Archive for August, 2006

Monday: El Puente Ostional

By admin - Last updated: Friday, August 25, 2006

A child’s view of a Nicaraguan lending library

By dwiggins - Last updated: Thursday, August 24, 2006

Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve heard Jane’s lending library sales pitch enough times that I could probably recite portions in my sleep. She is a passionate advocate for placing books in the hands of children — and others, for that matter — by building a network of lending libraries. Phrases like “prestar los [...]

Big Dolls in Huge Dresses in Granada

By dwiggins - Last updated: Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Big Dolls in Huge Dresses in Granada
Originally uploaded by D-.

We were caught in a traffic jam trying to leave Granada. The cause: ten to twelve foot high dolls in huge dresses.
August 20, 2006.

Muchacho en Caballo

By dwiggins - Last updated: Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Muchacho en Caballo
Originally uploaded by D-.

Boy on horseback during the Festival of the Ascension of the Virgin. Granada, Nicaragua. August 20, 2006.

Helen Korengold and Carol Rea

By dwiggins - Last updated: Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Helen Korengold and Carol Rea
Originally uploaded by D-.

Helen Korengold and Carol Rea of Puedo Leer (I Can Read), the first lending library in Granada, which will open on Saturday, August 26.

Inside the Puedo Leer Library in Granada

By dwiggins - Last updated: Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Inside the Puedo Leer Library in Granada
Originally uploaded by D-.

Sunday in Granada

By admin - Last updated: Wednesday, August 23, 2006

A wall in Tipitapa

By dwiggins - Last updated: Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Tipitapa is a small, impoverished community on the outskirts of Managua. So far, its Wikipedia entry contains only a single notable event – a treaty signed 80 years ago ending one of the US’s numerous and unfortunate interventions in Nicaragua. To get to our destination, we drove over unpaved roads with massive ruts and puddles [...]

A Montar el autobus ‘Wiki’: Wikis y su uso en bibliotecas

By dwiggins - Last updated: Monday, August 21, 2006

I have posted the Powerpoint slides and handout that I presented on Thursday online.

Tipitapa

By dwiggins - Last updated: Monday, August 21, 2006

Tipitapa
Originally uploaded by D-.

Denise Davis of Simmons College reads with children at the Tipitapa learning center. The small concrete building on a muddy dirt road outside of Managua doubles as the organizer’s home.