{"id":1341,"date":"2009-02-03T12:20:28","date_gmt":"2009-02-03T10:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.univie.ac.at\/Geschichte\/salon21\/?p=1341"},"modified":"2022-05-19T16:20:17","modified_gmt":"2022-05-19T16:20:17","slug":"spanish-version-of-iiav-mapping-the-world-database-launched-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salon21.univie.ac.at\/?p=1341","title":{"rendered":"Portal: Spanish version of &#8222;Mapping the World&#8220; &#8211; Database launched!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iiav.nl\/mapadelmundo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018Mapa del Mundo\u2019<\/a>, the Spanish-language version of \u2018Mapping the World\u2019, the online database of women\u2019s information services and centers, is now online. Launched February 1, 2009.<br \/>\nMapa del Mundo makes the resources of more than <strong>400 women\u2019s libraries, archives, and information, documentation and resource centers <\/strong>in <strong>132 countries<\/strong> accessible to Spanish speaking audiences. The database is an initiative of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iiav.nl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Information Centre and Archives for the Women\u2019s Movement (IIAV)<\/a> in Amsterdam.<br \/>\nMapa del Mundo has been developed in response to requests from women in Latin America. The initiative grew out of the Know How Conference in Mexico in 2006. One of the aims of the conference was to \u201cfound a Latin American network of information centers and libraries on women\u2019s and gender studies\u201d. Increasing the availability, accessibility and visibility of women\u2019s information can make a significant difference in the lives of all women \u2013 indigenous, rural and urban.<!--more--><br \/>\nMapping the World, the English language version of the database which has been online since 1998, is an inventory of women\u2019s libraries, documentation centers and archives worldwide. Women\u2019s information centers can be found in nearly every country in the world, from Sweden to Kenya and from Chile to Bangladesh. Mapping the World provides access to the often unique resources these centers make available. The database can be searched by organization, country, subject and free text, and includes links to the digital and online collections of the cooperating centers. The information in the database is continuously updated and expanded.<br \/>\nMapa del Mundo and Mapping the World are products of the International Information Centre and Archives for the Women\u2019s Movement (IIAV) in the Netherlands. The IIAV\u2019s mission is to increase the availability of information and knowledge about women and to promote research about women\u2019s history, lives and experiences.<br \/>\nYou can find Mapa del Mundo at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iiav.nl\/mapadelmundo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.iiav.nl\/mapadelmundo<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/salon21.univie.ac.at\/www.knowhowcommunity.org\/mapadelmundo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.knowhowcommunity.org\/mapadelmundo<\/a>.<br \/>\nFor more information, contact Tilly Vriend t.vriend#iiav.nl or Desiree Vreke d.vreke#iiav.nl at the IIAV.<br \/>\nInternational Information Centre and Archives for the Women\u2019s Movement (IIAV)<br \/>\nAmsterdam \/ The Netherlands \/ +31-20-6651318 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0+31-20-6651318\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0end_of_the_skype_highlighting \/ info#iiav.nl \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iiav.nl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.iiav.nl<\/a><br \/>\nSource: frauenarchive@yahoogroups.de<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Mapa del Mundo\u2019, the Spanish-language version of \u2018Mapping the World\u2019, the online database of women\u2019s information services and centers, is now online. Launched February 1, 2009. Mapa del Mundo makes the resources of more than 400 women\u2019s libraries, archives, and information, documentation and resource centers in 132 countries accessible to Spanish speaking audiences. 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