Please read the brief news item below. How does one go about getting such good funding, especially for Library activities? Kudos to HBTI, Kanpur ===================== Posted on 09 Aug 2005 # UNI http://www.newkerala.com/news.php?action=fullnews&id=12359 HBTI Kanpur to have digital library Kanpur : The Harcourt Butler Technological Institute (HBTI) Kanpur, one of the oldest State government engineering institute, will have a digital library by the year end, courtsey a World Bank Programme. Director HBTI R P Singh told UNI a total amount of Rs 24.77 crores would be spent under the World Bank's Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme to spruce up the old library and then construct new state of art digital library. Both the libraries would be merged later, he added. ==========sent by =========== Dr.P.Vyasamoorthy, Advisor, Virtual Information Centre, ICICI Knowledge Park, Genome Valley, Turkapally, Shameerpet Mandal, RR District, Hyderabad 500078 INDIA Email: vyasamoorthy@icicikp.com Phone - Office: +91(40)23480053 Fax: +91(40)23480007 Phone Residence: +91(40)27846631