The WCU - Jamaica Online Project

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The goal of this project is to use knowledge to develop closer ties between WCU faculty and our Jamaican colleagues and students.

Look for Information

Selected Web Servers in Jamaica

• Top 5 Jamaica Web sites by category
• Welcome to Jamaica!, Official Web site of the Travel Bureau.
• Jamaican Gleaner, daily online newspaper.
• Jamican Observer, news and information.
• Jamaica Post
• Jamaica Links
• Jamaica Weather Information, Roy Forrester.
• University of the West Indies (Mona,Jamaica)
• Jamaica Online, features of Jamaica
• Jamaica - Virtual Information Center - Home Page
• Collis - Jamaican, Internet Service Provider
• Radio Jamaica.com
• Jamaican Stock Exchange
• National Library of Jamaica
• Jamaica Information Resources: An executive agency of the government of Jamaica
• Statistical Institute of Jamaica
• Invest Jamaica
• Smart Designs Internet Solutions
• Careers Jamaica
• Netsearch Jamaica
• Jamaica Naturally

Information Resources

• Latin America Information Network (LANIC)
• Governments on the WWW: Jamaica government sites and more
• Jamaica - Consular Information Sheet
• Embassy of Jamaica, Washington, DC
• Jamaican Mission to the United Nations
• Currency Converter
• Patois Dictionary
• General Map of Jamaica along with basic country data (Source: CIA Fact Book).
• Jamaica Reference Desk, University of Texas, Austin

Global Interaction: Email Conferences

I have not found any email conference (either Newsgroup or Listserv format) devoted to a discussion of Jamaica in general. However, Jamaica is a topic of discussion in conferences with a larger and narrower focus.

 Newsgroups
All of these are on the Western server, and if your browser is configured correctly, campus users can read this email on your screen. Off-campus folks that cannot retrieve this mail from your local server should use the search sites available under the newsgroups link above. Newsgroups with a higher frequency of discussing Jamaican topics include (listed in order of frequency):

• rec.travel.caribbean
• rec.travel.misc
• rec.music.reggae
• soc.culture.caribbean
• rec.scuba
• rec.travel.marketplace
Listservs
Explore the Listserv link above to learn about newsgroups and how to subscribe to (receive the email) from the newsgroup listed below.
• IPMJAMAI , Integrated Pest Management on the CRSP listserver for Jamaica.

Western Carolina University's Jamaican Program

• Western's Jamaican program has evolved over twenty-five years of operation. For further information, contact Continuing Education, (704) 227-7397.