1. Library of Alexandria Health Supercourse: Sharing PowerPoint Files www.bibalex.org www.pitt.edu/~super1

2. What was the Ancient Library of Alexandria? * The most famous among all ancient and medieval libraries * Largest library in all antiquity * Largest research institution well known by scholars from all over the Mediterranean. Even after its disappearance since 1600 years ago, it continues to survive in the memory of all scholars to this day.

3. The ancient Library of Alexandria in 300 BC captured much of the world’s science by collecting over 700,000 papyrus scrolls giving birth to the first university. The ancient Library of Alexandria in 300 BC captured much of the world’s science by collecting over 700,000 papyrus scrolls giving birth to the first university.

4. Ptolemy I Soter (c. 367/6-283/2 B.C.)

5. Library of Alexandria Today “So that is the setting for the new Library of Alexandria. A library for up to eight million books, three museums, five research institutes, several exhibition galleries, a planetarium and a conference center that can accommodate some 3000 seats. The beautiful new building, with its distinctive granite wall covered by the letters of all the world's alphabets, is today a recognizable landmark of the new Alexandria.” “So that is the setting for the new Library of Alexandria. A library for up to eight million books, three museums, five research institutes, several exhibition galleries, a planetarium and a conference center that can accommodate some 3000 seats. The beautiful new building, with its distinctive granite wall covered by the letters of all the world's alphabets, is today a recognizable landmark of the new Alexandria.” Ismail Serageldin, Librarian of Alexandria

6. Supercourse model Teacher in Alexandria Teacher in Tanzania Teacher in Cairo Teacher in Novosibirsk Teacher in Pittsburgh Teacher in Cairo Target: everybody

7. Goal: To increase global health equity by developing a cost- effective means to provide access to quality health, prevention and science information world wide.

8. From Papyrus to PowerPoint: Steps of the great Evolution 200 BC Papyrus 1500 AD Paper and Printed Books 1995 Electronic Books October 16, 2002 PowerPoint

9. What is Supercourse today? The largest library of PowerPoint lectures on prevention The largest library of PowerPoint lectures on prevention One of the largest networks of researchers, scientists and healthcare workers from all over the world One of the largest networks of researchers, scientists and healthcare workers from all over the world The best known e-prevention initiative in the world The best known e-prevention initiative in the world

10. What are we capturing now and what do we want to capture in the future? Science Prevention

11. Why are we concerned about prevention?

13. 9389 Faculty 134 UN member Countries Global Participants

14. Former Head CDC Father of the Internet Nobel Prize winner

15. + Our dream is the marriage between the Library of Alexandria and the Supercourse Project to spread the knowledge of science worldwide

16. Supercourse and P2P systems In Supercourse, we are developing a system where the users will be able to exchange PowerPoint files as with Napster

17. Central Server file exchange Model in the Library of Alexandria Central Server in Alexandria containing PPT lectures Cairo Mecca New York Moscow System that allows scientists to borrow and to donate PPT lectures

18. Supercourse in Alexandria and the Ancient Library: What do they have in common? Ancient Library-700,000 papyrus scrolls (125,000 books) Library of Alexandria Supercourse- Potentially 5 million PowerPoint lectures on Science