Billionaire Bill Gates gives to Aborigines


      
            BILL Gates, has given $1.25 million to expand computer and internet services in NT indigenous communities.
      
      The Microsoft founder gave the money to the NT Library as recognition for the Our Story database, which enables Aboriginal people to preserve and share their culture. The software, which stores photos, sound recordings and videos, also improves the technology and literacy skills of indigenous people. The Annual Access and Learning Award is part of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's Global Libraries initiative. The award is one of the highest accolades for libraries across the world and was the first one to go to an Australian library. NT Library director Jo McGill accepted the award in Durban, South Africa.
      "It's truly an honour to be acknowledged and awarded for the work we are doing with communities in the Territory," she said. Ms McGill said Aboriginal people had an oral tradition of sharing knowledge and culture. "Very little of this knowledge is captured in books. The Northern Territory Library recognised the need to capture this local content and made it accessible to the indigenous communitiesContinue At Source


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