Digital
Collections: An Eclectic List
- American
Memory Project Library of Congress historical collections - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/
- Art Archive
Fine art scans, over 200 artists, organized by name and in categories - http://www.artchive.com/ftp_site.htm
- Asa
Ribelin Papers Seven historical documents
held by the Rowan Public Library, well presented -
http://www.lib.co.rowan.nc.us/HistoryRoom/digitalarchives/asa/
- The Blake Archive
Electronic reproductions of images and texts of the work of William
Blake.
work. - http://www.blakearchive.org/
- Buffalo
and Erie County Public Library Digital Exhibits Two
collections using the CONTENTdm product from OCLC -
http://becpldigital.cdm.oclc.org/cgi-bin/browseresults.exe
- Colorado
Digitization Project Collections and resources for those planning
project - http://www.cdpheritage.org/
- Cornell Institute for
Digital Collections (CDIC) Dedicated to the development and
management of distinctive digital collections -
http://cidc.library.cornell.edu/
- Cornell
University Library Digital Collections Including
initiative and projects -
http://www.library.cornell.edu/about/digital.html
- David Rumsey Collection
Maps of 18th and 19th century North and South America, historic maps of
the World, Europe, Asia and Africa -
http://www.davidrumsey.com/
- Digital
Librarian History Includes links to many collections - http://www.digital-librarian.com/history.html
- Dionne
Quintuplets Digitization Site Digitized historical information
about the Dionne Quintuplets, including a timeline, digital
collections, and information about the museums and libraries owning the
original artifacts -
http://www.city.north-bay.on.ca/QUINTS/DIGITIZE/dqdpe.htm
- Forest
History Society Project Searchable catalog of scanned photographs - http://www.lib.duke.edu/forest/digitization.html
- Found Magazine Images
of photos, letters, notices and other found materials that give a
glimpse into someone life; submissions accepted - http://www.foundmagazine.com/
- Internet History
Sourcebook Collections of public domain and copy-permitted
historical texts presented cleanly (without advertising or excessive
layout) for educational use -
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/
- Internet Public Library
Exhibits - http://www.ipl.org/exhibit/ and
Online Texts - http://www.ipl.org/reading/books/
- Library
and Archival Exhibitions on the Web A project of the Smithsonian
Libraries -
http://www.sil.si.edu/SILPublications/Online-Exhibitions/
- NASA Digital Image
Collection Over 250,000 mission photographs -
http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/
- The National Archives -
http://www.archives.gov/
- New York Public Library
Digital Collection Text, photographs, historical materials, browse
collection or search the catalog -
http://digital.nypl.org/
- New York Public Library,
Mid-Manhatten Library, Picture Collection Online Images
from an extensive circulating collection and reference archive covering
over 12,000 subjects - http://digital.nypl.org/mmpco/
- New York State Archives - http://www.archives.nysed.gov/aindex.shtml
- The Perseus Project
Primary and secondary sources in early modern English literature - http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/
- September 11 Archive
Collection of Web materials -
http://september11.archive.org/
- Smithsonian
Institution Libraries Compiler
of Online Exhibits -
http://www.sil.si.edu/silpublications/online-exhibitions/
- Web Gallery of Art
European painting and sculpture of the Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque
periods (1150-1800) - http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/
How to
find more:
use relevant terms
in subject
directories and search engines. For example, try digital
libraries in Yahoo -
http://www.yahoo.com.
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Diane Berry for WNYLRC 9/29/05