Greenstone.org Website Review

Greenstone is a suite of software for building and distributing digital library collections. It provides a way of organizing information and publishing it on the web or on removable media such as DVD and USB flash drives. Greenstone is produced by the New Zealand The aim of the Greenstone software is to empower users, particularly in universities, libraries, and other public service institutions, to build their own digital libraries. Digital libraries are radically reforming how information is disseminated and acquired in UNESCO's partner communities and institutions in the fields of education, science and culture around the world, and particularly in developing countries. We hope that this software will encourage the effective deployment of digital libraries to share information and place it in This software is developed and distributed as an international cooperative effort established in August 2000 among three parties: New the New Zealand National Commission for UNESCO as part of New Zealand's contribution to UNESCO's programme. recognizes recipients for raising awareness internationally of the social implications of information and communication technologies. developing countries, is central to UNESCO's goals as pursued within its intergovernmental Information for All Programme, and appropriate, accessible information and communication technology is seen as an important tool in this context. has established a worldwide reputation for digitizing docu*entation of interest to human development and making it widely available, free of charge to developing nations and on a cost-recovery basis to others.