A Great Digital Resource!

Since we were discussing the International Children's Digital Library on the WebCt discussion board this week, I wanted to see what other reputable digital library collections were available. I was really looking for resources for my high school students. I went to the ALA site and found an interesting link to a magazine called the D-Lib Magazine. This magazine which can be accessed at http://www.dlib.org/ is an "electronic publication with a primary focus on digital library research and development, including but not limited to new technologies, applications, and contextual social and economic issues. The primary goal of the magazine is timely and efficient information exchange for the digital library community." The magazine is funded by, among others, Syracuse University Libraries, University Libraries of Notre Dame University, Australian National University, and University of California San Diego Libraries.

The magazine is only published six times a year, but you can access back issues from the website. There are some very interesting articles in this magazine. One particularly interesting display at the site is the " Featured Collection" section. Here a digital collection is made available for free access. This July/August issue features a digital collection called "The Encyclopedia of the Earth." I explored this encyclopedia and was thrilled with the amount of information that I, and my students, can use. The URL for the encyclopedia is http://www.eoearth.org/. Check it out! It is great for high school students!

This magazine was truly a great find!! Hence, the very happy librarian above!