In May 2010, Librarians Without Borders and CLA-CASLIS teamed up to offer an event in Ottawa "Putting Information in the Hands of the World", at which our students talked about some of their significant achievements over the last year.

1. Putting Information in the Hands of
the World
May 19th, 2010
By: M. Gelsomino
Librarians Without Borders
Toronto Chapter

2. About the Toronto Chapter
• Our first year as a group, our main goal: to
survive!
• Year One goals: establish a profile at U of T,
generate student interest, establish
community ties
• Start locally and move out from there
• Fill the void other student groups had left
• Leave a legacy other students could build on

3. Documentary Screening: Remote
Access
• Paul Francescutti,
TV Producer
• Visited remote
libraries in Kenya,
Peru and China
• Travelled by
donkey, camel and
on foot

4. Guest Speaker: ICT Poverty in
Africa
• Mark Farahani, ICT
Entrepreneur
• Opened Tanzania's
only rural Internet
cafe
• Connected farmers
to info and markets
for their goods

5. Fund Raiser: Children's Book Bank
• Kim Beatty, Founder
• Supplies gently used
& donated books to
children
• Co-fundraiser
allowed LWB to
partner with other
student groups

6. Panel Discussion
• Nadia Caidi,
Northern Ontario
• Katherine Palmer,
Indonesia
• Nasser Saleh, LWB
• Kim Beatty,
Children's Book Bank

7. Thank you!