The Ur-lii.org, "Pick List," "Possible List," etc.--a place for collecting ideas of sites to add to lii.org, Librarians' Index to the Internet. This blog features suggestions, gleanings from scouting resources, and things found by indexers while working on reference desks. The main page is updated every week; older lists will be available as archives. To suggest a site, use the comment form below, or send mail to suggestions@lii.org.
lii.org "Keeping Up" Page (a good place to find new sites)
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Posted
11:27 PM
by Wendy
March Holidays/Observances/Birthdays
National Pig Day (http://www.thepigsite.com/ has good industry and vet info)
Read Across America Day (www.nea.org/readacross/)
Hinamatsuri (Doll Festival, Japan)
Uppity Women Day (www.conari.com, www.uppitywomenrule.com - kinda commercial but may be worth writing up for the info snippets)
Freedom of Information Day
Swallows return to San Juan Capistrano
Cesar Chavez Day (California)
Liberty Day (anniversary of Patrick Henry speech)
Fall of the Alamo anniversary
Ides of March
Some People: Yuri Gagarin, Amerigo Vespucci, L. Ron Hubbard, Casey Jones, Andrew Jackson, Dr. David Livingstone, James Madison, Glenn Miller, Sam Houston, Gerhardus Mercator, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Michelangelo, Luther Burbank (botanist whose birthday was proclaimed Bird and Arbor Day in California in 1909), The Prophet Muhammad, Robert Frost, Franz Joseph Haydn
And some more occasions: Cherry Blossom Festival in DC
Feast of Annunciation
International Day of the Seal
Purim
Vernal Equinox/Ostara/Shunbun no Hi
Green Monday (Cyprus)
Passion Sunday
Mahashivratri (Great Shiva Night, India)
Mardi Gras
Fastelavn (similar to Hallowe'en, Denmark)
Islamic New Year
Harriet Tubman Day
Mothering Sunday (England, fourth Sunday of Lent)
Bretzelsonndeg (Luxembourg)
Saint Patrick's Day
Fiesta de las Fallas (Spain)
Saint Piran's Day (Cornish)
National Women's History Month
Chalandra Marz (Switzerland)
Saint David's Day (Wales)
Posted
2:35 PM
by Karen
http://www.columbiagazetteer.org
This online version is based on the 3-volume print version. The info is from my daughter who works at UCSB Map Imagery Library.
Posted
2:21 AM
by Karen
NASA's Educator Astronaut Program web site
http://edspace.nasa.gov
Comment:
NASA's Educator Astronaut Program web site is designed to inspire the
next generation of explorers. It allows students, parents, friends and
colleagues to nominate an educator for NASA's full-time Astronaut Corps,
and allows educators to apply for the program. The site promotes
proficiency in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, and
encourages visitors to work with NASA to shape the future-in space and
on Earth.
Posted
1:47 AM
by Karen
URL: http://canquotes.com
Comment:
A searchable collection of over 10,000 Canadian quotations
Posted
2:30 PM
by Karen
http://www.shockfamily.net/underground/
In 1941 Anna L. Curtis published a non-fiction collection of "Stories of the Underground Railroad." It passed into the public domain in 1970 (the copyright wasn't renewed). The book, which is rare and hard to aquire in print form, is now available online at this site.
Posted
2:27 PM
by Karen
http://www.internet-resources.com/writers
internet-resources.com/writers is a classified collection of over 3000 links for writers, researchers and the terminally curious, which I started in August 2001.
Posted
11:51 AM
by Karen
URL: http://aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/docs/easter.html
U.S. Naval Observatory site "The Date of Easter"
Posted
11:51 AM
by Karen
URL: http://canquotes.com
Comment:
A searchable collection of over 10,000 Canadian quotations
Posted
11:50 AM
by Karen
NASA's Educator Astronaut Program web site
URL: edspace.nasa.gov
Comment:
NASA's Educator Astronaut Program web site is designed to inspire the next generation of explorers. ...
Submitted by NASA
Posted
10:57 PM
by Karen
Title: How Race Was Lived in America:
A Decade-by-Decade Selection of Articles from the NY Times
http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/race/past-nyt-index.html
"This selection of articles range from the late 1800's until earlier this year. Many record historical events while others revolve around obscure stories. Some articles may shock our modern sensibilities while others could have come from today's pages."
Posted
6:20 PM
by Karen
Your list members may be interested in this British government detailed review
of Iraq's current level of C/B armaments manufacturing and capability:
http://www.official-documents.co.uk/document/reps/iraq/chap03.htm
Posted
6:18 PM
by Karen
http://www.rcfp.org/behindthehomefront
On January 24th, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press began
a new weblog, Behind the Homefront. It's described as "a daily chronicle of
news in homeland security and military operations affecting newsgathering,
access to information and the public's right to know."