David Mattison is an archivist (retired from active duty), historian and digital culture observer from British Columbia, Canada. His Ten Thousand Year Blog was hosted by WordPress.com between October 02008 and August 7, 02010. The photograph in the header was taken on May 22, 02009 at the Kew Gardens Tube station following a visit to the National Archives, England.
National Archives sign at Kew Gardens Station
Showing posts with label virtual reference. Show all posts
Showing posts with label virtual reference. Show all posts
2010-10-07
Forvo, a collaborative online pronunciation guide
I was looking for a site that provided an online pronunciation guide to a wide variety of languages. I found it in Forvo. As of October 7, 02010, the site contains "791,131 words 724,689 pronunciations 258 languages." By registering for a free account you can put your own linguistic talents to use.
2009-04-06
Virtual Reference Bibliography Online launched by Rutgers University
Rutgers University's School of Communication, Information, and Library Studies has launched an online version of a digital reference services bibliography originally maintained by Bernie Sloan between 2000 and 2004. The Virtual Reference Bibliography contains over 900 entries "designed to be used by virtual reference (VR) practitioners, researchers, students, and others." The VRBib is directed by Dr. Marie Radford. The site includes a submission form.
Source: DIG_REF mailing list, 02009 04 06
Source: DIG_REF mailing list, 02009 04 06
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