It's not a well-appointed blog at the moment, but it looks like I've got basic functionality (thank you, Jason!). I've been thinking about blog metaphors while getting things up and running. Jason compared his to sagging skin in need of fleshing out. After watching Matt blog over the last few months, I've become convinced his is a Sims character dressed up in a blog skin. It's got to be coddled, fed, tended to, played with, and nurtured. But for some reason the image of the Little Prince rooting out his baobabs, tending to his rose, and cleaning out his active volcanoes also springs to mind. My blog is a small plot of earth to be tilled and cultivated.
Posted by karik at June 6, 2003 11:30 AM | TrackBackTTU Libraries > Library News
Libraries Archive Has Continual Global Success
The Archive of Turkish Oral Narrative, ATON, has a constantly growing number of patrons. New statistics have been released emphasizing the continued success of the ATON website http://aton.ttu.edu/. Approximately 200,000 documents have been digitally delivered to half the countries in the world. The Epics (Dastan) which date back 2,200 years are the most popular of the collection.
Patrons have used 10,000 internet service points to access the website. The site is organized in mutually supporting sections including music, historical documentation, explanations of the narratives, and anthropological and ethnographic materials. Of the three similar programs worldwide ATON is the only collection digitized and accessible on the web.
There are currently around 200 links to the ATON website from various other sites around the world. Academic and professional organizations with a link include such prestigious institutions as The U.S. Library of Congress and the British Library.
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