U.S. Group Plans a Digital Library to Aid North African Research - International - The Chronicle of Higher Education

"To expand North Africa's research capabilities, a project financed by the United States plans to connect the region's universities and science institutes to a "digital library" that could eventually stretch from Morocco to Libya. The U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation, a nonprofit created by the U.S. government to promote international science programs, is leading the effort and is initially working with Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia to increase their access to the latest international research, give scientists greater opportunities to collaborate, and hopefully bolster their scientific work and scholarly publishing. The foundation, which recently completed a similar virtual library in Iraq, is spending $1.5-million on the effort...."