The Evolution of the eGranary- The first 10 years | www.widernet.org
Connotea Imports 2012-07-31
Summary:
"At its outset, the eGranary Digital Library was a CD-ROM full of copied websites mailed to a handful of universities in Nigeria. However, the thirst for information quickly outgrew the 650MB capacity of a CD-ROM. Today's eGranary contains more than 14 million resources and is the equivilent of 3,000 CD-ROMs. Installed in over 350 location worldwide since 2000, the eGranary Digital Library has continued grow and better serve the needs of close to one million users....The latest model is 2TB -- or 2,000GB -- and contains an additional feature: the Community Information Platform. This is a set of Web 2.0 technologies that allows users to add their own content and create Web pages on their eGranary...."