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The global information
exchange experiment.
Digital libraries are a large part of the future of librarianship. Now in their infancy, they struggle with the same
issues other libraries do: access, collection development, cataloging, copyright, labor
costs, user-friendliness, searchability and preservation. Their growing importance is seen
as a force behind the mergers of information science programs and library science schools.
My interest is in collection development and user services
at digital libraries. I like visiting them. Here is my list of the most interesting and
useful digital libraries, DL organizations, and sites related to them.
| The Making of America, Parts 1 and 2. MOA
Part 1 contains primary source material in American social history from
c.1800-1870. Part 1 was created as a joint project of the University of Michigan and Cornell. MOA Part 2 is a newer effort from
Berkeley. It covers 1869-1900. History
of the railroads is featured in both. |
| UM Digital Library and DL projects at
the University of Michigan. |
| Columbia University
Digital Library Program and VisualSEEk, Columbia's image
search engine. |
| Electronic
Text Project at the University
of Pittsburgh Library. |
| Project Open Book
at the Yale University Library. |
| Alexandria Digital Library at
the University of California at
Santa Barbara. |
| Berkeley Multimedia Research Center, a
UC Berkeley Library project. |
| British Library Research and Innovation
Centre, Digital Library Research Program. |
| Portico- the British Library. Gateway
to BL catalogues and history. |
| The New Zealand
Digital Library at the University of Waikato. NZDL seems to have a new URL, but I haven't discovered it yet. |
| The Digital Library
Federation. |
| Web4Lib an ongoing electronic discussion forum on digital
libraries, for library professionals. |
| Online, Inc.'s web site often
features articles from Online magazine about digital libraries. |
| BiblioBytes features books online, and a
searchable database of books. |
| D-Lib magazine. E-journal on
digital libraries. |
| Want to go international? Digital libraries and research projects in Canada, the Netherlands, Scotland and Australia! |
Okay! That'll keep you busy
for a bit. <grin>
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