A Virtual Resource Shelf

One problem with writing a column about websites is that some sites change their addresses, or worse, go to that big cybergraveyard in the sky. I am often forced to ask the wonderful editor of this column, Julie Moos, to update an old column for me. Here I am needing help again – with a column I wrote in Sept. 2001 about the Speech & Transcript Center based at George Washington University.

Turns out the site is no longer hosted by GWU because its creator, Gary Price, in now on his own. That useful site is now available at his personal site — http://www.freepint.com/
gary/speech.htm — with special attention being paid to transcripts dealing with Gulf War II.

Now that the speech site is being updated after a hiatus, I am using it as an excuse to highlight some of Price’s other work. He’s a librarian and Internet consultant, and the author, with Chris Sherman, of “The Invisible Web: Uncovering Information Resources Search Engines Can’t See” (an excellent reference book). His biggest online project is The ResourceShelf: “Resources and News for Information Professionals.” It’s a constantly updated, free list of virtual resources on a wide range of topics. It’s best way I know of to keep abreast of useful new online resources. He doesn’t just link to new sites, but also to articles, PDF documents and special reports.

A sample of recent postings by Price includes: Washington Post‘s free database of Iraq-related stories dating back to Nov. 2002; MedlinePlus and its compilation of backgrounders on evaluating health information on the Web; and his own list of streaming audio and video about the war.
 
I strongly recommend bookmarking this site, and more importantly, subscribing to his free, once-a-week mailing list which highlights what he’s added to the site. You can do so by filling in the form at http://www.resourceshelf.com/update/

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