Photoshare News - August 2001

In this issue:
I. New Photos
II. New Equipment, Better Service

---------- I. NEW PHOTOS ----------

Go here to see the following new photos: www.jhuccp.org/mmc/photoshare/newphotos.stm

1. Romanian street children:
Photographer Mike Jay Browne shares his photos from the New Life photographic exhibition which looks at the huge difference a few items of aid and a change of perspective make for Romania's street children and orphans.

2. Women and Sustainable Energy:
See photos contributed by ENERGIA, an international network aimed at strengthening the role of women in sustainable energy development.

3. Advances in Family Health Communication Workshop:
The Center for Communication Program's major international training workshop attracts high-level program managers from many countries. See photos from workshops in Nigeria and Haiti.

---------- II. NEW EQUIPMENT, BETTER SERVICE ----------

Thank you for being patient with us during the month of July as we installed a new server and scanning equipment. We also implemented a new system for email subscriptions to the monthly Photoshare updates.

1. The new server is intended to deliver faster query results when you search any of the online databases at www.jhuccp.org (Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs), including Photoshare, Mediabank, Videoshare, Netlinks, and Popline.

2. Our new scanning equipment allows us to do inhouse custom scanning for all new photos that are submitted to Photoshare, significantly improving the digital quality of new acquisitions (we previously archived photos onto Kodak Photo CD).

3. The Photoshare monthly mailing list is now automated to reduce errors and delays in processing. Not only can you subscribe via the web site to receive a monthly email about new photos in Photoshare, but you can also subscribe to other mailing lists that may be of interest to you at the same time. Furthermore, you can automatically unsubscribe from the Photoshare email list at any time (see instructions at the end of this email).

---------- SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION ----------
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Photoshare is a project of the Media/Materials Clearinghouse (M/MC), part of the Population Information Program (PIP), which is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and administered by the Center for Communication Programs (CCP) at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health.