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News Article
March 18, 2011
Book drive to boost library

A BOOK drive commemorating March as Literacy Month is being held to offer a much needed boost to the library at Thelma Gibson Primary school.

An organiser said: "The school has more than 700 students that need reading material to feed their young, eager minds, so if you have any books suitable for children between the ages of 4 and 11, they can be donated to Media Enterprises on Shirley Park Aven...

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News Article
March 03, 2011
Students thoughts on new COB library and information centre

The new state-of-the-art Harry C Moore Library and Information Centre at the College of the Bahamas had its unofficial opening on Monday and students are weighing in with their concerns and enthusiasm.

Chelsea Carroll, an economics and finance major at COB, was in awe of the new library. "My first impression of it? I think it's high tech and up to date," she said.

Mass communication studen...

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News Article
January 28, 2011
Lyford Cay Foundation Team Visits New C.O.B. Library

Nassau, Bahamas - Lyford Cay Foundation Board members
were given a tour of the new Harry C. Moore Library and Information Centre at The
College of The Bahamas (COB) recently.

Lyford Cay Foundation, Inc. (LCF) assisted with the
planning and development of the landmark 60,000 square foot structure, which is named after the
Foundation's former Chairman and is expected to open in the spring of this y...

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News Article
January 05, 2011
What's NEW at the Library - December 2010

Grand Bahama Island  -

Here is what's new as of December 2010 related
to Fiction,  Mystery, and Non-Fiction books new to the Library. You can
check previous lists for DVD's, Reference and other types of books.

Situated
in
the downtown area, on

Mall Drive,
the lending library is most definitely a pillar of the community. The
Sir Charles Library stands next to the

Rand ho...

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News Article
September 22, 2010
Author of Glassidor makes book donation to Freeport Lending Library

Freeport, Bahamas - Local author, Lewis

Walmsley who is set to publicly launch his science fiction book

Glassidor
on October 2nd at the Ruby Swiss Restaurant donated a copy to the Sir Charles Hayward Lending Library recently.

Receiving the book on behalf of the library was Josephine Zonicle, Head Librarian and Shamika Gardiner, Library Clerk.

"I hope that many readers of all ages will enjoy m...

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News Article
September 21, 2010
Author of Glassidor makes book donation to Freeport Lending Library

 

Freeport, Bahamas - Local author, Lewis

Walmsley who is set to publicly launch his science fiction book

Glassidor
on October 2nd at the Ruby Swiss Restaurant donated a copy to the Sir Charles Hayward Lending Library recently.

Receiving the book on behalf of the library was Josephine Zonicle, Head Librarian and Shamika Gardiner, Library Clerk.

"I hope that many readers of all ages will...

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News Article
August 26, 2010
What's NEW at the Library - August 2010

Grand Bahama Island  -

Here is what's new as of August 2010 related
to Fiction,  Mystery, and Non-Fiction books new to the Library. You can
check previous lists for DVD's, Reference and other types of books.

Situated
in
the downtown area, on

Mall Drive,
the lending library is most definitely a pillar of the community. The
Sir Charles Library stands next to the

Rand hosp...

read more »


News Article
May 01, 2024
UB Students Told to Use AI Skills to Build Stronger, Resilient Bahamas

Students at University of The Bahamas (UB) are being prepared for a future with Artificial Intelligence (AI).

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News Article
April 24, 2024
The University of The Bahamas signs new MoU with China's Central South University

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – The University of The Bahamas and Central South University located in Hunan, China, inked a new a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)Wednesday morning at the Harry C.Moore Library Auditorium; officials did not make it immediately clear what the renewed agreement entails. Education Minster  Glenys Hanna-Martin, during her remarks, expressed gratitude got the longstanding [...]

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News Article
February 07, 2012
In the absence of legislation, we all need to step up

I was in a meeting this past week when a hotel executive shared a story about how guests often ask him what the establishment is doing about recycling.
He went on to relate how efforts have been made to get staff to implement sorting items for the purpose of recycling.
Unfortunately, this suggestion was followed by somewhat of a revolt.
These guests, no doubt, come from countries where the recycli...

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