Pages o' the Day

Listed here are some Web pages that are at times of interest to me and my colleagues. The list will change on no particular schedule according to our changing interests. If you don't care to browse from here, you might like to return to the "Always Learning" home page.

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Virginia Tech

If written directions alone would suffice,
libraries wouldn't need to have the rest
of the universities attached.
               --Miss Manners (Roanoke Times, March 10, 1996)
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University Libraries
Come in and browse.
Virginia Tech
Home page of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, a university putting knowledge to work.

Blacksburg, VA and vicinity

In Blacksburg we enjoy an environment of great beauty and the finest climate in the United States. Also we have some great Internet technology.

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Blacksburg Electronic Village
The pioneering, and justly famous, Blacksburg Electronic Village.
Blacksburg Weather
Blacksburg has the finest climate in the U. S.
HTML Code Tutorial
Mike (Miko) O'Sullivan's extraordinary web authoring reference and tutorial lives on the Internet, while Mike lives in Blacksburg.

Library Pages from Other Virginia Universities

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VIVA (Virtual Library of Virginia)
The Virtual Library of Virginia is a statewide cooperative project of Virginia's academic libraries.
College of William and Mary Library
Before Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, he was educated at the College of William and Mary, where he learned enough to be able to start the University of Virginia some years later.
George Mason University Libraries
Old Dominion University Libraries
Radford University Libraries
University of Virginia Libraries
Because of the fine education he received at the College of William and Mary, Thomas Jefferson was well prepared to start the University of Virginia, which is now popularly known as "Mr. Jefferson's University."
U. Va. Health Sciences Center
U. Va.'s Health Sciences Library makes extensive use of WWW for teaching.
Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries
From Richmond, Virginia's capitol city.
Washington & Lee University
Located in beautiful Lexington, VA.

Universities Elsewhere

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American Universities home pages
A page with links to various American universities. Unfortunately, they are all listed on one very large page.
Survey of College and University WWW Sites
An example of how Web publication can lack any archival value. In 1995, students at the Teachers College of Columbia University evaluated the Web pages at several hundred colleges and universities to produce this report. The good and poor sites were illustrated through live links to pages that continued to change, though the report did not. The examples were later removed from the report, and many of the other links to other examples no longer work. 

Libraries Elsewhere 

"Grandma, we don't have a library.
We have a multimedia center.
I don't think there are very many libraries left."
                                    --Joseph (Age 5, August 1995) 
"I have always imagined that paradise
 will be a kind of library."
                    --Jorge Luis Borges

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ARL - Association of Research Libraries
Home page of the Association of Research Libraries.
ARL Statistics
Statistics about research libraries.
ASERL - Association of Southeastern Research Libraries
Home page of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries
Berkeley Digital Library SunSITE
The Library at University of California, Berkeley and Sun Microsystems provide information for those building digital libraries, museums, and archives.
LIBWEB - Library Servers via WWW
Links to more than 7,700 library pages in more than 100 countries.
WWW Library Directory
Michael Sauers points to Web pages at more than 8,900 library and related sites in 130 countries.

Computer Magazines

"It's a sickness."
            --Kelly Q
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MacWorld
A monthly magazine for Mac users.
PC Magazine
PC Magazine is published twice monthly (only once in July and August) to provide broad coverage of the Windows/Intel microcomputing world.

U. S. Government

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Internal Revenue Service Forms and Publications
If you are really anxious to file early, you can download the necessary forms long before the IRS mails them to you. Later in the tax season, and late at night, when you are desperately completing your return, this site can be a lifesaver.

Miscellaneous interesting pages

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A Few Scanning tips
Wayne Fulton's extraordinary tutorial will help you get your money's worth out of your scanner and color inkjet printer.
Alice in Wonderland
This version includes the John Tenniel drawings.
Here's a question for librarians:
How many Web copies of Alice in Wonderland would satisfy tonight's entire world demand for this book?
Internet Gardening
A little guide for gardeners on a rainy day.
Online Literature Library
A literary collection for those who don't want to make the long trek to the local library.
Primers and Tutorials
PC Week's list of nine useful primers and tutorials for information technology professionals who must rely on serial connections to the Internet. With appropriate humility, I note that my paper "Windows and TCP/IP for Internet Access" is included on the list.
Travels with Samantha
A book length travelogue by Philip Greenspun in which he describes his summer journey through North America. (Includes 250 color photos.) This is one of the pioneering internet publishing projects.

Indexes and directories to internet resources

Search engines, with their half-baked algorithms,
are closer to slot machines than to library catalogues
                              --David Rothenberg
                              Chronicle of Higher Education
                              p. A44, August 15, 1997

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AltaVista
An index to Web pages, started by the defunct Digital Equipment Corp.
Google
Winner of PC Magazine's Technical Excellence Award for 1999, Google was leveraged into an Internet empire.
Switchboard
Here's a good place to start if you are trying to find a long-lost friend. At least it knows about me and some of my friends.
WWW Virtual Library
The oldest catalog of the web, this distributed subject catalog for the World Wide Web is maintained by volunteers. Links to additional virtual libraries are included.
Yahoo
A well-known and easily searched index of WWW resources, also something of an Internet empire.

Revised: November 15, 2007
Harry_M_Kriz, [hmkriz@vt.edu]
University Libraries
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Blacksburg, VA 24061-0434