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Working with its African American community, the public library digitized decades of the black experience. Exhibits such as these enrich the area's cultural tapestry and often reveal for the first time, a geographic area's ethnic communities.
Transcending traditional boundaries, the public library, the University of Michigan's Bentley Historical Society, and the UM Library joined forces to bring local community history online. This unique example of collaboration builds upon the strengths of each institution while adding greater value to the community.
Initiated in 1989 by a consortium of public and private agencies, the CRDLI developed gradually from a small database focused on services to children and families to an extensive resource that includes information on a wide range of health and human services.
A fixture of Pittsburgh since 1995, this community network interacts with non-profit organizations and local governments to facilitate the collection, organization and dissemination of regional information.
This community network is an inter-jurisdictional effort to gather information, provide a means for citizen involvement, and offer online access to people living in the Portland, OR and Vancouver, WA region.
Involving the Getty Research Institute and 25 lending institutions, this project facilitated the critical recovery of historical narratives about Los Angeles. Its goal was to illuminate diverse and unique archives and collections and examine their role in the transmission of cultural values through lectures, symposia, exhibitions, and public forums.
An interdisciplinary organization of scholars dedicated to developing the enormous educational potential of the Internet, H-Net began in 1992 and grew from 12 e-discussion lists in 1993 to 122 lists (each with a website) plus book reviews, conferences, and training sessions in 2000.
A collaborative project of the health sciences libraries of the Greater Midwest Region (GMR) of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) and those of the Committee for Institutional Cooperation, which has over 20 actively participating libraries.
A website for Windows XP users designed to help them "learn, share, and stay up-to-date" with the latest trends in Windows technology, newsgroup discussions, downloads, tips and tricks. Users of this site are able to connect to other users from around the world and link to the latest WindowsXP content
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