> As sent to me. > -------------------------------- > > Fellow Rooters, Net Cousins and Researchers: > > Forwarded with the permission of Juleigh Muirhead Clark, who says, "We > are > trying to reach as many as possible." Please forward to any list I > haven't > reached yet! -Carol > > 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 > [email protected] > 757-565-8511 > 757-565-8518 (fax) > > > ------=_NextPart_000_0022_01BF65CD.9A5620A0 > Content-Type: text/html; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> > <HTML><HEAD> > <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = > http-equiv=3DContent-Type> > <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2314.1000" name=3DGENERATOR> > <STYLE></STYLE> > </HEAD> > <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>As sent to=20 > me.<BR>--------------------------------<BR><BR>Fellow Rooters, Net = > Cousins and=20 > Researchers:<BR><BR>Forwarded with the permission of Juleigh Muirhead = > Clark, who=20 > says, "We<BR>are<BR>trying to reach as many as possible." Please = > forward=20 > to any list I<BR>haven't<BR>reached yet! = > -Carol<BR><BR>ROCKEFELLER=20 > LIBRARY UNVEILS NEW WEBSITE<BR><BR>The John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library = > has=20 > unveiled a greatly expanded<BR>section<BR>on the Colonial Williamsburg = > website=20 > (<A href=3D"http://www.history.org">http://www.history.org</A>),=20 > offering<BR>individuals interested in the Colonial Chesapeake the=20 > opportunity to<BR>search<BR>the library's vast collections. New features = > include=20 > PATRIOT, the<BR>Rockefeller Library's online catalog listing the 68,000 = > titles=20 > in the<BR>Library, and guides to manuscript, microfilm, selected=20 > photograph and<BR>other<BR>research collections, such as the = > Shirley=20 > Plantation Collection of over<BR>18,000 manuscript items. = > Previously,=20 > individuals had to physically<BR>visit<BR>the library or be connected to = > an=20 > internal network to access these<BR>resources.<BR><BR>"We have = > electronically=20 > opened the doors to our major collections by<BR>adding<BR>finding = > aids and=20 > the Library catalog to the World Wide Web," = > says<BR>Public<BR>Services=20 > Librarian Juleigh Clark. "Now, when researchers come = > to=20 > the<BR>Library, they will have a better idea of what we own, and = > we can=20 > serve<BR>them<BR>more efficiently." Other features on the = > website=20 > include a virtual<BR>exhibit<BR>of some of the treasures from the =20 > Rockefeller Library's rare book and<BR>manuscript collections and=20 > special indexes to articles in The Colonial<BR>Williamsburg = > Journal=20 > and The Colonial Williamsburg Interpreter.<BR><BR>Of special = > interest is=20 > an index to the several hundred research reports<BR>written at Colonial=20 > Williamsburg over the last sixty years. = > Early<BR>American=20 > History Research Reports are distinguished for the significant<BR>amount = > of=20 > primary source material in them and for their time and=20 > place<BR>specificity: eighteenth-century Virginia.<BR><BR>The John = > D.=20 > Rockefeller, Jr. Library is a research library specializing<BR>in<BR>the = > history=20 > and culture of the colonial Chesapeake. It is located=20 > near<BR>the<BR>Historic Area at 313 First Street and is open to = > the=20 > public. Library<BR>hours<BR>are Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. = > to=20 > 5 p.m.<BR><BR>Contact:<BR>Juleigh Muirhead Clark<BR>Public = > Services=20 > Librarian<BR>John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library<BR>Colonial Williamsburg=20 > Foundation<BR>Williamsburg, Virginia 23815-1776<BR><A=20 > href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</A><BR>757-565-8511<BR>757-= > 565-8518=20 > (fax)<BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> > > ------=_NextPart_000_0022_01BF65CD.9A5620A0-- > >