The Mobile World Congress 2009 will take place in Barcelona next week (February 16-19), under the cloud of uncertainty that the current economic downturn presents the wireless industry. Reports indicate that the organizers expect a 15% drop in the number of visitors compared to the 54,000 who visited in 2008. Many mobile companies are also reducing their presence in this case, given the reduction of marketing budgets.
Perhaps a sign of the times is the number of high profile speakers, as if to show that the mobile giants are doing their best to promote business. Some names on the list of speakers are:
And the list goes on.
The budget reduction, the Israeli delegation GSMA, which was reduced from 60 to 46 companies support this year. This means that we must remain optimistic and remember that the most advanced technological innovations to come from new entrants, and not by the incumbents. In fact, some companies involved in the 2009 GSMA Israel pledges to do exciting (participants: scroll down for a good contact).
The 46 Israeli participants in the Mobile World Congress 2009:
3G Vision – 3GVision is the world leader in providing 2D (and 1D) barcode technology for network operators, with more than 80 million readers of codes embedded in mobile phones since 2003. 3GVision technology is pre-installed in more than 75% of new mobile phones in Japan, all MNOs and NTT DoCoMo, KDDI, Softbank and. In 2008, the facility 3GVision with operators outside of Japan began – in particular, France Telecom and Telstra. In addition, 3GVision nigma of downloadable i-Reader was launched in over 15 countries from the media and marketing customers, including major newspapers such as The Sun in Britain, Welt Kompakt in Germany, Gazzetta dello Sport in Italy El Pais in Spain.
Aerotel Medical Systems – (Ofer Atzmon) Aerotel Medical Systems is a leading global provider of modular telecare and telemedicine solutions, the transfer of essential data on the phone, mobile phone and the Internet. Aerotel solutions offer peace and improve personal security, quality of life and reduce costs. With clients in over 45 countries around the world, Aerotel is the winner of Innovation and Growth Strategy Leadership of the Year Award 2007? Frost & Sullivan. During the 2009 Mobile World Aerotel this home telehealth systems, solutions to personal safety, mobile ECG systems, hubs Home care data, and remote surveillance software solutions.
Allot Communications – Allot Communications (NASDAQ: ALLT) is a leading provider of intelligent IP service optimization and revenue generation solutions based on deep packet inspection (DPI) technology. hardware platforms and software applications using Allot, DSL, wireless and mobile broadband carriers and service providers can do to transform broadband pipes into smart networks that deploy quickly and effectively the value-added Internet services . Allot scalable, offering carrier-class solutions for end to end visibility, security, application control and subscriber management that are vital to managing Internet service delivery, guaranteeing quality of experience ( QoE), with operating costs and maximizing revenue in broadband networks.
Alvarion – Alvarion is the largest WiMAX pure player, full commitment to the growth of the WiMAX market. With 225 + WiMAX deployments in the commercial world and the proven ability to provide turnkey solutions WiMAX, Alvarion offers its distinguished clientele, fixed mobile solutions for all frequency bands and the business case for quality. Based on its OPEN ™ WiMAX strategy, the company offers an all-IP ecosystem best-of-breed, in cooperation with its strategic partners. As a pioneer of wireless broadband, Alvarion delivers innovation for 15 years from core technology developments to support industry standards, and plays a key role in the IEEE and HiperMAN committees.
Amdocs Mobile Money – Mobile Money The solution allows service providers to exploit the market Amdocs rapidly growing and profitable for mobile financial transactions. With our service providers hub may benefit from new opportunities in sales and customer loyalty, companies without a significant investment. Services: Enable
The Mobile Money Hub Amdocs Amdocs is a joint venture, the market leader in experience systems innovation and customer Trivnet, the leading provider of mobile payments and e-commerce solutions. Visit us at: MM2, mobile money Pavilion, Hall No. 7
BoomeRing Communication (2005) Ltd BoomeRing is a rapidly growing enterprise software for converged communications solutions for large enterprises and medium enterprises and service providers worldwide. Our patented solution provides true mobility and user-centric unified communications services, new sources of revenue through improved services and dramatically increase usage and ARPU. BoomeRing client and partner network includes many Fortune 500 companies and major global projects.
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The Brite Mobile Sync – was founded in 1999 and offers solutions for managing mobile data Celle Brite, so that the transfer from phone to phone and backup phonebook, SMS, photos, videos and more. We use about 60,000 units to leading operators worldwide, service providers and retailers, including T-Mobile, Orange, Vodafone, The Phone House, Verizon, AT & T, Sprint, Telstra. Our product line includes POS solutions and OTA, offering a full range of coverage for the building user loyalty, creating new revenues and improve operational efficiency. Our technology in the workplace Cross-vendor and cross-technology supports more than 1,600 models of mobile phones – with most new models of support pre-market.
Celltick Technologies – Celltick is the leading provider of mobile marketing solutions idle screen. Led by Live Screen Media ® – a unique service run the screen saver turns into an interactive mobile media channel – and Celltick uses to generate the customized mobile value throughout the mobile marketing ecosystem. To enable participants to achieve cost effective mass production, creating unprecedented opportunities for monetization operators, advertisers and content providers, and improve the user experience, Celltick provides the promise of mobile marketing.
