One of my fabulous news librarian colleagues posted this resource to Newslib. Newsmap shows the popularity of news items through tree maps. The site includes news for a few countries besides America, common news categories, and different days and times.
From their about page:
"Newsmap is an application that visually reflects the constantly changing landscape of the […]
The Cornell Center for Materials Research hosts this service allowing people to ask scientists, well, science questions. The July 15 Internet Scout Report recommends perusing the hundreds of answered questions in the archives. The site tells who answered the question and what the person’s credentials are. The answers I read were written in a style […]
I’m looking at a lot of sites about ergonomics, so it’s natural that some of them are going to end up here.
Claiming to be "the future of public tv and radio," Open Media Network offers "a broad selection of movies, public TV and radio, video blogs and podcasts while protecting producer’s copyrights." Through OMN, people can access audio and visual materials producers wish to distribute over the Internet.
Site visitors using Windows machines and Internet Explorer can […]
The Naxos Music Library database features a number of recordings from the Naxos collection. Many people might know of Naxos because of their inexpensive, yet usually good, recordings of music available where classical music is sold. I have a number of their discs in my collection. I’m excited to know about this database to which […]
The Librarians’ Index to the Internet hopes people will complete their 15-question survey before the 11:59 pm PST Sunday, April 24 deadline. They might use it to collect data for their redesign scheduled to appear in June. Jessamyn and LISNews mention it.
Check out this page by Bob Jensen at Trinity University with lots of notes about search engines, feeds, and other Web technology.
Librarians’ Index to the Internet New this Week has a few items of interest for librarians, including an American Library Association page on career development, the Crime in the Library weblog, and the Occupational Outlook Handbook’s entry on librarians.
Check out this Web site!
"NYPL Digital Gallery provides access to over 275,000 images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of The New York Public Library, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints and photographs, illustrated books, printed ephemera, and more."
It looks like they grant reproduction rights for at least […]