Kelly writes “Not everything in Iraq is going badly. Some of it is, almost miraculously-seeming, going well, like the project described in this newspaper article. According to this article, “When scientists think big, sometimes big things happen. The Iraqi Virtual Science Library (IVSL) never was intended to be a small matter, but its existence — electronic access to 17,000 cutting-edge scientific journal titles for Iraq’s scientists, engineers and scholars — has elicited praise of the kind usually reserved for a major breakthrough in basic research. A breakthrough it is, although of a different kind. Given the number and variety of public and private institutions involved in its creation, the project is considered unique. Partners in the venture total 28, including six U.S. government agencies, 13 journal publishers, Sun Microsystems, the Civilian Research & Development Foundation (CRDF) of Arlington, seven Iraqi universities, the Iraq Ministry of Higher Education, and Iraq’s quasi-public International Center for Science and Industry, all aided by the National Academy of Sciences.” For rest of article:
See The Washington Times“
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