Celtro Ltd. – Celtro provides innovative mobile backhaul switching solutions that significantly improve sales and dramatically improve service delivery. The combination of multi-service TDM, ATM, Ethernet and IP / MPLS transport switching relay, the patented technology allows Celtro relief without risk, the migration of a box of GTA on HSDPA, a final all-IP backhaul . Celtro solutions provider to keep a step ahead in the mobile broadband revolution – helping to increase network efficiency while facilitating the development of flexible networks of connections. Our evidence switching solutions are deployed in the trade of the main level operators worldwide, and currently serves more than 350 million subscribers.
Ceragon Networks – Ceragon Networks Ltd. (NASDAQ / TASE: CRNT) is a leading provider of high performance Ethernet and TDM wireless backhaul solutions for mobile operators and fixed wireless companies and government agencies. Ceragon FibeAir ® product family offers scalable solutions for the wireless transport of broadband services. Operating on multiple frequencies of IP and SONET / SDH protocols FibeAir systems support the emerging needs of next generation networks, based on all IP services to be developed. Ceragon is the market leader in IP backhaul, offering a unique solution, native IP connectivity requires effective and robust for the next generation offers mobile WiMAX, LTE and converged networks.
Ceva DSP – based in Silicon Valley, CEVA is the leading licensor of digital signal processor (DSP) cores, multimedia and storage platforms for major semiconductor companies and electronics in the world whole. CEVA licenses a portfolio of intellectual property (IP), programmable DSP cores, subsystems and DSP-based platform-specific multimedia application, contains audio, VoIP, Bluetooth and SATA. CEVA-powered chips shipped to date more chips CEVA EUR 1 billion in 2007 225 million CEVA-powered shipped holder. CEVA has offices in Israel, Ireland, Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, Sweden and the United States. CEVA is both the NASDAQ stock exchange (CEVA) and the London Stock Exchange (CAL)
Clip in Touch – personalization of content for mobile messaging and content. With simple tools for mixing video, images, language and text, extract Touch offers a new experience a new level of creative freedom. Clip in Touch provides partners – mobile operators, portals, content developers and providers, handset manufacturers, content aggregators and advertisers – new revenue opportunities and higher.
Communication & Signal Processing Comsys Ltd. – Comsys is a semiconductor company is a manufacturer specializing in integrated solutions for base band digital mobile phones, based in Israel. Commax ™ line offers manufacturers complete solutions optimized multimode baseband to meet the low power and small footprint architecture with support 3G and 4G standards such as WiMAX Forum Wave2, 3GPP Release 7 and 3GPP-LTE . It includes a handset reference design of a complete ecosystem. Comsys legacy IP product line provides complete solutions for cellular baseband chips, mobile phones and base stations for multi-media equipment developed. The robust, modular platform is extremely flexible, cost-effective bridge to 4G.
Convergin – Convergin is the leading provider of service delivery and service capability Evolution Interaction Management (SCIM) solutions backbone. Using Convergin Accolade WCS, service providers accelerate their evolution towards IMS and SDP and provide the perfect orchestration of mobile, legacy, next-generation Web services and online charging systems. Convergin in more than 15 carrier networks around the world in action, and the successful integration of its Accolade platform with major network protocols and database platforms.
CTWARE Ltd. – CTWARE is a private company, founded in 2001, is a leading provider of advanced CTI (Computer Telephony Integration) solutions and innovative contact center currently the principal investigator for the Israeli market. After the establishment of a recognizable market share in our region, is the company to expand globally and is now focusing its activities on the contact center committed industryCTWARE announced its new carrier-grade software-as-a- Service (SaaS) contact center solution – Wandy – which will be provided by a network of carriers and hosting providers. The product is expected this summer.
Discretix Technologies Ltd. Discretix security solutions protect millions of mobile devices and embedded flash memory, and thus the commercial distribution of quality services, applications and content. Discretix products include embedded security co-processors and a wide range of security software applications to increase security without compromise to the user. For the industry leader in embedded security, secure execution environment, DRM and mobile TV security solutions, visit us at the fair.
Euro Tech Communication GmbH – Euro Tech Communications Ltd leader in the telecommunications gateway solutions for businesses, service providers and system integrators a complete line of interconnect products bedroom mobile networks, UMTS, CDMA, VoIP, PRI, BRI PSTN and GSM channel, the Bank of call traffic from the fixed network analog or ISDN VOIP (BRI, PRI), the call to the end of wireless networks to reduce costs. The fixed-mobile products offer a unique combination of flexible connectivity for GSM, UMTS, CDMA, VoIP, PRI, BRI PSTN & Benefits: “Fail-Safe technology or prepaid billing Reward Program
Flash Networks – Flash Networks is a global provider of intelligent solutions for mobile Internet operators to improve the quality of experience, reduce operating costs and manage the network and make money on the Mobile Internet to activate. The arrangement of the user experience faster, safer, richer and more personalized Flash Networks Internet Services Gateway enables enterprises to achieve significant savings through the intelligent optimization of traffic data and uses intelligent marketing strategies targeted and pricing. With offices in Europe, particularly in Asia and North America, the backbones of Flash installed top level mobile operators O2, Orange, SingTel Group, T-Mobile, Telefonica, Telenor, Verizon Wireless, Vodafone and Wind.
