Early photographically illustrated books This Web site, which is part of the British Library's Collect Britain digitisation project, makes available 1,463 images of early photographic illustrations. Photography, as a new technology, was an exciting way of illustrating books, and was increasingly used after the 1840s. Later in the century the photographs themselves became the focus of such publications. The images presented here cover a vast variety of subjects, including: towns and buildings in Britain and Ireland; portraits; scenic views and landscapes; works of art and architecture; figure groups; and many more. The collection From New Humbul Resources on July 31, 2005 at 10:30 p.m..
Culturenet Cymru Culturenet Cymru Ltd is a not-for-profit private company supporting Internet-based cultural projects in Wales. It is based at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth and funded by the Welsh Assembly Government. The website provides information about current and future projects. For example, Culturenet Cymru works with BBC Wales, the Welsh Tourist Board, the National Eisteddfod of Wales, the Archives Council for Wales and many others to promote projects such as 'Books from the Past' and 'Gathering the Jewels'. It is an invaluable guide to web-based resources for Welsh cul From New Humbul Resources on July 31, 2005 at 10:30 p.m..
Welsh seals pilot project This is an on-line report on the 'Welsh Seals Pilot Project' funded by the University of Wales Aberystwyth Research Fund and conducted in May-June 2005 by Dr Anna Skarzynska of the Royal Comission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. It concisely sets out the aims, methodology and results of the pilot study. That study aimed to identify and address the issues involved in a major digitisation project, in this case of about 4,500-5,000 Welsh seals, mainly dating from the medieval period, held by the National Library of Wales. The report evaluates a number of other digitisa From New Humbul Resources on July 31, 2005 at 10:30 p.m..
Lost gardens This Web site, which is part of the British Library's Collect Britain digitisation project, makes available a themed tour on the history of gardens. The tour is structured around digitised versions of original documents in the collections of the British Library, and provides access to many fascinating sources. Although the site begins with a discussion of the Garden of Eden, it mainly deals with gardening developments from the medieval period onwards. It is divided into the following main categories: the Garden of Eden and the Tree of Knowledge; the medieval garden; the Renaissance garde From New Humbul Resources on July 31, 2005 at 10:30 p.m..
The old East End This inventive Web site makes available an online tour on the theme of "The Old East End", which is based on and illustrated by material from the collections of Collect Britain. Collect Britain is a major digitisation project undertaken by the British Library. This Web tour presents a rich variety of documents illustrating the history of the East End of London, largely concentrating on the nineteenth century. The tour opens with a brief account of the area before urbanisation. The user then moves on to a map which can be clicked to bring up plans of the old villages of the East End, from Spita From New Humbul Resources on July 31, 2005 at 10:30 p.m..
Durham : echoes of power Through this Web site, which is part of the Collect Britain digitisation project, the British Library makes available images from its collections illustrating the history of the Palatinate of Durham. The site concentrates in particular on the architectural heritage of the prince bishops, who had great power in the region during the Middle Ages. This legacy remains substantial, and was depicted in detail by the eighteenth-century topographical artist Samuel Hieronymus Grimm. Grimm's drawings, together with similar works by Edward Blore, form the bulk of this online exhibition. Other artefa From New Humbul Resources on July 31, 2005 at 10:30 p.m..
Deptford plans and drawings This Web site, which is part of the British Library's Collect Britain digitisation project, makes available a collection of 130 drawings and plans of Deptford and the area around the royal docklands. This area formed the administrative headquarters of the Royal Navy from Tudor times onwards, and by the seventeenth century it was home to the area of densest industrial activity in England. This site allows the user to view images of original documents charting the area during this period and through the age of industrial revolution, covering the period from 1623 to 1841. The documents inclu From New Humbul Resources on July 31, 2005 at 10:30 p.m..
Crace collection of maps of London This Web site, which is part of the British Library's Collect Britain project, makes available digitised versions of the rich and valuable Crace collection of maps and plans of London and its environs. This collection was formed by Frederick Crace, interior designer to George IV and Commissioner of Sewers, in the first half of the nineteenth century and numbers around 1,200 items. Of these, 853 have been digitised for this site. The maps, plans and views cover the period from the 1570s to the 1840s and record the development of the City of London, Westminster and their suburbs. Users can From New Humbul Resources on July 31, 2005 at 10:30 p.m..
