Lincoln Corner gets a facelift, now has more resources for students, researchers
The centre was established in 2006 to promote friendship.
KARACHI:
The Lincoln Corner in Karachi recently got a makeover and is now more spacious and has been outfitted with new facilities for both students and researchers.
Lincoln Corners all over the world “offer a window on America and its people, history, society, geography, government, and popular culture,” according to the website of the US consulate in Karachi.
A ceremony was held at the Rangoonwala Community Centre on Tuesday, where the corner has been located since June 2006. “The multimedia, book and periodical collections are open and accessible to all interested citizens,” remarked Mitchell R Moss, a counsellor for public affairs at the US embassy, after a ribbon-cutting ceremony. “I hope friendly relations between our two countries would not only continue, but also develop further.”
Moss also thanked the executive trustee of the Rangoonwala Community Centre, Tariq Rangoonwala, for his continued support. “Lincoln Corners are partnerships between public affairs sections of the US embassy and host institutions,” said Shazia Ali, the director of the information resource centre of the US consulate. “Mostly students visit the centre to access the database of around 20,000 English titles on various subjects,” she told The Express Tribune, adding that more 30,000 non-English titles are also available.
The centre was established in 2006 to promote friendship between the citizens of the United States and Pakistan through multimedia resources, English-language learning materials and lectures on topics of interest to the people of Karachi. The place will provide opportunities for Karachi’ites to exchange views with American experts on topics related to life in the United States.
“But we could hardly accommodate 25 people at one time,” said Ali. Now, the place can seat more than 50 people and is equipped with computers as well as collections of reference and audio-visual material.
Around 30 students of Thesfo School, which provides free education to deserving students in Akhter Colony, were also present on the occasion.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 17th, 2012.
The Lincoln Corner in Karachi recently got a makeover and is now more spacious and has been outfitted with new facilities for both students and researchers.
Lincoln Corners all over the world “offer a window on America and its people, history, society, geography, government, and popular culture,” according to the website of the US consulate in Karachi.
A ceremony was held at the Rangoonwala Community Centre on Tuesday, where the corner has been located since June 2006. “The multimedia, book and periodical collections are open and accessible to all interested citizens,” remarked Mitchell R Moss, a counsellor for public affairs at the US embassy, after a ribbon-cutting ceremony. “I hope friendly relations between our two countries would not only continue, but also develop further.”
Moss also thanked the executive trustee of the Rangoonwala Community Centre, Tariq Rangoonwala, for his continued support. “Lincoln Corners are partnerships between public affairs sections of the US embassy and host institutions,” said Shazia Ali, the director of the information resource centre of the US consulate. “Mostly students visit the centre to access the database of around 20,000 English titles on various subjects,” she told The Express Tribune, adding that more 30,000 non-English titles are also available.
The centre was established in 2006 to promote friendship between the citizens of the United States and Pakistan through multimedia resources, English-language learning materials and lectures on topics of interest to the people of Karachi. The place will provide opportunities for Karachi’ites to exchange views with American experts on topics related to life in the United States.
“But we could hardly accommodate 25 people at one time,” said Ali. Now, the place can seat more than 50 people and is equipped with computers as well as collections of reference and audio-visual material.
Around 30 students of Thesfo School, which provides free education to deserving students in Akhter Colony, were also present on the occasion.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 17th, 2012.