FTS – FTS (LSE: FTS) is a provider of Business Control, Billing and CRM solutions for communications service providers. FTS providers better understand their customers and gain commercial value from every event and interaction. As a global player experienced FTS has successfully completed major projects for large enterprises worldwide.
InfoGin – the pioneer and market leader in the field of Web to mobile content and functionality adaptation, so that mobile users to access any website they want, optimized to their mobile device. InfoGin unique solution dynamically adapts automatically and the content of any mobile device based on device and network characteristics. With a number of tools for editing and development, InfoGin offers the complete solution for the mobile space. Used commercially since 2002 InfoGin platform chosen the forefront of mobile operators and content providers worldwide. InfoGin partners include infrastructure providers and system integrators.
Israel Mobile Association (IMA) – the organization of the State of Israel at the conference. See interview with CEO Eyal Reshef Calcalist (in Hebrew).
Layers Media – Media Layers is a world pioneer in multi-channel, targeted advertising, mobile and digital. The company SMART All Screen Advertising (TM) offers a complete solution for synchronizing players across the value chain and all service channels – mobile, IPTV, Web, Wi-Fi and more. SMART implementation of predictive modeling tools provide precise targeting, maximize the relevance and value of the end user. In combination with a campaign management of all digital and mobile services, SMART a high quality experience for users to create new revenue streams for mobile operators and service providers and superior ROI for advertisers and brands.
Mobixell Networks – Mobixell enables operators to the subscribers of high quality rich-media in: Multimedia Messaging Service operator on a variety of devices offer, the areas can and networks, motor traffic growth while creating the ultimate experience. Mobile TV / Video Webcast Mobixell provides media adaptation and bit rate for video, providing the highest quality in the changing conditions of the network on any handset. Mobixell also Rich Media Client, a component of the streaming server and the acquisition of mobile TV solutions. Offers delivery and ad serving solutions of high quality, rich-media ads, ensuring the highest QoE. Mobixell has over 250 installations worldwide, with operators such as Verizon, Vodafone, Orange, Telefonica, etc.
modu, modu Ltd. Ltd. is a manufacturer of mobile phones with a vision, a fundamental change in the world of personal communication. modu ™ is presented to a small modular phone, called modulation, which holds the Guinness World Records ™ for the lightest phone in the world. Moving modu modu into a variety of mobile phone housing and consumer equipment allows consumers an entirely new experience of personal communication to create and meet their changing needs, preferences and style. modu was founded in 2007 by Dov Moran, the inventor of the USB Flash Drive (DiskOnKey ™) and other innovative flash disk. See also: Modu out of wood with a truly innovative mobile offers
mPortico Ltd – mPortico is a developer of advanced solutions for the distribution of mobile content. mPortico improved delivery of mobile content operator for each device. Our online platform connects directly to internal mPortico Content Management Server. Our solution is to use multiple operating systems for the cons-protocol (SMS, MMS, WAP, J2ME, Windows) interoperability. Our platform on the market access via memory cards or pre-installed on phones. mPortico offers closed-loop advanced analytics and content recommendations. Through partnerships with storage vendors, content providers and retailers, creates a vast network of mPortico sale on the market for mobile content directly into the hands of consumers.
The combined Nexperience Nexperience Cloud service allows mobile application developers and content providers to remotely control a variety of real mobile phones worldwide, and automatically starts a test and validation on them. Nexperience continually offers direct access to peripherals latest and most popular service. Mobile operators and device manufacturers can use a single handset Nexperience Cloud private partnership with a safe environment where they can access new devices before they can be launched commercially. Nexperience shorter marketing to develop and monitor the cost and logistical effort, test and deploy new mobile services.
Outsmart – Outsmart is a leading provider of convergence solutions for international operators to enable them to target untapped segments. Plug’n Talk ™ – is a USB device that each PC in a 3G mobile phone network in the home, even if they seem to be physically located elsewhere. Outsmart ™ Plug ‘N Talk allows mobile operators to aggregate traffic by expatriates with the ideal way to communicate with their country of origin with the convenience and price of a local access service. Outsmart has a proud tradition of providing convergence solutions to network operators worldwide with many successful implementations.
Percello Solutions Ltd. Percello digital baseband for the challenges of WCDMA / LTE femtocells market: cost, degree of integration and performance. Percello brings to its customers cost-effective, low power, high-performance digital baseband chips for WCDMA / LTE femtocells market, which is the central component of a WCDMA / LTE femtocell CPE. In a high volume market, such as WCDMA / LTE Femtocell market, the price is a crucial factor for success. For suppliers Percello femtocell chip can reduce costs and energy consumption of the CPE, while increasing communication and network performance.
