Dear AIR: A series of short data memos from the World Information Access Project are now online at www.wiareport.org. Topics include - The World's Libraries Online The Urban Digital Divide I: Global Cities v. Regional Centers The Urban Digital Divide II: Rich v. Poor Cities National Dependency in the Information Age Has Privatization Contributed to the Relative Decline of Internet Hosts Africa? Muslim Political Parties Grow Online In addition, a there is *.pdf version of the briefing booklet we are sending out to journalists, academics and policy makers. It includes a particularly cool map "Wired Countries of the World" with a original comparative data about wired governments, political parties, libraries and civic groups in 190 countries. http://www.wiareport.org/wia_report_2007_map_only.pdf Many people from this list are already on the mailing list and will be getting a hardcopy of this map in the mail. But if this looks particularly interesting, send me an email and I'll happily make sure one is posted to you. Phil Dr. Philip N. Howard Assistant Professor Department of Communication University of Washington