1. Loida Garcia-Febo
Assistant Coordinator,
New Americans Program and Special Services
Queens Library
November 13, 2008

2. Access to information on the
Internet, HIV, public health
Strategies
Projects and Partners

3. Costa Rica Brazil
Mexico Colombia
Jamaica Philippines

4. Everyone has the right to
freedom of opinion and expression;
this right includes freedom to hold opinions
without interference
and to seek, receive and impart information
and ideas through any media and
regardless of frontiers.

5. The World Wide Web allows searchers to
‘Seek, receive and impart’ information. It
gives access to all sorts of information and
ideas. The internet provides not just text, but
sound, images and video, and it is interactive
too. It does all this regardless of frontiers.

6. While the dissemination of HIV/AIDS
information depends on cultural and local
settings, the right to receive such information
is universal. It is included in article 19 of the
United Nations Universal Declaration of
Human Rights. Provision of HIV/AIDS
information is thus not a question of charity,
but a duty of humanity.

7. Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education
Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women
Goal 4: Reduce child mortality
Goal 5: Improve maternal health
Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability
Goal 8: Develop a Global Partnership for Development

8. The World Health Organizations states that
public health is “the science and art of
preventing disease, prolonging life and
promoting health through the organized
efforts and informed choices of society,
organizations, public and private,
communities and individuals.”

9. Infectious diseases
Road accidents
Nutrition

10. “it is vital that up-to-date, relevant
information is available to decision-makers at
all levels…”
Presidents, doctors, parents – they are all
decisions makers.

11. regardless of age, race, nationality, religion,
culture, political affiliation, physical or other
disabilities, gender or sexual orientation
support the right of users to seek information of
their choice.
respect privacy
access should neither be subject to any form of
ideological, political or religious censorship, nor to
economic barriers.

12. Internet
Providing training for searchers
Assisting searchers to use the Internet effectively
Providing access that is as free of restrictions as possible
HIV/AIDS
Access to information about prevention and treatment
Access to sexual and reproductive health services, as
sexual intercourse remains the main mode of
transmission
Access to means of prevention such as condoms and
clean needles
Access to treatment

13. Public Health
◦ Health literacy
◦ Tools to assess and evaluate quality of sources
◦ Environmental scan
◦ Develop materials according to culture and needs
◦ Define the boundaries of the librarian’s role
◦ Advocacy
◦ Understand local laws

14. HIV/AIDS and Public Health
◦ educational brochures,
◦ websites,
◦ some libraries in Nigeria and Zimbabwe work with
the local government to organize screenings.
◦ educational programs
◦ theatre productions
◦ musicals

15. Internet
◦ Write policies on Internet access/use
◦ Install specific software that gives access to
databases, etc.
◦ Provide Internet assistance to users
◦ Provide training in
Internet information literacy
Computer literacy
Navigation skills
◦ Bookmark and reference local content

16. Gain better understanding of local situation
Possibilities of information dissemination
through others
Openly address stigma and discrimination
Receiving financial and community support
Avoid duplication

17. Schools and education
Media
NGOs
Community Leaders
Faith-based organizations
Community-based organizations
Government organizations
Advocacy groups
International organizations
Charities

18. Video Competition for Young filmmakers - Allen
County Library - USA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUxp3E3YUd
Q
Alfabetización Digital BiblioRedes – Computer
literacy (Chile)
http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk123y5mUh0
Curso de Creación de Sitios Web - Building web
pages at the library (Chile)
http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=KwE-
hvznRnw&feature=related