Greetings from DC.
You've likely heard that the National Archives (NARA) and Google have
announced a non-exclusive partnership to digitize historic film material in
the archives.
However, to think that will be the only place to find digitized historic film
on the web is wrong. I've collected a small sample (very small) of online
resources (almost all free, the one or two that are fee-based are VERY
inexpensive) that are currently online, many have been available for some
time. Great stuff to know about and share with others. The list is
international in scope.
All of the info and links are available here.
http://www.resourceshelf.com/2006/02/new-academic-paper-offers-review-of.html
cheers,
gary
p.s. Here are a few additional highlights from the past week of ResourceShelf
+ Educational Technology
Source: New Media Consortium
New, The 2006 Horizon Report
"The NMC's Emerging Technologies Initiative focuses on expanding the
boundaries of teaching, learning and creative expression by creatively
applying new tools in new contexts. The Horizon Project, the centerpiece of
this initiative, charts the landscape of emerging technologies and produces
the NMC's annual Horizon Report. The 2006 Horizon Report is now available.
The 2006 edition is a collaboration between The New Media Consortium and the
EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI), an EDUCAUSE program. The 2006 Horizon
Report, just as has been the case with previous editions of the report,
highlights six technologies that the underlying research suggests will become
very important to higher education over the next one to five years." 32 pages;
PDF.
http://www.resourceshelf.com/2006/02/just-released-science-and-engineering.html
Kosmix Adds Two New Verticals: Travel and Politics
Yes, we like to cover the "vertical" or specialty search and database space.
That's nothing new. A few weeks ago, Kosmix, a specialty database that
focuses on health information launched in beta. A couple of my health
librarians pals are impressed with this new resource as a resource for
consumer health info. It's definetly worth a look. In the past few days
Kosmix has launched two more specialty databases. One that focuses on travel
information (a great idea) and the other on political information. Both
Kosmix Travel and Kosmix Politics are in alpha mode.
http://www.resourceshelf.com/2006/02/kosmix-adds-two-new-verticals-beyond.html
National Libraries--Canada
Source: Library and Archives Canada
3 New Resources from Library and Archives Canada
+ Web Archive of Election 2006 Web Sites
A "harvest" of sites.
--
+ SOS! Canadian Disasters at Library and Archives Canada
Provides access to the The Disaster Media Reports database.
--
+ Exhibit: Shipwreck Investigations at Library and Archives Canada
http://www.resourceshelf.com/2006/02/factivas-clare-hart-moves-up-to-new.html
Briefly
+ More New Content Added to Answers.com Database
This week Answers adds a Cancer Dictionary and Cancer Encyclopedia
--
+ Ask a question online, get an answer...sometimes (via News.com)
We were VERY HAPPY to see that VRD's AskA+ Locator service got a mention in
this article.
http://www.resourceshelf.com/2006/02/more-reference-content-added-to.html
National Science Digital Library
Source: EurekaAlert
Researchers to develop technology to extend benefits of National Science
Digital Library
"Virginia Tech and Villanova University researchers have received a $450,000
grant from the National Science Foundation to extend the benefits of its
free, online library by developing technology that will allow college
students and professors to conduct flexible and customized information
searches directly from course Web sites." If you've never visted and used the
National Science Digital Library, you should. A great example of a specialty
search tool.
http://www.resourceshelf.com/2006/02/nexidia-and-activegroup-partner-to.html
--
Gary D. Price, MLIS
Librarian
Director of Online Information Resources, Ask Jeeves
Editor, ResourceShelf and DocuTicker
Visit ResourceShelf and Docuticker
http://www.resourceshelf.com
http://www.docuticker.com
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