Pontis – Pontis is the creator of the platform delivery Marketing (PDM ™) for communications service providers, the only real achievement and execution system for personalized and contextual marketing offers on multiple platforms and channels. With the CDM Pontis offers advertisers the overall re-pricing, cross selling and recommend services in sectors with a variety of best practice business models ™. providers of communications services for the opportunity to combine the most relevant offers in real time based on user behavior and triggers has been proven to make improvements to two counts of ARPU to expedite service adoption and reduce churn.
Pudding Media – Pudding Media provides complete solutions for mobile operators, advertising and telecommunications companies. Our platform, networks and global media ad sales team to support their rapid use communication to create new sources of income and assets to offer plans that are generated by advertising. Pudding Media is led by an experienced management team with extensive experience in growing companies, digital advertising, telecommunications industry and the engineering platform of Telco-grade.
Quality System – Quality System is the pioneer in the field of test automation. QualiSystems TestShell solutions provide a suite of integrated applications that can be used for any type of software or hardware testing. Test Shell offers Enterprise test environment: code-free development wizard-driven automated test. standardization across the board-to-none skills of collaboration and data collection. maximum availability and reusability of tests and test results of functional tests for each type of test and measurement, are exchangeable and independent producers. Business Intelligence Suite for demand reporting provides decision support in real time. shell test records of money and time and a significant increase in product quality throughout the product life cycle
RAD Data Communications – Founded in 1981, RAD Data Communications is a leading manufacturer of door-cell site aggregation site gateways, gateways RNC site, the devices for Ethernet demarcation, Abis optimization and voice compression equipment for the collection and transport of 2G, 3G, 4G and wireless mobile devices such as traffic data HSPA and LTE. RAD products support TDM and ATM pseudowire QoS end to end complete copper lines, DSL, fiber optic and microwave as well as Ethernet OAM for services to cellular transport. RAD clock distribution devices and provide recovery methods such as 1588v2 SyncEthernet advanced CAB and NTR. RAD’s solutions are used by network operators and providers of services in the maritime world.
RADCOM – RADCOM is a leading global provider of insurance services, specializing in next generation networks including IMS, mobile, voice, data, VoIP and IPTV. Its innovative products facilitate fault management, performance monitoring and analysis service, troubleshooting and pre-mediation. probe monitoring based RADCOM and test equipment is used on some points in a network, both in access and core areas. RADCOM is part of the RAD Group, an international consortium, develops, manufactures and distributes solutions for different segments of the industry, using its channels worldwide for customers who are a cross section of groups in the world of telecommunications, service providers and hardware manufacturers are supported.
Radware – Radware (NASDAQ: RDWR), the global leader in integrated application delivery, ensuring the full availability, maximum performance and security of business critical applications for more than 6,000 enterprises and carriers worldwide. With APSolute ™, Radware’s award-winning and comprehensive product range which are infected with the situation, the quality of IP-based services to grow to reduce the costs of providing services, the introduction of new services and business models, Internet for revenue and increase profitability in their networks it “business” smart.
RADWIN Ltd – RADWIN delivers wireless solutions to broadband in the most advanced in the range of sub-6 GHz. RADWIN’s systems offer TDM + Ethernet with capacity up to 50 Mbit / s and a long range of up to 120 km. The solutions are individually tailored to meet the needs of providers and wireless carriers services, and power a variety of applications including the return, access to broadband connections and remote site. With RADWIN’s solutions enable operators to expand their networks faster and at lower cost, and reduce their CAPEX and OPEX. Systems are used in over 110 countries around the world by Tier One operators.
Schema – Schema is a leading provider of multi-vendor RAN optimization and analysis solutions, and premium services for mobile operators. to improve our products and innovative services, network efficiency and improve care, quality and capacity while reducing CAPEX and OPEX. Plan Geomapping revolutionary technology and advanced algorithms to accurately locate and display the hot spots of traffic, drop-off sites and service quality KPI. Operators can use to solve problems on individual participants, better planning and troubleshooting the network without expensive test drive and guess work. Program to improve the user-friendly products, such as planning operators, implementing and managing network resources, improve end user satisfaction and reduce churn.
Siano – Digital TV for the iPhone! (See post VC’s Cafe) – Siano develops silicon receivers for the emerging mobile digital TV (MDTV) market. Highly integrated and specifically designed for mobile communications and entertainment devices, the company multi-band, supports multi-standard DVB-H solution to measure, DVB-T, T-DMB, CMMB, Enhanced Packet Mode DAB and ISDB-T. Siano multi-disciplinary team provides the latest technical know the most integrated battery provides multi-standard digital TV receiver optimized for handheld devices. Siano enabling TV everywhere
Silent Communication – Silent Communication provides mobile operators based on customer value-added services in call management and visual voicemail. With TalkinSilent ™, the sequel Silent Communication Management of calls that can be left to the mobile user to react to any situation and can respond with a friendly voice implicit message during a meeting. TalkinSilent ™ complete calls which provides otherwise and would not respond to this with a measurable increase in the call for completion of the first day. Silent VCP ™ switches the phone into an interactive interface to traditional voice mail, so that the t mobile users access their voice messages with maximum comfort.
