What's on Our Libraries

The Pacific Islands collection includes open-access, educational resources for primary and secondary school students, as well as for the teachers and Peace Corps volunteers who live and work in the Pacific Island communities that we serve. The Pacific Islands collection features locally relevant resources for schools and communities in Fiji, Vanuatu, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Tonga, and Samoa. While the collection is primarily in English (by request), it also includes content in various local languages and refers to topics that are specific for communities in the aforementioned countries. We also include textbook collections from the Ministries of Education of various countries, in order to support the national curricular standards.

The East Africa collection includes open-access, educational resources for primary and secondary school students, as well as for the teachers and Peace Corps volunteers who live and work in the East African communities that we serve. The East Africa collection features locally relevant resources for schools and communities in Comoros, Ethiopia, Rwanda, and South Sudan. While the collection is primarily in English (by request), it includes content in various local languages and refers to topics that are specific for communities in the aforementioned countries. We also include textbook collections from the Ministries of Education of various countries, in order to support the national curricular standards.

The Latin America collection includes open-access, educational resources for primary and secondary school students, as well as for the teachers who live and work in the Latin American communities that we serve. This is our first collection with resources primarily in Spanish. Currently, we are curating a collection of educational materials specifically for communities in Mexico – including digital textbooks from their Secretariat of Public Education and location-specific topics that are relevant to these audiences. Our expansion into Mexico is also supported by an ongoing collaboration with Tecnologico de Monterrey.

The NE Syria Education Library is a collection of open-access, educational resources in Arabic, Kurdish and Syriac designed to meet the needs of primary and secondary school teachers and students across the region. This collection features locally relevant content that highlights the region’s many diverse cultures and places an emphasis on gender equity. It includes content and curricula created by the administration’s Department of Education, as well as Kurdish-language Sesame Street videos created for refugee children.

The Nursing and Midwifery collection is designed to serve instructors and students at Nursing and Midwifery schools across East Africa.  It includes university-level educational resources that cover various medical topics, like Women’s Health, General Medicine and Surgery, and Standards of Practice and Patient Care. The collection features a large selection of midwifery educational content, especially relevant for instructors and students who may be working in rural areas where modern medical resources may not be available. Additionally, this collection includes credible open access textbook alternatives that have been requested by in-field collaborators, in order to support and supplement their curriculum and the courses that these students cover in preparation for their careers. The content is primarily in English.

The Biomedical Technology (BMET) collection serves Biomedical Engineering Technicians and clinical workers in rural clinics and hospitals with limited access to the internet. Often, these locations receive donated medical equipment but do not receive the manuals or documentation necessary to use, maintain, and repair this medical technology. The BMET collection has a focus on user guides and repair manuals for biomedical equipment, and provides easy and equitable access to oftentimes life-saving resources for trained biomedical technicians and clinical workers that need to use this equipment to effectively treat their patients. The content in this collection is applicable globally but has been diligently located and tagged with an emphasis on relevance for locations in East Africa.

The Agriculture Library is our newest collection of resources designed to serve rural farmers and agricultural extension agents. This library’s content features credible, crucial farming information aimed at increasing food security and agricultural productivity. The collection covers topics such as climate adaptation, livestock management, organic farming, and rural income generating activities.