FYI: New on the net (X-Scout@IS.INTERNIC.NET) (fwd)

Hannu Juhani Salmi (hansalmi@utu.fi)
Sun, 04 Dec 1994 17:01:50 +0200 (EET)


Date: Sun, 04 Dec 1994 17:01:50 +0200 (EET)
From: Hannu Juhani Salmi <hansalmi@utu.fi>
To: H-VERKKO@sara.cc.utu.fi
Subject: FYI: New on the net (X-Scout@IS.INTERNIC.NET) (fwd)

Hei,

tassa tietoja Kongressin kirjaston uudesta aaniarkistosta. Sita voi kuunnella World Wide Webin kautta - edellyttaen, etta omassa kayttoliittymassa on aanikortti.

WWW:n kautta loytyy myos alla esiteltava "The Art of Renaissance Science".

Terv. Hannu

* Library of Congress American Memory Project adds audio collection * The Art of Renaissance Science, a prototype hypermedia article that explores the interconnections between art and science in Renaissance Italy * Guide to the Stars and Galaxies in multimedia * "New on the Net" numbers: largest monthly jump yet in domain name registrations

American Memory Project - The Library of Congress has added a collection of sound recordings to its American Memory project. The Nation's Forum collection consists of fifty-nine sound recordings of speeches by American leaders at the turn of the century. The speeches focus on issues and events surrounding the First World War and the subsequent presidential election of 1920. Speakers include Warren G. Harding, James Cox, Calvin Coolidge, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Samuel Gompers, Henry Cabot Lodge, and John J. Pershing. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/amhome.html

The City University of New York, New York, USA contains the 19 CUNY colleges. Offers previews of multimedia programs developed by CUNY faculty and links to an innovative gopher containing resources for teaching English as a second language. Featured in the CUNY Multimedia Development Initiative page is "The Art of Renaissance Science," a prototype hypermedia article that explores the interconnections between art and science in Renaissance Italy. http://www.cuny.edu/

Guide to Stars and Galaxies, produced by the Engineering in Astronomy team at the University of Bradford, England, is a multimedia guide to stars and galaxies. The guide has been converted from a popular CD-ROM (with permission), is rich in graphics and audio, and is nicely done. http://www.eia.brad.ac.uk/btl/

Xerox PARC Web Map Viewer offers a "clickable" world map which lets you zoom in on areas of interest. Cities, roads, and rivers are not labeled since the underlying map data contains only line data such as coastlines, borders, rivers, roads, and not the data or software to add labels or topographic information. However, there is a link to link to the Geographic Name Server which allows searches by name, and returns a Map Viewer page which pinpoints the searched item on the appropriate map. http://pubweb.parc.xerox.com/map

National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect, provided by the Family Life Development Center at Cornell University. gopher to: gopher.ndacan.cornell.edu

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