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| Local/Regional |
 Bowling
Green Public Library |
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The newly renovated Bowling Green Public Library is a pleasant learning
and educational center for the community. Come to enhance your lifelong
learning in this user friendly environment. |
| Kentucky
Libraries & Archives |
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A
list of Kentucky libraries and archives compiled by the WKU Library
faculty, including Kentucky Commonwealth
Virtual Library, the
Kentucky Historical Society and the
Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives. |
| Kentucky
Library Association |
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KLA
is a chapter of the American Library Association and an affiliate
of the Southeastern Library
Association. |
| Tennessee
State Library & Archives |
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This
library of the Tennessee State Department has collections of the state's
history, genealogy, archives, and manuscripts. Its Web site links
to the Tennessee Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
and the state's Regional Library System. It also provides a Virtual
Reference Desk and quick reference links. |
 WKU
Libraries |
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Get
library information such as hours, services, collections and contacts
apart from access to its online catalog and databases. Available also
is information on the Kentucky museum, including its open hours, exhibits
and collections. Some exhibits are accessible on the web. |
| WKU
Libraries' Blog |
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The blog provides you with timely information such as events, new collections and more. You can interact with us by submitting your comments. |
| WKU
Libraries's Podcasts |
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We periodically record our community outreach events such as Black History Month, One Campus-One Community-One Book, Faraway Places, and Kentucky Live! You may listen to the events using your computer or you can even download the audio files to your MP3 players like iPods to listen to them on your go. |
| National/International |
 Abraham
Lincoln Historical Digitization Project |
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"Lincoln/Net
presents historical materials from Abraham Lincoln's Illinois years
(1830-1861), including Lincoln's writings and speeches, as well as
other materials illuminating antebellum Illinois. " |
| American
Association of Museums (AAM) |
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This
site provides links to other regional associations, though not individual
museum sites. It has a list of conservators and links to them. Aso
visit its affiliate member Association
for Living History, Farm and Agricultural Museums. |
| American
Association for State and Local History |
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The
American Association for State and Local History provides leadership,
service, and support for its members, who preserve and interpret state
and local history in order to make the past more meaningful in American
Society. |
| American
Library Association |
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This
ALA official site provides up-to-date information about the organization
and its divisions, book lists and awards, events and conferences.
If you are a member, use its Online Customer
Service Center (OCSC) to view and update your member information
or register for conferences. |
| Blogging in Libraries |
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This includes three presentations: Blogging 101, Subject Librarian 2.0? - ‘The Song Remains the Same,’ It’s Just a Cover Song Using New Instruments and Blog Applications At a Small Academic Library. |
| Blogging Librarians |
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| Blogging Libraries Wiki |
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This is set up by Amanda Etches-Johnson who also runs her famous Blogwithoutalibrary blog. You may find WKU Libraries in the Academic Libraries of her Wiki. |
| Blogging Library Associations |
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| The
Center for Research Libraries |
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The
Center for Research Libraries (CRL) is an international not-for-profit
consortium of colleges, universities, and libraries that makes available
scholarly research resources to users everywhere. |
| Fathom |
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Fathom
is the first interactive knowledge site. Partners of this online university/library
include Columbia University, London School of Economics and Political
Science, Cambridge University Press, the British Library, Smithsonian
Institution's National Museum of Natural History, and the New York
Public Library. |
| The
Field Museum's Online Exhibits |
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See Sue, the world's largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex on
the Web! Enter the cave of the man-eating lions of Tsavo! Play one
of The Field Museum’s musical instruments through the magic of digital
technology, and more.... |
| The
International Council of Museums |
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ICOM is devoted to the promotion and development of museums and the
museum profession at an international level. |
| Library
2.0 |
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| Library
of Congress |
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Visit
its online Exhibitions.
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| The
Library Index |
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Libdex
is a worldwide directory of library homepages, web-based OPACs, Friends
of the Library pages, and library e-commerce affiliate links. |
| LibrarySpot |
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LibrarySpot.com
is a virtual library resource center for educators and students, librarians
and their patrons, families, businesses and just about anyone exploring
the Web for valuable research information. |
| Midwest
Open Air Museums Coordinating Council |
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The
purpose of Midwest Open Air Museums Coordinating Council (MOAMCC)
is to further promote excellence and to provide a forum for the interchange
of materials, information, ideas and consideration of professional
issues within the open air, interactive and historical museum professions. |
| My Space Library Profiles |
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This blog posts a list of libraries, public and academic that use MySpace. |
| National
Association for Museum Exhibition |
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National
Association for Museum Exhibition (NAME) is recognized by the American
Association of Museums as the Standing Professional Committee on Exhibition.
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| National
Archives and Records Administration |
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It
has some wonderful pages on FAQ's about preservation/conservation
and a list of regional preservation/conservation/archival groups.
Also a good link to genealogical resources on the WWW. Has links to
all the NARA regional centers and the presidential libraries that
fall under their aegis. |
Participatory Networks: The Library as Conversation  |
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"The American Library Associations Office for Information Technology Policy commissioned the Information Institute of Syracuse to write a technology brief about the growing use of social networks and new web technologies for the library community.The Institute produced an initial draft and posted it to the web for feedback from the library community," as you see here. |
| Podcasting in Libraries |
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This includes Podcasting 101 and Learning to Speak: Creating a Library Podcast With a Unique Voice. |
| The
Researching Librarian |
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Intended
as a supplement to the print and electronic resources available in
library collections, this site gathers links to selected web resources
useful for research: freely searchable citation and full-text databases,
funding information, relevant journals, statistics and statistical
methods, useful research tools, current awareness sources, and conference
papers and proceedings. |
| SEMC |
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The SEMCdirect Web site contains information on member services, products,
membership and upcoming conferences. |
| Smithsonian
Institution |
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A
site with lots of information related to their various museums and
research facilities. The index to American artists is one of the useful
databases and catalogs besides just information about the places themselves.
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| Western
Museum Association |
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WMA
is a nonprofit association, which encourages paid and unpaid museum
professionals to create strong institutions by providing them with
professional growth opportunities, forums for interaction, and fresh
ideas. |
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