World Poetry Day 2024
Communication & InformationWorld Poetry Day 2024 celebration, 21 March 2024 at the St Thomas Parish Library. Thank you to the schools in attendance and our guest poets
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World Book & Copyright Day 2023
Communication & InformationAt 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. | READ MORE
World Day for Audiovisual Heritage, 2022
Communication & Informationhttps://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 […]
| READ MOREGlobal Media and Information Literacy Week 2022
Communication & InformationTheme: “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 […]
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Barbara Gloudon, 1935-2022
Communication & InformationBorn 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. | READ MORE
Brainstorming… AI ETHICS RECOMMENDATION
Communication & InformationJamaica’s Cordel Green was one of the speakers at the AI ETHICS RECOMMENDATION. He was one of 125 experts and stakeholders around the globe, to share their views on how to implement UNESCO’s Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence. | READ MORE
‘Tackling Jamaica’s media and information literacy deficit’
Communication & InformationTo celebrate MIL week attend Webinar ‘Tackling Jamaica’s media and information literacy deficit’, 27 October, 10:00-11:00am. https://us02web. | READ MORE