[Sca-librarians] Internet Public Library

[Jadwiga Zajaczkowa / Jenne Heise]

>From The Internet Scout Report

7.  Internet Public Library
http://ipl.si.umich.edu/youth/

The Internet Public Library (IPL) is the product of a graduate seminar
at the School of Information and Library Studies at the University of
Michigan to explore "the interconnections of libraries, librarians, and
librarianship with a distributed networked environment." The website
offers library services via the Internet, including digital reference
service and collection management. The project is also "an experiment,
trying to discover and promote the most effective roles and
contributions of librarians to the Internet and vice versa." The
KidSpace section is designed with kids in mind and offers links to an
annotated bibliography of Internet resources on various topics including
The World, Computers/ Internet, Math & Science, and Sports & Recreation.
A separate section for parents and teachers provides links to
educational resources. Other features include a section where children
under age 13 can ask the librarian a question, a Culture Quest
highlighting various regions of the world, text and audio files of
stories, facts about U.S. presidents, basics on HTML, and ideas for
science fair projects. [VF] This site is also reviewed in the October
22, 2004_NSDL MET Report_.


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-- Jadwiga Zajaczkowa, Knowledge Pika jenne at fiedlerfamily.net 
Sybil: "Have you been upsetting people?"
Vimes: "I think I may let people upset themselves."
Sybil: "Good for you. You do that so well." -- Terry Pratchett