Evanion collection of ephemera This Web site, which is part of the British Library's Collect Britain digitisation project, makes available images of items from the Evanion collection of nineteenth-century ephemera. This was formed by the ventriloquist and stage magician Henry Evans, a.k.a. Evanion, and the British Library holds 5,000 items from the collection. This site presents 1,813 images of these documents, covering the period from 1810 to 1895. The collection contains ephemeral documents of all types, including: posters; tickets; handbills; advertisements; greetings cards; trade catalogues and price lists; restaur From New Humbul Resources on July 31, 2005 at 10:30 p.m..
Caribbean views Caribbean Views, which is part of the Collect Britain Web site made available by the British Library, presents digitised images of sources relating to the history of the British West Indies in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The sources have been gathered from the British Library's collections, which are rich in material covering the the English slave trade in particular. Over 100 documents are represented by 1,203 images. These images include: views and illustrations; maps; manuscript accounts; and many printed texts. These present a variety of perspectives on life in the From New Humbul Resources on July 31, 2005 at 10:30 p.m..
Kensington Turnpike Trust drawings This Web site, which is part of the British Library's Collect Britain digitisation project, makes available a selection of 30 images of drawings of the area supervised by the Kensington Turnpike Trust. This Trust, which was set up in 1725, cared for the main roads in Kensington, Knightsbridge and Hyde Park Corner. In 1811 the Trust commissioned the artist Joseph Salway to make a series of drawings that recorded everything under the Trust's management, which at that time included not only the roads but related facilities such as street lamps and pumps. The drawings include plans and e From New Humbul Resources on July 31, 2005 at 10:30 p.m..
New York Times featured author Tennessee Williams This page of the New York Times Online 'Books' section features archive material, between 1945 and 1999, on the writing of Tennessee Williams. This includes reviews of his plays and critical discussions on his work in articles and features. Also included is 'Tennessee Williams at the 92nd Street Y', an audio recording of Tennessee Williams himself, both talking about and reading from his material. The reviews may be of particular interest to students of theatre studies as they offer an insight into the nature of performances over a period of fifty years, which reflect the c From New Humbul Resources on July 31, 2005 at 10:30 p.m..
Place and the novelist Attached to the Royal Geographical Society website, this PDF file is an interdisciplinary essay considering 'place' in the English novel. The author, D. C. D. Pocock, writes from the perspective of a geographer, adding an additional dimension to the consideration of classic works. Pocock is interested in the way the place of birth and subsequent home locations influence the writer and become evidence of the mutual interaction between humans and their environment. The essay considers this to be a symbiotic relationship, in which people and place may become interchangeable and time act From New Humbul Resources on July 31, 2005 at 10:30 p.m..
The life of Sir Walter Scott This web version of Part 1 of 'The Life Of Sir Walter Scott' by Sydney Fowler Wright was first published by The Poetry League in 1932. The slightly romantic style reveals its age but, as a starting point for research into Sir Walter Scott, and an example of a particular approach to biography, it is of value. It is very detailed and the author claims to offer 'greater accuracy' than any previous attempt, as well as an 'equitable and intelligible account' of Sir Walter Scott's business transactions. These brought him difficult publicity in his lifetime and, acc From New Humbul Resources on July 31, 2005 at 10:30 p.m..
North American centre for interdisciplinary poetics A web-based forum for 'free exchange on matters pertaining to interdisciplinary creativity and conjecture', the North American Centre for Interdisciplinary Poetics is hosted by the State University of New York, at Buffalo. Not for the faint-hearted, this site is most likely of interest to researchers in advanced poetics, and is a comprehensive and broadly based resource. Essays and articles are featured in English and French by, amongst others, Roland Barthes, Jean-Jacques Lecercle, Edward S. Klima and Ursula Bellugi, but there are also items such as a suggested Top Ten books on poet From New Humbul Resources on July 31, 2005 at 10:30 p.m..
plastic4records Posted By plastic4records on Jan 22nd 10:02AM: we are a netlabel that releases music projects that are creating electronic music , this includes all kinds of electronic music , that tries to go more farther then simple sample , we also accept projects that are mixes of electronic and live instruments . our artists keep the rights to their music. note that not all the projects are accepted if they do not fit in our netlabel they are removed. From Common Content: Newest Items on July 31, 2005 at 9:30 p.m..
