Library of Congress with UNESCO Launches a World Digital Library

April 22, 2009 at 10:22 am | In accessibility, creating digital textbooks, electronic texts, faculty resources | Leave a Comment

The Library of Congress in cooperation with UNESCO launched the World Digital Library today which gives electronic access to a number of early primary documents in the form of photographs, papers and from archives in various countries around the globe.  The World Digital Library is available in seven languages.
The Library of Congress is an amazing resource for documents and  photographs from the United States available at its Digital Collections and Services. Last year,  it created a pilot account with flickr of one collection and 6 sets.

The image below is a mosaic made from civil war photos.

Mosaic Lincoln Image

Mosaic Lincoln Image

CourseSmart and Section 508 Compliance

March 24, 2009 at 5:55 am | In Publisher digital request for, creating digital textbooks, electronic texts, faculty resources | Leave a Comment
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I was pleased to see that CourseSmart has acknowledged the issue of  the inaccessibility of their e-textbooks and have a page on their site with an apology and a statement concerning their intent to change the format of their e-textbooks to become Section 508 compliant.  The page also lists the links to the permission forms for their publishers.  I am hoping that as more universities and colleges are leaning towards using open-course content and away from using standard textbooks, CourseSmart will fear the loss of income and speed up the process towards compliance.

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