----- Original Message ----- From: John Kneebone <jkneebon@vsla.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <va-hist@vlinsvr.vsla.edu> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 1999 2:08 PM Subject: FW: Colonial Williamsburg's Rockefeller Library on the web > FYI > > John > > John T. Kneebone jkneebon@vsla.edu > Director, Publications and Educational Services > Library of Virginia http://www.lva.lib.va.us > > -----Original Message----- > From: Archives & Archivists [mailto:ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU] On > Behalf Of CLARK JULEIGH ... LIBRARY > Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 1999 2:35 PM > To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU > Subject: Colonial Williamsburg's Rockefeller Library on the web > > > ROCKEFELLER LIBRARY UNVEILS NEW WEBSITE > > > The John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library has unveiled a greatly expanded > section on the Colonial Williamsburg website (http://www.history.org), > offering individuals interested in the colonial Chesapeake the opportunity > to search the library?s vast collections. New features include PATRIOT, the > Rockefeller Library?s online catalog listing the 68,000 titles in the > Library, and guides to manuscript, microfilm, selected photograph and other > research collections, such as the Shirley Plantation Collection of over > 18,000 manuscript items. Previously, individuals had to physically visit > the library or be connected to an internal network to access these > resources. > ?We have electronically opened the doors to our major collections by > adding finding aids and the Library catalog to the World Wide Web, ? says > Public Services Librarian Juleigh Clark. ?Now, when researchers come to the > Library, they will have a better idea of what we own, and we can serve them > more efficiently.? Other features on the website include a virtual exhibit > of some of the treasures from the Rockefeller Library?s rare book and > manuscript collections and special indexes to articles in The Colonial > Williamsburg Journal and The Colonial Williamsburg Interpreter. Of special > interest is an index to the several hundred research reports written at > Colonial Williamsburg over the last sixty years. Early American History > Research Reports are distinguished for the significant amount of primary > source material in them and for their time and place specificity: > eighteenth-century Virginia. > The John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library is a research library > specializing in the history and culture of the colonial Chesapeake. It is > located near the Historic Area at 313 First Street and is open to the > public. Library hours are Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. > > Contact: > > Juleigh Muirhead Clark > Public Services Librarian > John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library > Colonial Williamsburg Foundation > Williamsburg, Virginia 23815-1776 > > jclark@cwf.org > 757-565-8511 > 757-565-8518 (fax) > > > > Juleigh Muirhead Clark > Public Services Librarian > John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library > Colonial Williamsburg Foundation > Williamsburg, Virginia 23815-1776 > > jclark@cwf.org > 757-565-8511 > 757-565-8518 (fax) > > A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List! > > To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to listserv@listserv.muohio.edu > In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname > *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES > To post a message, send e-mail to archives@listserv.muohio.edu > > Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at > http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html > > Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <rschmidt@lib.muohio.edu> > >