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LII - Librarians' Index to the Internet - http://lii.org

LII - Selection Criteria for Adding Resources to the LII - http://lii.org/search/file/pubcriteria

s.a. DIB, DVB, VAB und natürlich auch: OS5 incl. tsw20

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Time 100: Choosing the Century's Most Influential People

A five part series, which covers 100 of this century's most influential people. Profiles of Leaders & Revolutionaries ; Artists & Entertainers ; Builders & Titans ; Scientists & Thinkers ; and Heroes & Icons such as Lenin, Sam Walton, Oprah Winfrey, Picasso, Roosevelt, Aretha Franklin, Stephen Bechtel, Margaret Sanger, Churchill, Sinatra, Walter Reuther, Martin Luther King, Jr., Sigmund Freud, Rosa Parks, Jonas Salk, Muhammad Ali, Rachel Carson, Helen Keller, Harvey Milk, Mother Teresa, and Che Guevera. The series culminated in the Person of the Century - Albert Einstein. Timeline and contributions from noted authorities for each personality also included. From Time Magazine . URL: http://www.time.com/time/time100/index.html Added to LII: 1999-12-26

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The World of Maps / Die Welt der Karten

"A gateway for maps and mapping. Maps, spatial data and GIS on the Internet - and how to find them. Links to catalogues of map holdings, map collections and map archives, map curatorship and map history, map institutions, map events and many others...." Also available in German. URL: http://www.maps.ethz.ch/ Added to LII: 2002-08-31

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WWW Virtual Library: Women's History

This main purposes of this well-maintained, annotated directory "are to list women's history institutions and organizations, locate archival and library collections, and provide links to Internet resources on women's history." Links are organized by time period, geography, and topic. Topics includes Jewish women, lesbians, sexuality, witchcraft, labor and business, artists, music, medicine and nursing, science and engineering, writers, and women's rights and suffrage. URL: http://www.iisg.nl/w3vlwomenshistory/ Added to LII: 2000-11-04

überhaupt ist die iisg.nl eine feine site. lii.org natürlich auch. logo :)

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Australia Day

"Australia Day, January 26, is the biggest day of celebration in the country and is observed as a public holiday in all states and territories. On Australia Day we come together as a nation to celebrate what's great about Australia and being Australian." Provides a history of the holiday, a timeline, details about national symbols, activities for children, material for teachers (such a song lyrics), and more. From the Australian government. URL: http://www.australiaday.gov.au LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/23231

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Museum of Childhood, London

Official website for this London museum that celebrates childhood. Features illustrated essays about different aspects of the history of childhood, and overviews of its collections of games (such as marbles, spillikins, and subbuteo), dolls, toys, children's costumes, and more. Also includes background about the museum building that was moved to Bethnal Green in 1866, and activities for children. This museum is part of the Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum in London. http://www.vam.ac.uk/moc/

The V&A Museum of Childhood houses the UK's national collection of childhood-related objects, one of the finest in the world. Spanning the 1600s to the present day, the collection features toys, dolls, dolls' houses, games, puppets, nursery, children's clothing and furniture. If you are visiting the Museum and are interested in seeing a particular object please call +44 (0)20 8983 5232 in advance to confirm it is on display. For more information on the permanent displays go to What's On.

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