Surf Communication Solutions, LTD – Surf OnSurf ™ provides a platform for mobile video delivery for the distribution of multimedia content and value added services for mobile phones. OnSurf ™ provides a superior user experience for any video content on any mobile phone. This solution enables mobile operators and to prevent VASP technological and commercial challenges, now that the services’ off to overcome. “OnSurf leading real-time adaptation of video content with high efficiency. It provides superior video quality and avoids need to source content offline duplicate, in different sizes to fit different devices. The process of little dynamic speed adjustment handles fluctuating mobile network service continuity at all.
Techtium Ltd. – is a company Techtium analog semiconductor ICs that highly specialized for the management of the battery-cell-address must be developed in mobile devices. Techtium analog mixed-signal R & D, headquartered in Israel and has its own team of ASIC design. industry standards Techtium redefined in the field of battery management solutions. As one of the greatest challenges of today’s mobile communications industry power backupower Techtium Mobility ™ provides solutions for all mobile devices. With his extensive experience in developing and batteries power IC Techtium innovative technology, protected by a patent, Instant backupower ™ provides anytime, anywhere to the point
Telmap – Telmap is a world leader in mobile location solutions, has a solid reputation and proven track record of providing well-established innovative, value-added mobile search, mapping and navigation solutions that open new business opportunities and new sources of income. Telmap is the # 1 choice of solutions in the EMEA, the location of mobile and its technology has been chosen by industry leaders, Vodafone, Orange, FT Group, Vodacom, O2, AOL, MapQuest, Pelephone, Carphone Warehouse and more. Telmap is to be imposed on the location of mobile solutions, a whole new mobile experience and standards in research, mapping and navigation for people in motion.
TJat – Tjat, experts in seamless mobile messaging solutions can provide operators of mobile messaging services. In 2005, founded and led by a seasoned management team – has Tjat over the first six million registered users with the daily traffic of more than 30 GB. As the services of specialists in device agnostic across multiple platforms and protocols Tjat has already signed partnerships with Vodafone and AOL, targeting over the first second million active users. The TJAT Messaging Service is a solution based on a mobile browser Clientless used to mobilize the communication during the current instant messaging (ICQ, MSN, etc..) Portfolio includes Tjat; Chat – simple but powerful IM ; tmail – mobile email; tSPACE – Addition & Remote Media File; tPIX – personal remote storage for sharing media and tBRIDGE – SIP / IMS instant messaging service. See the recent announcement here.
Triplay Triplay life is a mobile company. People are mobile and need to reach and be reachable anywhere in the world. Triplay sends in 66 countries and available for users of text messages to friends in 105 countries. Triplay combines the mobility of mobile with the wealth of information on the Internet and the wealth of television, a personal communication with triple create access anywhere, anytime.
TTI – Telecom – TTI Telecom is a leading provider of next generation Operations Support Systems (OSS) to communications service providers (CSPs) worldwide. For established and emerging CSPs covering fixed, mobile and cable markets, we propose a robust SOA platform to manage their networks and services to help effectively. The product portfolio of the company Netrac provides an automated, proactive approach and focus on customer service assurance, service management Spanning, fault management and performance and synchronization of inventory and activation of service completed. Netrac is compatible with multiple technologies and industry standards and is uniquely positioned to bridge legacy, next-generation, convergence and IMS networks.
Vigsm Ltd – ViGSM, founded in 2007, is a subsidiary of Telecom ADRs. EIM Telecom is an international company specializing in communications network based telephony solutions. ViGSM has recently launched a new product called Skuku. Skuku is a unique solution for mobile roaming, which uses the Internet. It allows cellular users to call abroad to their home network to their personal mobile phone number on local prices home network. Skuku allows the user to call or its own SIM card via an Internet connection anywhere in the world. The technology combines worldwide GSM and VoIP technology.
Zoran Corporation – Zoran Corporation is a leading provider of digital solutions for applications in digital entertainment and digital imaging markets. With two decades of experience in developing and delivering technology digital signal processing, Zoran has pioneered high-performance digital audio and video, imaging applications and Connect Share Entertain technologies for the digital home. Zoran receiving digital television, digital camera, DVD, multimedia phone, and multifunction printer products, recognition of excellence and are now worldwide in hundreds of millions of homes and offices. Zoran multimedia approach ® processors for mobile phones support a wide variety of multimedia functions, including image FAI best in class and the video quality.
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Friday, April 30th, 2010British Library ? A Wealth Of Knowledge
Monday, April 26th, 2010The National Library of UK stores a large collection of knowledge, literature, art and entertainment in its sacred walls. Founded in 1973 by an Act of Parliament, the library has a massive storage resources made available since then. The vast collection is housed in more than 150 million articles, magazines, newspapers, books include, magazines, music, sound, and much more.
