The Global Digital Library provides free, high-quality educational resources for anyone, anywhere.
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67 million children missed out on life-saving routine vaccines during the pandemic.
Here’s what needs to be done to reach every single one of them. uni.cf/3A8mTZx
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📚 350 millioner skolebarn kan ikke lese.
💻@GDigitalLibrary gir barn tilgang til kvalitetssikrede lesebøker.
📱Biblioteket har over 7500 digitale bøker på over 100 språk, og 3,5 millioner brukere.
#WorldBookDay
Les mer:
👉bit.ly/40rzgLa
👉 digitallibrary.io
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The ✨free✨ and downloadable books on the Global Digital Library have beautiful, bright illustrations to keep young readers engaged.
Find books by language, level, and theme: digitallibrary.io @GDigitalLibrary
ALT Two children paint a rainbow
ALT An otter swims on its back, looking sad. Other otters swim nearby.
ALT Two birds are singing in a tree. Other birds fly behind them.
ALT A girls daydreams while sitting at her desk.
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Congratulations @MITOCW on your new website features! Now it's even easier to access your world-class @creativecommons licensed #OER ocw-openmatters.org/2022/04/…
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Looking for children's books in #Ukrainian? Find free books, organized by reading level, on the Global Digital Library: digitallibrary.io/uk
🇺🇦Learn more about the @GDigitalLibrary's Translate a Story Ukraine campaign: digitallibrary.io/ukraine/
ALT Screenshot of Global digital library - list of books available in Ukrainian.
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.@UNESCO together with partners launched the Translate a Story #Ukraine campaign, which has set out to translate more than 100 early-age digital books into Ukrainian. Over 110 people have registered as volunteer translators and proofreaders. bit.ly/3vfh09Z
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Since February, more than half of the children in #Ukraine have been displaced. To ensure learning continuity, @UNESCO @noradno and partners launched the Translate a Story Ukraine campaign to translate at least 100 books into Ukrainian.
Find out more>>unesco.org/en/articles/unesc…
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Illustration from "I Have to Find a Way," from @LetsReadAsia is available on the @GDigitalLibrary
📚Read it here: digitallibrary.io/book/i-hav…
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The Translate A Story #Ukraine campaign has set out to translate 100 early grade reading books into Ukrainian and we are calling YOU to help us! Join us to help children continue their learning process while displaced and out of school: digitallibrary.io/ukraine/
@gdigitallibrary
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In 3 weeks Feed the Monster-Ukrainian has reached over 40 thousand families and helped children continue learning in spite of the current crisis. @ZelenskyyUa @FedorovMykhailo @MON_UKRAINE
Download Feed the Monster-Ukrainian here: bit.ly/FTM-UKR
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Join the Hackathon Challenge! 🌟
FabLab facilities to bolster innovation and digital skills in migrant and refugee youth.📢
Wednesday 23rd and Thursday 24th March 📅
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Happy to join the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation, @GDigitalLibrary @UNESCO @UNHCR_Education @WBedutech H5P Curious Learning @mEducation_A TV2 Skole and Elevkanalen on this campaign. Follow for more 👇
📣 Calling language professionals fluent in English & Ukrainian! We’re co-organizing a virtual translation campaign to make children’s stories available for Ukrainian children! We need your help to translate and review translations.
Learn more at: digitallibrary.io/ukraine
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The Translate A Story Ukraine campaign has set out to translate 100 early grade reading books from the @GDigitalLibrary into Ukrainian.
Join us to support Ukrainian children's learning while displaced and out of school.
📚Learn more and register: digitallibrary.io/ukraine/
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The need for learning materials in Ukrainian that are accessible at home is more urgent than ever. We’re co-organizing a translation sprint to make children’s storybooks openly available for Ukrainian children out of school.
Learn more at: digitallibrary.io/ukraine
📣 Calling language professionals fluent in English & Ukrainian! We’re co-organizing a virtual translation campaign to make children’s stories available for Ukrainian children! We need your help to translate and review translations.
Learn more at: digitallibrary.io/ukraine
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In #Mali the GBA and @USAIDMali have partnered with local publishers to create children’s books in the Bamanankan language
Once finalized, the books will be available to read and download for free on @GDigitalLibrary
180,000 printed books will be distributed to schools #IMLD
ALT Fatoumata Keita, an author, publisher, and the Activity Coordinator for GBAIA-Mali, displays an illustration during a publishers workshop in Mali. Text says: Distributing 180,000 books in Bamanankan to schools in Mali
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In Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Peru, GBA-trained teachers are closing the #bookgap by translating early reading materials from Spanish into Kaqchikel, Miskito, and Quechua through the GBA’s Translate a Story initiative.
📚Read more: globalbookalliance.org/news-…
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Open licensing options, such as those provided by @CreativeCommons, are a key way the GBA can provide free reading materials through the @GDigitalLibrary
Support Creative Commons by donating to their 20th anniversary campaign:
classy.org/campaign/20th-ann…
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And if you liked KA Lite, check out Kolibri, the little hummingbird that can do everything KA Lite can…and so much more!
Pssst...stay tuned as we celebrate Kolibri’s 4th birthday this week! 👀🎈
Hey, we’re celebrating TWO birthdays this month!
Today marks the 9-year anniversary of @KA_Lite’s introduction to the world.
While we're no longer developing it, we’re grateful for all the opportunities it provided our community and our team.
Happy birthday, KA Lite!
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GBA flagship @GDigitalLibrary adheres to principles of universal design & accessibility including adding Alternative text or ALT text to all images in books. #BooksForAll #CloseTheBookGap
📚digitallibrary.io/accessibil…
ALT Text: 3. Adding alternative text to every image. Images of two cartoon children. A boy is sitting on a pillow reading. A girl with overalls is standing and reading a book.
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The Global Book Alliance is thrilled to welcome Dr. Henry Chakava as the newest chair of the GBA Steering Committee. Dr. Chakava is a renowned publisher who has dedicated his career to ensuring greater access to books. Please join us in welcoming him!
Learn about his career: 🧵
ALT East African Educational Publishers Chairman, Dr. Henry Chakava (right) meets fellow participants at the second International Publishers Association (IPA) Africa seminar — ‘Africa Rising: Realising Africa’s Potential as a Global Publishing Leader in the 21st Century at Mövenpick Hotel, Nairobi on 14th June 2019.