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February 26, 2006

National Archives & Google Video

The United States National Archives and Google have come together to make available 104 movies from the Archives on Google video.

Read: Nation Archive Movies Available on Google Video

Posted by kstover2 at 1:40 PM

Australian Libraries More Accessible

From The Courier-Mail:

AUSTRALIANS will be able to look up library books online and order pages to be emailed to them, under a sweeping revamp of access to public libraries.

The new program, to be launched today by Communications Minister Helen Coonan, will open up access to 40 million items from 800 libraries across Australia.

From today, people will be able to log-on to a central website, and use a search engine similar to Google, to find what resources are available on a given topic.

The book can either be sent out on loan by post, or selected pages photocopied or emailed.

It is part of a scheme to make libraries more accessible to the community, particularly those in rural and remote areas.

Read the entire article

Posted by kstover2 at 1:32 PM

February 12, 2006

LIS 502 Tracking Paper Hints

LIS 502 Research Hints for the Tracking Assignment has been updated for Spring '06 semester!

Posted by kstover2 at 1:09 PM