Pizza Delivery Jedi Posted By James Jones on Jan 21st 8:42AM: A very long time ago the Jedi order, led by a young Yoda, was little more than a powerful pizza delivery chain on a backwater planet. During these early days Yoda has a full head of hair and vanity to match. When one day all supplies of his favorite hair conditioner Midichlorian Pro-V disappear, Yoda sends his best Pizza Delivery Jedi on an urgent quest to find and recover some of the potent elixir, only to discover that delivery skills do not necessarily translate well to retrieval... From Common Content: Newest Items on July 31, 2005 at 9:30 p.m..
The Red Pulse Posted By N. Kerkhoff on Jan 28th 6:11PM: A future tale of the past. From Common Content: Newest Items on July 31, 2005 at 9:30 p.m..
Rockin' Out Posted By Tracy Vierra on Jan 28th 12:31AM: A Rock song using free samples created on Storm 3.0. From Common Content: Newest Items on July 31, 2005 at 9:30 p.m..
Zerosoft Posted By Matteo Anelli on Jan 27th 1:16PM: Zerosoft is an independent game development group that embraced creative commons and released lots of technical documents (concerning game design and development) under creative commons From Common Content: Newest Items on July 31, 2005 at 9:30 p.m..
Mediafreeforall.com Posted By Joe Kondrak on Jan 27th 2:13AM: A growing collection of free intellectual property, all donated to the public domain. Currently a few dozen items, with more appearing according to an arbitrary schedule. Mostly images, some writing, other media such as audio and video coming soon. Content is unique and varied. All files are ready for production with author commentary and file details. The quality of work is excellent but varies widely. As volume grows, so will search features. Right now you can flip through a few dozen or you can choose from a list by name. From Common Content: Newest Items on July 31, 2005 at 9:30 p.m..
Semantic Internet Posted By Vekris Antoine on Jan 25th 2:37AM: Blog, presenting my views on the semantic Internet, an extension of the semantic Web From Common Content: Newest Items on July 31, 2005 at 9:30 p.m..
DEAF04 Coverage Posted By V2_, Institute for the Unstable Media on Jan 25th 2:24AM: Essays, reports and reviews about DEAF04, the Dutch Electronic Art Festival, held in Rotterdam in November 2004. Most of the texts are released under a Creative Commons license. From Common Content: Newest Items on July 31, 2005 at 9:30 p.m..
Dingle Dangles - My One True Love Posted By ashokan420 on Jan 24th 9:18PM: The chronicles of the best gayboy living like a material girl in a material NYC-world From Common Content: Newest Items on July 31, 2005 at 9:30 p.m..
Blogeek Posted By Francois Obada on Jan 24th 10:32AM: FranÃÂçois Obada's blog about everyday life, geek stuff, subversive ideas and odd thoughts. From Common Content: Newest Items on July 31, 2005 at 9:30 p.m..
Utility Applications Posted By Nik Martin on Jan 23rd 9:52PM: A set of apps that I have written to help me do my job. You may also find them useful. Source is available just by asking. From Common Content: Newest Items on July 31, 2005 at 9:30 p.m..
Dicas-L Posted By Rubens Queiroz de Almeida on Jan 22nd 5:28PM: This site offers information on free software in general, tutorials, tips and tricks on linux and many other packages From Common Content: Newest Items on July 31, 2005 at 9:30 p.m..
Ayas Culture Posted By uahlim on Feb 9th 1:05PM: Culture, folklore and language about the people of Ayas, an alpine country in Italy between francoprovenÃÂçal and walser world. From Common Content: Newest Items on July 31, 2005 at 9:30 p.m..
MetroTronik.de Posted By MetroTronik on Jan 29th 3:38AM: non-commerical german homesite with weblog,podcast,webradio,music,thoughts From Common Content: Newest Items on July 31, 2005 at 9:30 p.m..
missis notizblock Posted By MissAntroph on Jan 14th 4:20PM: PersÃÂönliches Blog, einige Fotos, einige Anleitungen From Common Content: Newest Items on July 31, 2005 at 8:30 p.m..
