Hi All –

We have some links to IFLA and can put you in touch also with Libraries without Borders.
Let us know if you need more contacts.

Best,
Jane


Internet Society | www.internetsociety.org

Skype:  janercoffin

Mobile/WhatsApp:  +1.202.247.8429

On 2/17/17, 9:49 AM, "dc3-bounces@listas.altermundi.net on behalf of Leandro Navarro" <dc3-bounces@listas.altermundi.net on behalf of leandro@pangea.org> wrote:

    Hi, an update ... After looking for direct or indirect contacts with the
    elected president of IFLA I sent her this email below (translated from
    Catalan). She already replied that she's away but we'll talk when she's
    back.

    A rough translation of my message:

    Hi Glòria, I am a researcher at  UPC and do research community networks.

    At the last IGF in Guadalajara (MX) we had the opportunity to speak with
    Stuart Hamilton on the issue of universal access to the Internet
    (Dynamic Coalition on Community Connectivity). We both agreed that
    community networks (communication networks created and managed by the
    citizens themselves) as libraries share some values ​​and objectives in
    this regard. We said it could be useful to contact you in your role as
    president. In addition, in Catalonia we have one of the world's largest
    community network, guifi.net, with more than 32,000 nodes.

    Here is a video that has been done to explain the relationship between
    libraries and community networks (especially in rural areas) here in the
    context of guifi.net:
    https://guifi.net/ca/node/94246

    A research article that explains guifi.net in great detail:
    English: http://people.ac.upc.edu/leandro/pubs/crowds-guifi-en.pdf
    Catalan Translation:
    http://people.ac.upc.edu/leandro/pubs/crowds-guifi-ca.pdf
    Spanish Translation:
    http://people.ac.upc.edu/leandro/pubs/crowds-guifi-es.pdf

    If you see something interesting and want to discuss ideas for
    ​​collaboration we can meet. Roger Baig and Roger Pueyo in copy from the
    guifi.net Foundation (https://fundacio.guifi.net)

    Sincerely, Leandro.


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