Bibliocycle

The OWHL is proud to announce our participation in a literacy initiative of South Africa Partners. We have purchased and are displaying a collection of 25 children’s books written and illustrated by South Africans, which “exhibit literary excellence, and incorporate themes of justice, hope, and renewal.” For each book purchased in the United States, SA [...]

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Today for the first time the salt shaker worked.  I don’t know what it says about me that I have continued to try the salt shaker day after day with no results, but it was nice to have salt on my scrambled eggs, as I think that I am slightly dehydrated.  It would be good [...]

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It was exceptionally nice to have no morning plans today.  I did not request coffee service, and so had no reason to rise at any particular time.  Out of habit I waked early anyway, but I enjoyed being in the room.  I did my laundry in the sink and worked to organize the Collaboratory blog.  [...]

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This Seminar was sponsored by the Aga Kahn Educational Service, Pakistan, and was held at the National Institute of Public Administration on August 5, 2006. A welcome address was provided by Ms. Sughra Choudhry Khan, Chief Executive Officer of the Aga Khan Education Service, Pakistan. The keynote address: The State of Public and Private School [...]

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Day 5:  Librarians as Planners. Today participants considered the need to plan and manage their materials collections, and began the process of developing long range strategic and operational plans for their libraries.  Following an overview presentation on the planning process, school based teams will develop vision statements.  The group will complete an exercise in developing [...]

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More rain this morning.  The roads were again flooded.  The traffic is very light in the morning, because the whole day is shifted later.  The shops don’t open until 11, and most people eat dinner at 8:30 or 9:00pm.  There was little conversation in the car on the way to the campus.  We are all [...]

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I was able to get a stable Internet connection tonight for several hours.  That is unusual.  When I arrived at the hotel and registered for access at the business center, I chose the 24 hours (total, metered) access plan.  The prices at the business center are quite high, and the 24 hour plan was the [...]

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Today I was awakened by the gentleman (“butler”) who delivers coffee to my room each morning.  The coffee comes with a small pitcher of hot milk, and it is a lovely way to begin the day.  But before today I have been awake for hours before the coffee arrived, so I haven’t set wake-up calls.  [...]

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We travel from the hotel to the campus in a van owned by the college.  The trip is short  in the morning, and longer at night when we return.  We were slower this morning because of the flooding.  Part of the road had collapsed, and we had to detour over some rubble to pass.  There [...]

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The rains finally arrived today, and with them, the predicted interruptions of electricity.  During the night, the power kept cycling on and off, as the hotel’s generator kicked in whenever the power failed. the air-conditioning would cycle loudly.

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