Links for your K-12 program

British Newspaper Archive

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:08:20 GMT

The British Newspaper Archive is a partnership between the British Library and brightsolid online publishing to digitise up to 40 million newspaper pages from the British Library's vast collection over the next 10 years. The British Library's newspaper collections are among the finest in the world, containing most of the runs of newspapers published in the UK since 1800.

Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA)

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 18:23:33 GMT

The Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) is a federal law enacted by Congress to address concerns about access to offensive content over the Internet on school and library computers. CIPA imposes certain types of requirements on any school or library that receives funding for Internet access or internal connections from the E-rate program – a program that makes certain communications technology more affordable for eligible schools and libraries. In early 2001, the FCC issued rules implementing CIPA

Chronicling America, historic American newspapers

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:21:00 GMT

Search America's historic newspapers pages from 1836-1922 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanites and the Library of Congress

Copyright for Librarians and Teachers, in a Nutshell

Tue, 03 Jul 2012 15:57:21 GMT

American Libraries - Posted Mon, 07/02/2012

You may have wondered whether you hold the copyright to work you’ve put many hours into creating on the job. Who holds the copyright to works created by teachers or librarians? Short answer: In general, when employees create works as a condition of employment, the copyright holder is the employer.

Digital Collections of the Library of Congress

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:22:46 GMT

The Library of Congress has made digitized versions of collection materials available online since 1994, concentrating on its most rare collections and those unavailable anywhere else. The following services are your gateway to a growing treasury of digitized photographs, manuscripts, maps, sound recordings, motion pictures, and books, as well as "born digital" materials such as Web sites. In addition, the Library maintains and promotes the use of digital library standards and provides online research and reference services.

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Fri, 04 Jan 2013 20:51:59 GMT

I am Med Kharbach. I am the founder and author of Educational Technology and Mobile Learning. I am a passionate educator committed to developing my classroom practice and sharing experiences with educators across the world. I am currently living in Halifax, Canada. I am presently both a teacher and a master student in The Mount Saint Vincent University ( MSVU), Department of Education. I am working on a thesis about the educational use of emerging technologies in teaching and learning.

Google World Wonders Project

Thu, 31 May 2012 17:25:28 GMT

The Google World Wonders Project is a platform which brings world heritage sites of the modern and ancient world online. Using Street View, 3D modeling and other Google technologies, we have made these amazing sites accessible to everyone across the globe. With videos, photos and in-depth information, you can now explore the world wonders from your armchair just as if you were there.

International Children's Digital Library

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 21:00:32 GMT

The mission of the International Children's Digital Library Foundation (ICDL Foundation) is to support the world's children in becoming effective members of the global community - who exhibit tolerance and respect for diverse cultures, languages and ideas -- by making the best in children's literature available online free of charge. The Foundation pursues its vision by building a digital library of outstanding children's books from around the world and supporting communities of children and adults in exploring and using this literature through innovative technology designed in close partnership with children for children.

Kids's Room at the New York Department of State

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:41:13 GMT

The Department of State, one of the oldest and most diverse agencies in state government, works to make New York a more welcoming, equitable, and prosperous place for all who call it home. By the broad nature of its work, the agency touches the lives of nearly every person living and working in the Empire State.

Library of Congress

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:30:29 GMT

The Library of Congress is the nation's oldest federal cultural institution and serves as the research arm of Congress. It is also the largest library in the world, with millions of books, recordings, photographs, map and manuscripts in its collections.

Long Island Memories

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:11:54 GMT

Through the collaborative efforts of Long Island archives, historical societies, libraries, museums, and organizations, the people of Long Island will have access to the visual and oral record of Long Island history, culture, government and industry through a variety of textual, graphic, and audio content in digital format via the World Wide Web.

The purpose of the Long Island Library Resources (LILRC) Regional Digitization Program is to develop a regional digital collection built collaboratively by regional institutions.

New York History Net

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:37:58 GMT

This site has a mission: to promote awareness of New York State's rich history resources, and to promote their enjoyment by the largest number of people possible. Toward this end, every effort will be made to meet the needs of scholars, writers, curators, avocational historians, tourists, and the people who serve them.

New York State Digital Collections Library

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:31:30 GMT

The Digital Collections of the New York State Library include a large array of 18th and 19th century historical materials from many subject areas, including the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, Native American materials, New York State laws and natural history. While books make up the core collection, Digital Collections also include primary source materials such as letters, diaries and rare manuscripts as well as historic photographs, illustrations, maps, broadsides, drawings and music scores.

Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools [US DOE]

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 17:38:00 GMT

The U.S. Department of Education (ED)'s Office of Safe and Healthy Students' (OSHS) Center for School Preparedness provides support, resources, grants, and training to support emergency management efforts for local educational agencies (LEAs) and institutions of higher education (IHEs). For more information about emergency planning support available through the Center for School Preparedness, please visit ED's Emergency Planning Web site at: http://www.ed.gov/emergencyplan .

Examples of links

Recovery and Mental Health Resources, Emergency Management Resources, Hurricanes, Floods, and Mold Resources and Recovery and Mental Health Resources for Recovering from a Disaster

Summer Reading at New York Libraries

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:32:49 GMT

Summer Reading at New York Libraries is funded through the Federal Library Services and Technology Act, with funds awarded to the New York State Library by the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services. The New York State Library is a program of the Office of Cultural Education in the New York State Education Department.

TeachingBooks.net

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:18:40 GMT

TeachingBooks.net is an easy-to-use website that adds a multimedia dimension to the reading experiences of children's and young adult books. Our online database is developed and maintained to include thousands of resources about fiction and nonfiction books used in the K–12 environment, with every resource selected to encourage the integration of multimedia author and book materials into reading and library activities.

THOMAS, legislative information from the Library of Congress

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:24:02 GMT

THOMAS was launched in January of 1995, at the inception of the 104th Congress. The leadership of the 104th Congress directed the Library of Congress to make federal legislative information freely available to the public. Since that time THOMAS has expanded the scope of its offerings to include the features and content listed below.

United States Copyright Office

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:26:10 GMT

We in the Copyright Office are proud to be part of a long tradition of promoting progress of the arts and protection for the works of authors.

World Digital Library

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:27:10 GMT

The World Digital Library (WDL) makes available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world.

The principal objectives of the WDL are to:

Promote international and intercultural understanding;
Expand the volume and variety of cultural content on the Internet;
Provide resources for educators, scholars, and general audiences;
Build capacity in partner institutions to narrow the digital divide within and between countries.