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Library News & Notes
May 13th, 2005

Internet Sites of the Week

Classic Textbooks in Science
The National Academies have launched a project to digitize a number of fundamental science textbooks. So far only one has appeared, John A. Moore's Heredity and Development. It would be nice if the academies let us know what else is in the pipeline.
http://scienceclassics.nas.edu/
(Source: NSF Sci-Tech Library Newsletter)

Contagious Media Showdown
Recently this space featured the non-profit Eyebeam, an interface between technology and art. Eyebeam is running a contest based on “contagious media,” which spread via word-of-mouth, e-mail, cell phones and the like.
http://showdown.contagiousmedia.org/
(Source: Chris Stokes)

Life Histories of North American Birds
This site features selections from a massive twenty-volume compilation on bird behavior by Arthur Cleveland Bent (1886-1954). Includes an index.
http://www.birdsbybent.com/
(Source: Neat New Stuff on the Net)

OpenSearch
A new function of Amazon s A9 search engine allows simultaneous display of results from other search services using the OpenSearch protocol developed by Amazon. “We want OpenSearch to do for search what RSS has done for content.”
http://opensearch.a9.com/
http://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/nb050328-2.shtml
(Source: Internet Resources Newsletter)

Popup and Movable Books: a Tour Through Their History
The University of North Texas presents this exhibit on books with movable media or parts, such as pop-ups, documenting the history and range of this type of publication.
http://www.library.unt.edu/rarebooks/exhibits/popup2/
(Sources: Boing Boing; Librarian's Index to the Internet)

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Received May 7 - 13, 2005