MCLS Communique

February’s Featured CONTENTdm Collections

February 19th, 2010 Kelly Bayee

This month, three collections from the CONTENTdm Collection of Collections are featured on the OCLC Web site.  The featured collections for February are Butler Center Lesson Plans, John Martin Rare Book Room Digital Collection, and Southern Alberta Newspaper Collection.

Included in the collection information below is a link to each organization’s record, if available, in the OCLC WorldCat Registry.  OCLC’s WorldCat Registry allows libraries worldwide to manage and organize their data for vendors and third parties by creating and maintaining a comprehensive institutional profile in a single, Web-accessible location.

Butler Center Lesson Plans – http://www.digital.butlercenter.org/index.php
[WorldCat Registry] Butler Center for Arkansas Studies. Central Arkansas Library System – http://www.worldcat.org/registry/Institutions/8333

The Butler Center Lesson Plans collection contains lesson plans for K-12 teachers in Arkansas to provide clear instructions for implementing Arkansas Curriculum Frameworks with Arkansas-based material.  All lesson plans are in .pdf for easy downloading and printing.  Plans can be browsed by grade level, curriculum framework, or resource.  Topics cover include English language arts, fine arts, library media instruction, mathematics, physical education, science, and social studies.

John Martin Rare Book Room Digital Collection – http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/jmrbr
[WorldCat Registry] University of Iowa – http://www.worldcat.org/registry/Institutions/57888

The John Martin Rare Book Room holds classic works on medicine and the health sciences dating from as early as the 15th century.  Derived from lithographs, etchings, engravings, and mezzotints, the images in this digital collection include depictions of human anatomy, disease processes, and surgical techniques.

Southern Alberta Newspaper Collection – http://www.uleth.ca/lib/digitized_Collections/sanews.asp
[WorldCat Registry] University of Lethbridge Library – http://www.worldcat.org/registry/Institutions/43956

The Southern Alberta Newspaper Collection contains locally digitized content from the following historical newspapers:  Cardston News’ (1652 issues), Cardston Record (38 issues), Macleod Advertiser (45 issues), Macleod Chronicle (7 issues), Macleod Gazette (5 issues), Macleod News (58 issues), Macleod Spectator (93 issues), & Milk River Review (517 issues).

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