Press Archive

2010

• December 27, 2010
  StoryKit in New York Times
  College Park, MD
  The New York Times included StoryKit in their list of "top picks." StoryKit is our family-friendly iPhone app which children can use to create stories on their phone (or iPod Touch) with text, pictures and other story elements. Download it for free and give it a try.
• August 17, 2010
  Regardless of Format, Reading Hooks Us
  Fredericksburg, VA
  Read how one reference librarian in Virginia went online to the International Children's Digital Library to help a local man find books in Farsi that he could read to his children. This librarian shared, "Our [local] library could never afford to purchase the more than 4,000 children's books available free in languages from Afrikaans to Yiddish.” Read more.
• May 4, 2010
  "Redesigning the Web for Touch Screens" in Technology Review
• April 1, 2010
  "What's in my school bag?" in FutureGov, April 2010
  Singapore

2009

• December 8, 2009
  Sugar Labs announcement
  Paris, France
  The ICDL was a featured partner in the recent announcement out of Paris by Sugar Labs, the volunteer-driven nonprofit provider of the Sugar Learning Platform. They announced Sugar on a Stick, the next version of the operating system for One Laptop Per Child, now serving over one million children around the world.

2008

• October 3, 2008
  "Global Foundation Offers Children's Digital Library" in Gulf-Times.com
  Doha, Qatar
• September 18, 2008
  "Kids Help Design International Children's Digital Library: Top holdings in English, Persian and Mongolian" in America.gov
• February 25, 2008
  "Partnerships with Children's Digital Library Benefit Kids" in School Library Journal
• February 21, 2008
  "Literary treasures, kid-friendly format" in The Boston Globe
  Boston, MA

2005

• November 18, 2005
  "The 'millennials' usher in a new era" in CNET News.com
• September 1, 2005
  "Screen time=reading time" in Chicago Parent
• August 1, 2005
  "Kid-Friendly" in Fed Tech
• April 1, 2005
  "Explore the world by turning pages" in Chicago Parent
• February 28, 2005
  "New chapter in online books" in The Washington Times
• February 1, 2005
  "Showing Google the Way" in School Library Journal
• February 1, 2005
  "Technology's Inner Child" in MIT Technology Review

2004

• July 6, 2004
  "Yours for the Taking" in School Library Journal

2003

• September 22, 2003
  "Children as Design Partners" at Australian Broadcasting Network

2002

• December 5, 2002
  "Online Library Project Plans a Digital and Cultural Trove for Children" in The New York Times
• November 27, 2002
  "Digital library to unite kids through global e-literature" in USA Today
• November 21, 2002
  "Website brings free children's library online" in The Guardian
• November 21, 2002
  "Online Library for Children Aims for 10,000 Titles and Child-Friendly Design, With Professors' Help" in The Chronicle of Higher Education
• November 21, 2002
  "A Library For Young Browsers" in The Washington Post
• November 19, 2002
  "Tales of Oz, Wonderland Go Online" in Wired News
• November 18, 2002
  "Library for Kids Goes Online" at National Public Radio
• October 1, 2002
  "U of MD Creates International Digital Library" in School Library Journal