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The Internet Archive, in conjunction with 150 libraries, has rolled out a new 80,000 e-book lending collection today on OpenLibrary.org. This means that library patrons with an OpenLibrary account can check out any of these e-books. The hope is that this effort will help libraries make the move to digital book lending. "As readers go digital, so are our libraries," says Brewster Kahle, founder and Digital Librarian of the Internet Archive

The Digital Classroom, the National Archives' gateway for resources about primary sources, activities and training for educators and students.

Lesson plans and teaching activities
How to teach with documents
How to collaborate with the National Archives

Featured Digital Collections & Services: American Memory American History & Culture - A digital library of historic maps, photos, documents, audio and video from American Memory. Historic Newspapers - Enhanced access to America's historic newspapers through the Chronicling America project. International Collections - International materials and bilingual presentations from overseas libraries from Global Gateway. Legislative Information - THOMAS provides searchable full text of bills, Congressional Record and more. Performing Arts - Collections, articles and special presentations on music, theater and dance materials. Prints and Photographs - Catalog of about half of the Library's pictorial holdings with over 1 million digital images. Veterans History - Experience first-person stories of wartime service through personal artifacts. Web Site Archiving - Searchable archives of historic Web pages including national elections, 9/11 and more.

Look at Web sites as they appeared in the past. Enter the URL and select the date.

Collections include Archives, Digital Libraries, E-Books, Geneology & Local History, Government Documents, Maps

A listing of over 5000 websites describing holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs, and other primary sources for the research scholar. All links have been tested for correctness and appropriateness.

A free daily sudoku puzzle with archive of previous days. You work on-line or print it out.. Also choose a level of difficulty

An index of over 10,000 of the best academic information websites, selected by teachers and library professionals worldwide, in order to provide to students and teachers current, valid information for school and university academic projects! It includes selected sites in a growing list of subject/information areas including: full-text magazines, newspapers, electronic text archives, art history, biography, biology, career information, psychology, history, government information, literature, medical information, social sciences, legal information, American Civil War, Art, Careers, Crime, Directories, Economics, Education, English Language, Electronic Texts, Foreign Languages, Geography, Genealogy, Government Information,Health/Medical, History, Legal Information, Lesson Plans, Literature, Mathematics, Music, Reference, Science, Technology, Tutorials on the Web, and Writing Style Guides.

A good website that provides free photos. The collection contains thousands of images that anyone can use for free in academic or commercial presentations. The image collection can be searched by subject category, image size, color, or rating. Morgue File is more than just a source for free images. It also features a "classroom" where visitors can learn photography techniques and get tips about image editing.

Searchable archive of movie clips.

Michael Stephen's "Welcome to the 2009" version of TTW's annual look at the trends and technologies that I believe will impact what we do in libraries and information centers.

This is a video of a presentation illustrating various ways a wiki can be used in public and school libraries.