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1 Dawn of Multilingual Science
Library of Alexandria Dawn of Multilingual Science. Library of Alexandria lecture by Ron LaPorte Original file available at To get translation of this lecture in other 50+ languages, please download Microsoft Presentation Translator (Power Point add-in) which translate whole presentation in more than 60 languages and may be downloaded at: Text in images incorporated into presentation not translated, but you may translate them by other Translator Apps as Google Translator App:  

2 BA Serageldin Research Methods Library
> 1,000,000 s 14,000 Research Methods books Teaching 60,000,000 students World’s Largest Research Methods Library World’s largest scientific PowerPoint library World’s largest teacher of global health and research methods Developers of Multilingual Science BA Serageldin Research Methods Library > 1,000,000 s 14,000 Research Methods books Teaching 60,000,000 students World’s Largest Research Methods Library World’s largest scientific PowerPoint library World’s largest teacher of global health and research methods Developers of Multilingual Science

3 80% of the World’s Population
3% of Publications from Developing Countries 80% of the World’s Population 3% of Publications from Developing Countries 80% of the World’s Population Need for Scientific Equity Publications Population Need for Scientific Equity

4 1 Language of science (English)
Problem 6500 Languages in the world 1 Language of science (English) Problem 6500 Languages in the world 1 Language of science (English) “Language barriers”

5 Imagination is more important than knowledge. Albert Einstein
Воображение важнее знаний (Russian) الخيال أكثر أهمية من المعرفة(Arabic) 想象力比知识更重要 (Chinese) L'imagination est plus important que la connaissance (French) Translate button to 103 languages Imagination is more important than knowledge. Albert Einstein Translate button to 103 languages How to create translation Button for your website 

6 “Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 requires recipients of Federal financial assistance to take reasonable steps to make their programs, services, and activities by eligible persons with limited English proficiency” Limited English Proficiency (LEP) “Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of requires recipients of Federal financial assistance to take reasonable steps to make their programs, services, and activities by eligible persons with limited English proficiency”

7 Team Bibliotheca Alexandrina
This could only be done with a remarkable global team. Experts from Egypt, India, Iran, Japan, Kenya, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Nigeria, the US and many other countries pitched in to make this happen. These wonderful people donated their time and effort to make the impossible happen. “It always seems impossible until it is done” (Mandela) “Never believe that a few caring people can’t change the world. For, indeed, that is all who ever have” (Mead) Supercourse Project -    Science Supercourse - ssc.bibalex.org    Central Asian Journal of Global Health - cajgh.pitt.edu   Research Methods Library of Alexandria -    Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) African Networks -    Euclid's Statistical Matrix -    Serageldin-Euclid Library -  BAIFA Resourse Sharing Service -  Serageldin Library  Google Translate -  Microsoft Translator -  Multilingual Supercourse - 


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