The main part of the collection includes books in the field strength, with some from as far as 300BC. This number represents the vast library only second to the Library of Congress regarding the books.
The British Library also adds all books published in Great Britain for his collection, including books of foreign nations. The library collects books published exclusively outside the United Kingdom and Ireland. These results are summarized in the British Library by approximately three million units per year.
In addition, a warehouse for books and other printed materials, the library houses various exhibitions throughout the year. The topics are varied, but currently visitors insightful, it offers a wide range of topics.
The British Library also has reading rooms, which must be a popular choice for many for their research needs. The rooms have hundreds of seats in time for investigations. If anything proves the usefulness of the library as a collection of information resources. However, it should be noted that a fixed address is required to obtain admission for safety reasons.
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Gandalf The Great Reads The Hobbit At Eastbourne Central Library
Friday, April 23rd, 2010EASTBOURNE Library is the home of the wizard Gandalf
Free event – open to all!
Friday, April 9 Time 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Gandalf the wizard of Middle Earth, arrives Friday, April 9 and Eastbourne Central Library at 14:00.
Gandalf will read excerpts from the book of JRR Tolkien’s imagination Hobbit, when children added heappears library.
The visit comes ahead of the theatrical version of the show at the Congress Theatre, Eastbourne presented April 13 to 18.
Fans of the book, young and old, are invited to this free event, which will also feature a question and answer session and a reading of the book. In addition, all those who attended the event in a coupon promotion to get money, tickets to give to see the show at the Congress Theatre.
The stage version of Tolkien’s fantasy classic novel of the Theatre of the Congress on the half term, Easter is an ideal treatment for families. Middle Earth is incredible, life in this large-scale theatrical production, the action is brought on stage and filled with amazing effects.
Our intrepid hero, Bilbo Baggins on an adventure of his life and the encounter; wizards, giant spiders, trolls, wolves, a giant dragon, a treasure beyond belief and a very special ring in this spectacular stage version of One of the favorite stories of the world.
The West End production received rave reviews from critics and the public and is used by Roy Marsden, known to many for his portrayal of Inspector in the PD James Dalgleish tv-series.
The staging and intelligent distribution of 13, you get the strange world of Middle-earth transportation. If you are the Lord of the Rings have seen, this live version of the ancestor of the love trilogy.
Visit Gandalf Eastbourne Library will be held on Friday, April 9 from 14.00 bis 03.00 Clock.
A Middle East Legacy for the Presidential Library
Monday, April 19th, 2010Southern Methodist University (SMU) is the likely site of the George Bush (43) Presidential Library. His library will reportedly be the most expensive Presidential Library ever built with an estimated construction cost of $500 million. This planned Bush Library will join the Presidential Libraries of all of our most recent Presidents. Former Presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, George Bush (41), Ronald Reagan, and Richard Nixon now keep their papers records and archives in one.
In fact, twelve Presidential Libraries can be found across America. Some charge admission for the public to see the pictures, films, letters, and records of the former Presidents and First Ladies. Like the ancient tombs of the Pharaohs, these Presidential Libraries stand as historical monuments to former United States Presidents.
Of course the problem for many of these massive libraries is what to put in them. A huge monument to a man needs some historic achievement. It needs to show impressive domestic success or some big foreign policy or world encompassing achievement. Indeed, the Presidential Library needs policy accomplishments and real legacies to be very relevant.
It is in the last year of the second four year term in office that the sitting Commander and Chief begins to consider the use of the word “former” in relation to his Presidential terms in office. The election for the next President of the United States is well underway. The United States Congress does even less than usual awaiting the upcoming elections and new presidential leadership. In fact the term “lame duck” is often used to describe an Administration’s final year in the Oval Office.
It is for all these reasons that the President turns to foreign policy during his last year to find some final relevance. Often, presidential success in the final year of the second term is found overseas not with any “lame duck” domestic agenda. In the spectrum of foreign policy, the President’s attention in his last year in office ultimately turns to Israel and the Middle East. The last two Administrations have tried to become the power broker for that troubled area of the world’s elusive peace event in their final year in office. Indeed, peace in the Middle East would be a lasting legacy for any United States President.
The last major peace initiative sponsored by the United States between Israel and the Palestinian Arabs was in the last year of the second term of the Presidency of William Jefferson Clinton (during 2000). Clinton tried to broker peace between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. That failed brokered peace formula was an Israeli “occupied” land swap for peace arrangement . The 2000 Clinton-sponsored peace negotiation was between Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Barak, and Yassar Arafat of the Palestinian authority.
The dubious ramifications of that last minute Clinton peace initiative are outlined in the book, “The Much Too Promised Land”. The book’s author and scholar, Aaron David Miller, writes about his experience as a top American negotiator in those talks which he describes as “the temptations of the ticking clock”. Aaron David Miller writes: “By moving too fast and overreaching, the Clinton Administration ended up undermining the prospects of hope”. History has taught us that the breakdown of that last minute peace initiative led to an escalation of violence in Israel. Indeed, eight years later, the prospects for peace in the Middle East are as elusive as ever. Of course, this foreign policy failure in his final year in office will not be highlighted in the archives in the Clinton Presidential library.
