Category: Communication & Information

AI4IA Conference 2024

Press Release – AI4IA Conference Brings Global Focus to AI’s Future It is a vital forum for fostering dialogue among diverse stakeholders and ensuring that AI innovation benefits everyone, not just a select few.”

AI4IA – Generative AI: Impact on Misinformation and Disinformation

UPDATE: Visit  https://youtu.be/Z0CZE0jaf0E   YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS IT!September 12, 2024 | READ MORE

World Book & Copyright Day2024 (Observance 20 April)

World Poetry Day 2024

World Poetry Day 2024 celebration, 21 March 2024 at the St Thomas Parish Library. Thank you to the schools in attendance and our guest poets

World Press Freedom Day 2023

World Book & Copyright Day 2023

At the UWI Mona Faculty of Law PROGRAMME included Programme Chairs: Myrna Douglas, UWI Mona Law Librarian Beverley Ecceleston-Burte, Librarian, Mona-WJC Library Feature address: Everton F. Hannam, JP Secretary General, Jamaica National Commission for UNESCO as well as Prayer: Rosemarie Runcie, Head of Cataloguing, UWI Mona Library Greetings Mrs.April 25, 2023 | READ MORE

WBCD 2023

World Day for Audiovisual Heritage, 2022

https://youtu.be/0hQdDLQsKJs      Interview undertaken on the value of  audio visual heritage in Jamaica as we commemorate World Day for Audio Visual Heritage: Interview by Dr Anna Paolini, Director, UNESCO Cluster Office for the Caribbean and Beverley Lashley, Executive Director, National Library of Jamaica/MOW Chair on Sunrise at CVM Globally […]

Global Media and Information Literacy Week 2022

Theme: “Nurturing trust: A Media and Information Literacy Imperative“. Message from Ms Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO (24-31 October 2022) The 2021 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Maria Ressa, explained the importance of having reliable information recently in the following terms: “a world without facts means a world without truth and […]

Barbara Gloudon, 1935-2022

Born Barbara Joy Goodison in 1935,  Barbara Gloudon OD, OJ, IOJ journalist, author, playwright extraordinaire. She served with distinction as a member of the Jamaica National Commission for UNESCO.May 16, 2022 | READ MORE