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General associations

• Librarians Without Borders
• World Libraries: an open-access electronic journal
• International Children's Digital Library
• ASIS&T's National SIG-III Chapter
• International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
• ALA International Relations Round Table (IRRT)
• Online Africa

Local Organizations

• Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
• Ethiopia Reads
• Tech Soup
• Mortensen Center at University of Chicago
• Room to Read
• Global Knowledge Partnership
• World Affairs
• Seattle Public Library

Organizations on Campus

• Foundation for International Understanding Through Students (FIUTS)
• CHANGE: exploring how technology can improve the lives of underserved populations in the developing world
• Technology and Social Change (TASCHA), formerly CIS

Study Abroad Programs:

• UNC's School of Information & Library Science - International Program - UNC’s SILS International programs are offered for two weeks during late May and early June. They do some awesome sounding trips to the Bodleian Library in Oxford, England, and two other library programs in the Czech Republic and Ljubljana, Slovenia. Contact Barbara Moran (moran@ils.unc.edu) for more information.
• Cambodia Study Abroad Program - Open to graduate students, earn 3 graduate level LIS 600 credits. Contact Program Director Tracy Harachi, MSW, PhD (tharachi@u.washington.edu) for more information.
• UW Exploration Seminar - Dutch Designs: Research and Info System Development - This is a 3 ½ week seminar based primarily in Rotterdam and held in collaboration with Erasmus Studio, a research institute affiliated with Erasmus University. Contact Program Director (and iSchool Senior Lecturer) Trent Hill (tghill62@u.washington.edu) for more information.
  

International Digital Libraries and Archives

• UNESCO's World Digital Library - Discover unique cultural materials from libraries and archives around the world
• The Library of Congress, Global Gateway: World Culture & Resources - Find collaborative, bilingual, international digital libraries and databases for research on international issues
• International Children's Digital Library - Locate outstanding children's books from around the world
• The British Library Archival Sound Recordings - Listen to 28,000 rare recordings available online
• HINARI Access to Research - provides free or very low cost online access to the major journals in biomedical and related social sciences for local NGOs in developing countries
• The WHO AFRO Library - collects and disseminates medical and health-related literature to respond to WHO information requests

Classes with an international focus available to iSchool students in other departments

• UW College of Engineering, Technical Communications Dept.
  Home Page:  http://www.uwtc.washington.edu/
  Course Descriptions:  http://www.uwtc.washington.edu/nav_courses/all_courses
  International Focus:  http://www.uwtc.washington.edu/international/
  Central Asia & ICT:  http://depts.washington.edu/caict/index.php
  Beth Kolko is a professor in this department, she has an interesting project that is conducting research in Central Asia studying how culture, policy, and infrastructure affect people’s usage of information and communication technologies.

• Evans School of Public Affairs
  Home Page: http://evans.washington.edu/
  International Development Policy & Management Certificate Program: 
  http://evans.washington.edu/degree/intdev/index.php
  Course Descriptions:  http://www.washington.edu/students/crscat/pubaff.html
  They have lots of special topics in the 598 and 599 series, but descriptions of the classes are difficult to track down, as they are not posted until the professor sends  a description to the department. The only alternative is to look quarter by quarter for each year to see if the course has been taught previously, or email the instructor directly.
  

• Computer Science & Engineering
  Home Page: http://www.cs.washington.edu/
  Course Listing: http://pmp.cs.washington.edu/courses.shtml
  CSE 590f Joyojeet Pal & Richard Anderson - Computing and the Developing World
  Joyojeet Pal is jointly working with the Center for Information & Society and the Computer Science & Engineering department.

• Jackson School of International Studies
  Home Page: http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/
  Center for International Studies: http://jsis.washington.edu/isp/isp.shtml
  Course Descriptions: http://www.washington.edu/students/crscat/#ArtSci (scroll down to Jackson School)

• Dept. of Geography (College of Arts & Sciences)
  Home Page: http://depts.washington.edu/geog/
  Course Descriptions: http://www.washington.edu/students/crscat/geog.html
  

• Dept. of Health Services
  Home Page: http://depts.washington.edu/hserv/
  Course Listings: http://depts.washington.edu/hserv/courses/
  HSERV 571: Cultural Competency for Public Health Practice:
  http://depts.washington.edu/hserv/courses/139

Further Education

• 100 Open Lectures All About Africa - "As the world becomes an increasingly interconnected and truly global marketplace, it beomes ever more important to learn and understand the history, culture, and economic role of nations around the world." Check out these lectures about African history, politics, business and development, health care, education, technology and innovation, culture, natural world, activism and aid, and more.