George Bush has started his final year in office in 2008 in the same manner as William Jefferson Clinton did in 2000. After seven years as President of the United States, Bush has just made his first trip to Jerusalem. Bush recently predicted that a peace treaty between Israel and the Palestinian Arabs” can happen” in 2008. Bush also used the word “occupied” to describe Israel’s hold on the West Bank. It is obvious that the same failed diplomatic formula, an Israeli controlled land swap for the promise of peace in 2000, will be tried again in 2008.
However, the conditions for peace for Israel in the year 2008 do not exist. Today, things are far worse for Israel than in the year 2000. Iranian-sponsored terrorist organizations like Hamas and Hezbollah launch rockets into Israeli-controlled land every few days. Iran has indicated that Israel needs to be “wiped off the map”. Palestinian authority President and Israel’s apparent peace partner, Mahmoud Abbas, has a hold on his own position of power that is tentative at best.
It is very obvious that a Middle East Peace legacy will not appear in the archives of the Bush (43) Presidential Library. It should not be very surprising that another American administration that has governed for eight years will not be able to claim peace in the Middle East as an accomplishment. The fact is that it took United Kingdom Prime Minister, Tony Blair, ten years and thirty seven peace missions to bring peace to Northern Ireland. The problems in the Middle East involve several different countries and to achieve lasting peace is a more difficult and complex task than in Northern Ireland.
The fact is that it takes time, dedication, tedious diplomatic work, and plain luck to achieve a breakthrough on complex world problems such as peace in the Middle East. It requires a multi-year initiative and a persistence that comprises more than several months of last minute diplomatic work at the end of a President‘s time in office.
The reality is that the diplomatic breakthrough for lasting peace in Israel and the Middle East should be a focused objective throughout an entire Presidential term. Sadly, for the last two Administrations, it appears to have become nothing more than a final year initiative in search of a foreign policy legacy for the archives of a planned library.
Inside the Library of Congress
Friday, April 16th, 2010
A senior cataloger and longtime docent at the Library of Congress, shares a personal perspective on the Library’s historic buildings and collections. Kurt Maier, Senior Cataloger in the History and Literature Cataloging Division and longtime docent, is author of “Library of Congress: A Tour in Words and Pictures.”
Let?s Read at the New York Public Library
Monday, April 12th, 2010The New York Public Library was founded in 1895 and has 87 branches. The library, as its name implies, is located in New York. The library is one of the largest public libraries in the United States and serves more than 8, 143 198 people. As in 2007 the research collection of the library containing 43,975,362 (books, videos, maps, etc.), which contain 15, 985, 192 pounds. The branch libraries include 7, 299, 286 points, including 4, 416, 812 books contain. Overall, the sum of items in the library of about 50 million euros and a total of about 20 million pounds. The only other libraries, to include such elements as the Library of Congress and the British Library. However, if all branches are treated as a whole, would be the New York Public Library has 208 branches and more than 30 million book titles, making it the largest public library in the world.
The building of the Main Branch Public Library in New York on 5th Avenue between 40th Street and 42nd Street. The cornerstone of his building was laid in 1902 and cost $ 9 million. 75 miles of shelves were installed here in 1910. Until 1911, all books and libraries Astor Lenox have been moved to this building. The New York Public Library consists of four research libraries. The library has 82 branches. The library was among the many works of pop culture, novels, movies, television and poetry were presented.
If you are looking for a luxury hotel in New York there is always the first hotel you stay in absolute luxury while catching up on reading at the New York Public Library.
