National Library News December 1997 Vol. 29, no. 12

Did you know...

that the National Library of Canada has developed four new areas on its Web site in partnership with the SchoolNet Digital Collections Program, which is funded by Industry Canada? Access to all four can be found on the Library's homepage (http://www.collectionscanada.ca) under Sources of Canadian Information, Digital Projects, or at the SchoolNet site (http://collections.ic.gc.ca/).

Incunabula, Hebraica and Judaica is a major addition to the Library's electronic offerings. Using text and images from holdings in the Jacob M. Lowy Collection, it provides insights into the history of Hebrew printing. It was 20 years ago that Mr. Lowy presented the Library with his outstanding private collection of rare Hebraica and Judaica and of Hebrew incunables.

Stephen Leacock and Emily Carr are each the subject of a site in the area devoted to Governor General's Literary Award winners. Their lives and well-known works, as well as related bibliographic information, are conveyed in the sites and through links to other pertinent electronic resources. Both sites result from productive collaboration. The Leacock project was completed in cooperation with the Stephen Leacock Museum in Orillia, Ontario, and the Carr site was developed and implemented in partnership with B.C. Heritage, Southwestern Okanagan Region.

The fourth project, Disc-O-Logue, is an archive of French-language songs from throughout the world that were available in Canada on LPs and 45-rpm discs from the 1950s until 1985. The Disc-O-Logue Web site makes information on what has been called the "Golden Age" of French-language popular music available to researchers anywhere in the world.