Authored by Jane Kinney Meyers http://www.lubuto.org http://www.meducationalliance.org Presentation lubuto m education pitchfest oct 2013.pptx

1. Public
libraries
as
technology
incubators

2. Zambia’s
BongoHive,
modeled
a3er
Kenya’s
iHub
iHub

4. Children
straight
from
the
streets,
with
li=le
if
any
English,
engaged
with
technology

5. With
LubutoLiteracy,
we
learned
that
the
process
was
at
least
as
valuable
as
the
outcome

8. Libraries
reach
out
into
the
community

9. This
is
who
we
connect
with…

10. …and
this
is
how
we
connect

11. African
public
libraries
need
Internet
access!

12. This
is
what
libraries
are
today
–
and
what
needs
to
be
supported
in
Africa
Bringing
technology
and
informaIon
literacy
to
the
public

14. Spaces
for
collaboraIon,
networking,
co-­‐working,
brainstorming,
innovaIng…

15. Trying
tablets
and
e-­‐readers
at
the
‘Digital
Bar’

16. Print
an
out-­‐of-­‐print
or
self-­‐published
book

17. Digital
printers
may
be
in
demand
here…

18. …but
African
youth
are
ready
to
connect
with
the
world

19. …and
innovate!