Saturday, July 23, 2005

Site Profile: IMLS Digital Collections Gateway The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Registry provides a gateway to collections funded through IMLS, "a resource for educators and cultural heritage professionals." The entryway points to an "array of digital collections from all subject areas - art to science, literature to home economics - and from all types of institutions such as museums, libraries, and historical societies." The site is browsable (by Subject, Object, Place, and Collection Title)  and searchable. The subject headings are organized according the classification scheme used by the Gateway for Educational Materials (http://www.thegateway.org/) , consequently searchers familiar with GEM will recognize the structure used at IMLS. The collection is extremely diverse, which makes finding detailed materials in a single subject difficult, but it is worth a visit. _____JH (Thanks to the Resource Shelf for this reference.) 9:53:01 AM    COMMENT []