Library – a Place to Gain Knowledge
Thursday, April 8th, 2010The hotel offers liabrary more knowledge to the people. This is very important lines of study or work part time. Liabrary indicate more knowledge. The optimal language skills varies by type of library work to do. Opportunities, the availability of the careers of all time. . . In the traditional sense, is a library, a collection of books and magazines. It can refer to particular collection, but it is often a large collection of information, resources and a set of services funded and maintained by a city or institution. In this sense, it is not just a collection, but an organized collection, intended to be used, accompanied by a set of services to users. This collection and services are often people who choose not or can not afford an extensive collection themselves, not each subject, one can reasonably expect to have, or who need use, professional support necessary for their research. To write and test programs. The volunteers answered questions dedicated s online reference for visitors to the IPL. In the traditional sense, is a library, a collection of books and magazines. It can refer to particular collection, but it is often a large collection, financed and maintained by a city or institution. This collection is often by people who choose not or can not afford to serve a vast collection of self-purchase. The Library of Congress is the nation’s oldest federal cultural institution and serves as the research arm of Congress. It is also the largest library in the world, with over 130 million units, approximately 530 miles of bookshelves. The collections include more than 29 million books and other printed materials, 2nd 7 million recordings, 12 million photographs, 4 of 8 million maps, manuscripts and 58 million. Type LiabraryAcademic Library: These libraries are located on the campus of the University and primarily serve students and faculty and other academic institutions. Some university libraries, especially public institutions, are accessible to the general public, in whole or in part. School Libraries: Most public and private elementary and secondary schools have libraries designed to support the program. Research Libraries: These libraries are intended to support scientific research are determined, and therefore maintain permanent collections and attempt to provide access to all necessary materials. Academic research libraries are often the libraries or national libraries, but many large academic libraries hare in their field and very few of the largest public libraries also serve as research libraries. Public libraries or public lending libraries: These libraries provide services to the general public and make at least some of their books loans, so that the reader can at home over a period of several days or weeks. Many public libraries also offer to serve the community organizations that offer free services and events for the public, especially children. Special Libraries: All other libraries fall into this category. Many private companies and public institutions, including hospitals, museums, research laboratories, law firms and numerous government departments and agencies maintain their own libraries to use their staff to do specialized research in the context of work. Special libraries may or may not be accessible, has identified a part of the general public. Branches of a major university libraries or research on specific topics are also commonly called “special libraries”: they are usually associated with one or more disciplines. Special libraries have special collections, branches or parts of a library of rare books, manuscripts must be distinguished, and other similar materials. Use liabraryMany potential library users do not know how to use a library effectively. This may be due to a lack of exposure early, shyness or anxiety and fear of the dark display. These problems led to the emergence of information literacy movement, which advocates the education of library users. Library instruction has been to the 19th century U.S. practice. One of the early leaders was John Cotton Dana. Library instruction is available close to the study of information technology in its context.
Orphans going to Coney Island in Autos, 6/7/11 (LOC)
Monday, April 5th, 2010
Image taken on 1910-01-01 00:00:00 by The Library of Congress.
High-Tech Public Libraries
Thursday, April 1st, 2010The best place to get the information you always have in a library. Public libraries are provided by the government to ensure access of all its components. Books to read, and in public lending libraries toll sanctioned for late returns. In addition, with modern technology, most of which can the required information is received by a single click.
Go to libraries are nerds, but in this day and age, you’d be surprised dead without the right information in your head, even if you call a nerd. Better a Nerd than someone without a brain do not you think? Some people are, but lazy to go to the library and go all the dust cover and gently pound. You choose the information they need to search through the Internet. Not to mention the time they are consumed and the cost of going through shelves and shelves of books. However, not all the information you need is the Internet and it is not as reliable as how to do compared to a library. Do not you think they would disappear when all the information from the Internet is already taken?
With advances in technology, libraries have become more important and secrets are at the heart of the ease of access, it can provide people. Computers in libraries have made it easier for people to quickly see the information they need. With programs designed specifically for use in libraries, people are encouraged to learn and study, especially those who are not lucky enough to own a PC or an Internet connection at home. Of course, their only place to search for knowledge is the library.
Another thing, a library was set aside by the information you seek is emitted into the atmosphere there visitors. Its quiet atmosphere can provide a real learning atmosphere for people to go. Feeling inadequate knowledge about the rich history of the site itself, are to encourage you to go into the rooms and find what you want. In addition, knowledge of people who once walked the halls, keeping these books in a position to make a difference in the world and inspire you to do the same.
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The New York Public Library (NYPL)
This public library is considered one of the main public libraries in the world. It is also the largest in the United States and major university library systems in the world. It is also one of the five largest libraries in the United States. It is equipped with up to date electronic resources that make information accessible to the public.
The Boston Public Library
This is the first library to the public the right to borrow books and at home to read. Outside of the Boston Public Library is considered the largest library and the first public library in America known. It has a free wireless Internet for the general public during the library, with its 27 branches. It has a database for catalogs and Internet access in full text.
The Library of Congress
It is considered the national library of the United States has the largest area of the standard plate and is the main library in the world. With millions of cataloged books and pamphlets that are put in place in 470 languages, it also has the largest collection of manuscripts and rare books, newspapers and much more! You name it, and the Library of Congress, 99% chance that it will.
With millions of digital objects in its memory America, almost all can be found at the library catalogs. Online archives are also made available by the Library of Congress.
Until now, these are world-renowned libraries in the United States. In fact, in addition, that in other parts of the world, including other world-class public libraries:
British Library (BL)
The British Library in London and is one of the major academic libraries around the world. It has millions of articles in books, periodicals, magazines, music recordings, patents, and many more that can be accessed on the website of the library.
The National Library of New Zealand
New Zealand Department of Public and legal deposit has the responsibility to enrich the cultural life and economy. In July 2004, the NDHS program with the aim of technological infrastructure and the settings so that it can establish improved. A hardware and software specifically for the library, which are designed to have the ability to maintain the conditions of its components over the years, there for the people.
Thus, public libraries, not only books to keep, but there are also those who showcase paintings, objects and other precious memories of the past.
These libraries are not just pillars books, they have become institutionalized, more just learning and understanding to those who know more than the things around them and look beyond. There are so many things that you get from reading the books themselves, which can amount to media.