WHILE in Uganda a few years ago, a Â鶹´«Ã½ reporter was
shocked to see the state of the science faculty library of Makerere University.
It was little more than a broom cupboard with a couple of chairs in it. The
books were old and few, and were too valuable to be taken away: avid students
had to read them at the seats provided. Behind this sad excuse for a library was
a tragic truth. Just keeping up with modern thinking is beyond the means of many
developing countries.
Enter the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Last week, MIT announced
that…
