyu, China. The center, hosted by the Guangdong Women’s Professional

Re: [DDN] Looking for Statistical Information

2006-09-25 Thread Cindy Cooper
Hi Ana, You might find this digital inclusion map helpful: http://alcatel.maplecroft.com/loadmap?template=mapissueID=17 Good luck with your research. Saludos, Cindy -- Cindy Cooper Co-Founder CMO www.speakshop.com http://www.speakshop.com Speak Shop - Learn Spanish for Good Ana

Re: [DDN] Video conference on pc's for free?

2006-09-25 Thread Andy Carvin
Video bloggers sometimes use stickam.com to do this. I haven't had much luck with it, but I'm also using a Mac, so PCs may fare better. -andy --- James Lerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We have 4 people, in 4 separate locations who each have an audio-enabled webcam connected to a pc on a high

[DDN] e-Village Initiative - Jordan

2006-09-25 Thread J Cravens
Officially inaugurated in July 2006, the Government of Jordan's and United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)'s e-Village initiative aims to bridge the digital divide between women and men living in rural and urban areas through the use of ICT as well as technical assistance.

[DDN] The International Rescue Committee: Senior Programmer Analyst position

2006-09-25 Thread Peter Crosby
Please distribute, por favor. Thanks mucho, peter Senior Programmer Analyst Information Communications Technologies (ICT) Unit BACKGROUND: The International Rescue Committee's Information

Re: [DDN] Video conference on pc's for free?

2006-09-25 Thread DSSA310
In a message dated 9/25/06 8:24:20 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: We have 4 people, in 4 separate locations who each have an audio-enabled webcam connected to a pc on a high speed internet connection.. We want to be able to video conference together simultaneously