>Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 18:52:35 +0000
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>Subject: CW library online
>Author:  "Karen Stuart" <[log in to unmask]> at NetTalk
>Date:    12/22/99 10:39 AM
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>ARCHIVES Digest - 20 Dec 1999 to 21 Dec 1999 (#1999-353) (fwd)
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>ROCKEFELLER LIBRARY UNVEILS NEW WEBSITE
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>        The John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library has unveiled a greatly expanded
>secti=
>on on the Colonial Williamsburg website (http://www.history.org), offering =
>individuals interested in the colonial Chesapeake the opportunity to search=
> the library?s vast collections.  New features include PATRIOT, the Rockefe=
>ller Library?s online catalog listing the 68,000 titles in the Library, and=
> guides to manuscript, microfilm, selected photograph and other research co=
>llections, such as the Shirley Plantation Collection of over 18,000 manuscr=
>ipt items.  Previously, individuals had to physically visit the library or =
>be connected to an internal network to access these resources.
>        ?We have electronically opened the doors to our major collections by
>addin=
>g finding aids and the Library catalog to the World Wide Web, ? says Public=
> Services Librarian Juleigh Clark.  ?Now, when researchers come to the Libr=
>ary, they will have a better idea of what we own, and we can serve them mor=
>e efficiently.?  Other features on the website include a virtual exhibit of=
> some of the treasures from the Rockefeller Library?s rare book and manuscr=
>ipt collections and special indexes to articles in The Colonial Williamsbur=
>g Journal and The Colonial Williamsburg Interpreter.  Of special interest i=
>s an index to the several hundred research reports written at Colonial Will=
>iamsburg over the last sixty years.  Early American History Research Report=
>s are distinguished for the significant amount of primary source material i=
>n them and for their time and place specificity:  eighteenth-century Virgin=
>ia.
>        The John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library is a research library
>specializing in=
> the history and culture of the colonial Chesapeake.  It is located near th=
>e Historic Area at 313 First Street and is open to the public.  Library hou=
>rs are Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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>Contact:    =
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>Juleigh Muirhead Clark
>Public Services Librarian
>John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
>Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
>Williamsburg, Virginia  23815-1776
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>757-565-8511
>757-565-8518 (fax)
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