FluxChildren: Many of you may find this of interest... Rod > > > > BRITISH LIBRARY MANUSCRIPTS CATALOGUES GO ONLINE > > > > A three-year project to automate the printed catalogues of > > manuscripts and to make them available remotely via the > Internet has > > been successfully completed. This innovative conversion > project was > > developed and executed with generous financial support from > the > > Heritage Lottery Fund and the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation. > > > > Compiled over nearly two centuries, the scholarly catalogues of > the > > Department of Manuscripts, cover all types of handwritten > material in > > western languages. These range from notes written on papyrus > in the > > pre-Christian era to contemporary literary and political > papers, and > > include manuscript music and maps, wax seals, drawings, > photographs > > and illuminated manuscripts. > > > > Sixty-two volumes, hitherto only available in the Manuscripts > Reading > > Room at the British Library or in a few specialist research > libraries, > > have been converted from print to database. The catalogues > selected > > for conversion comprise the quinquennial Catalogues of > Additions and > > those of named special collections. Subject and language-based > > catalogues are not included. A full list is displayed online > and in > > the User Guide. There will be a continuing programme of > enhancement > > and expansion.In addition, all the new cataloguing prepared on > > computer since 1986, some of it not yet published, has been > merged > > into the system. For the first time, users can encompass most > of the > > mainstream catalogues in a single search, rather than having to > refer > > to a series of consecutive volumes. They can also retrieve > keywords in > > context or combinations of index terms which could not be > targeted in > > the printed text. > > > > The online catalogue can be accessed using a standard browser > at > > > > http://molcat.bl.uk > > > > or via the British Library's Website at > > > > http://www.bl.uk ===== http://rostasi.8m.com http://www.forcedexposure.com/artists/hunt.jerry.html Utilizing the blades of technology on the facial hair of imagination __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