Deep Sky Dispatches: Traveling Light With the Space Robots Posted By Bill Dunford on Jan 14th 12:45AM: A robot armada has been unleashed into the night sky. Its ships are planetary probes that fly faster than you will ever go, and cross distances you can't even imagine. But with nothing more than an Internet connection, anyone can go with them and see sights that are as realâââ‰â¬Âand as beautifulâââ‰â¬Âas they are strange. These are one such stowaway's notes, a photolog by one of the travelers hitching a ride during this new golden age of exploration. From Common Content: Newest Items on July 31, 2005 at 8:30 p.m..
Kabuki for Everyone A comprehensive site on Kabuki and related forms including sounds, makeup, and more. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on July 31, 2005 at 2:52 p.m..
TheatreHistory.com This is a comprehensive academically-oriented site that is almost an e-course. It provides insight into issue of theatre history as well as an index of topics and other features. This site is Java-heavy. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on July 31, 2005 at 2:52 p.m..
Vaudeville in Ohio A freely accessible database cataloging shows and performers at the Chicago Opera House in Chicago Junction (now Willard), Ohio from August 1903 to December 1911. This source contains much information on small-town American vaudeville. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on July 31, 2005 at 2:52 p.m..
Mathematicians Who Were Born or Died On This Day Biographies of mathematicians who were born or died on this day are given. Links to those for the previous and next days, as well as the entire year are also given. Printable posters of the mathematicians and quotes are given sometimes. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on July 31, 2005 at 2:52 p.m..
ScenoGraphics A source for professional theatrical set designs, featuring Design-Paks, Show Shirts, Scripts for Youth Theatre & Muslin. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on July 31, 2005 at 2:52 p.m..
ArtsEdge The mission of ArtsEdge is "to help artists, teachers, and students gain access to and/or share information, resources, and ideas that support the arts as a core subject area in the K12 curriculum." This site includes lessions, standards, weblinks, how-to's, articles and reports, advocacy essentials, and more. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on July 31, 2005 at 2:52 p.m..
Bhasabharathi The website of the Sopanam Institute of Kerala, India, engaged in the production and preservation of performance stylesanand methods of traditional Sanskrit and other Indian folk plays. Requires FLASH and JAVA. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on July 31, 2005 at 2:52 p.m..
1800's Epemera A resource of links to theatre programs, poster art, engravings, and other materials from the 1800s. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on July 31, 2005 at 2:52 p.m..
Federal Theater Project Collection An online collection of over 13,000 images selected from the Federal Theatre Project Collection of the Library of Congress. This includes, but is not limited to, stage and costume designs, still photographs, poster, and scripts, playscripts, and more. "The Federal Theatre Project as one of five arts-related projects established during the first term of President FDR under the Works Progress Administration" From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on July 31, 2005 at 2:52 p.m..
Grammaire Visuelle A site designed to help students understand the difference between passé composé and imparfait in French. Inventive short videoclips with accompanying exercises are used to provide a contextualized grammar lesson. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on July 31, 2005 at 2:52 p.m..
Experiences of VLEs from Higher Education With more schools thinking of installing VLEs next year, it is instructive to look at the experience of the HE sector. They are about three years ahead of us, and starting to see the cracks... Is the brave new world of e-learning envisaged pre-dotcom / UKEU collapse now in danger of degrading into a prosaic reality of wall-to-wall Blackboard and WebCT courses all looking the same as each other, with most, with a few outstanding exceptions, not doing anything more than be From Chalkface: Blog on July 31, 2005 at 10:30 a.m..
THE SCIENTIFIC CHESS GAME For the first time, my book "CHESS AND CYBERNETICS" (1986) analyse the game in a systemic vision and organize it on the scientific base of THE UNIVERSAL LAW OF ORGANIZATION.. The book reveals the ways to a maximum efficiency of each move, to victory. It is especially writed as a school chess manual, ready to be used directly in classroom, without modifications. In 42 lessons, students simultaneously learn chess for performance, organization, management, cybernetics, systemics, science of fight and finally, by analogy, science of life !. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on July 31, 2005 at 3:08 a.m..
The iLumina Digital Library "iLumina is a digital library of sharable undergraduate teaching materials for chemistry, biology, physics, mathematics, and computer science. It is designed to quickly and accurately connect users with the educational resources they need. These resources range in type from highly granular objects such as individual images and video clips to entire courses. Resources in iLumina are cataloged in the MARC and NSDL metadata formats, which capture both technical and education-specific information about each resource. iLumina contains thousands of educational resources and several virtual collectio From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on July 31, 2005 at 3:08 a.m..
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