http://www.salzburgglobal.org/2009/index.cfm

The Salzburg Global Seminar's mission is "to challenge present and future leaders to solve issues of global concern." To fulfill this mission, the Seminar invites imaginative thinkers to come together and share ideas through a variety of meetings, talks, and group discussions. On their website, visitors can learn about their annual seminars, and also read about their "Initiatives", which include work on African agriculture and strengthening independent media. Within each of these "Initiatives", visitors can read blog posts, learn about their strategy meetings, and also download recent press releases. Other highlights of the site include the "Podcasts" area. Here visitors can find tremendously interesting talks from experts on subjects such as the search for renewable energy sources, the international legal system, and global media development. Finally, the site is rounded out by the "Latest Videos" area, which features commentary on the role of women in international development programs and the future of independent media. [KMG]

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http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/pep/index.cfm

The fantastic New York Public Library does it again with this most diverse and thoughtful site. The website shows their impressive offerings of upcoming live talks as well as providing their archived talks. Some of the upcoming guests that are featured are Ira Glass, Barbara Kingsolver, William Grimes, and Javier Marias. Fortunately, visitors who aren't in New York City won't miss out on these great programs, because the past LIVE shows can be accessed by clicking on the "Past Programs" link in the left hand menu. The archived shows are from Spring and Fall 2005-2009, and are available as audio, video, or both. The current programs become available to listen or watch a few weeks after the original program. Transcripts are also available for some events, and they can be found in the "Transcripts" link on the left hand menu. The intriguing series, first broadcast during the month of June 2009, titled "Muslim Voices: Arts and Ideas" is a good place to start. Visitors can enter Muslim Voices in the search box at the top left hand of the page to find all LIVE programs that were part of the celebration. [KMG]

http://www.lib.umt.edu/digital/demmons

The University of Montana's Mansfield Library website offers a collection of photos of life in Montana from the late 1800s to the 1950s. Interestingly, the "photographs were used extensively in historic research required by the Superfund law when the Milltown Reservoir was designated a Superfund site in early 1980." Visitors can browse the 1760 item collection via the "Montana Memory Project" link near the top of the page. Those who want to search the collection can use the drop down boxes below the browse link, and choose "Search All Words", "Search Any Word", or "Match Exact Phrase". Interested users can retrieve over 100 photos of saw mills and copper mills simply by putting mill in the "search any word" drop down box on the homepage. The importance of the mill in the community is evident where the mill is identified in photos even when only the tiniest sliver of it is visible. [KMG]

http://library.nau.edu/speccoll/exhibits/route66/index.html

You don't ever want to forget Winona, and with this timely digital exhibit on the lore and history of Route 66, it would be hard to do so. Created by the staff at Northern Arizona University's Cline Library, this website complements an in situ exhibit on this fabled highway. The site starts off with a brief introduction titled "Why Route 66?", and visitors should wind their way through the "Interactive Map" as well. This feature is a true gem, as it consists of a "mash-up" with a Google Map of the highway and historic and contemporary images, such as the Wigwam Motel in Holbrook, Arizona. Visitors should also listen to some of the oral histories offered here, and then look over the bibliography for additional readings. [KMG]

http://ncarchitects.lib.ncsu.edu/

Kendall B. Waitt, Dave Dickinson, and Hill C. Linthicum are just a few of the notable architects profiled in this biographical dictionary created by the North Carolina State University Libraries. The site serves as a digital companion to the 1990 book "Architects and Builders in North Carolina: A History of the Practices of Building". As a whole, this site is a "growing reference work that contains brief biographical accounts, building lists, and bibliographical information about architects, builders, and other artisans who planned and built North Carolina's architecture." Currently, the site contains several hundred profiles, and by the time the project is finished, there will be around 500 to 600 entries on this site. The homepage contains sample entries, a "Notable Quotes" area, and a search engine prefaced with the words "Start Exploring". Visitors can also use the "Building Index" to learn who built any number of prominent and lesser-known buildings in the Tar Heel State. [KMG]

http://www.worldbank.org/integrity

Created as part of the World Bank Group, the Integrity Vice Presidency "independently investigates allegations of corruption and fraud." On their homepage, much of the material is covered within three primary sections: "Fighting Fraud & Corruption", "Investigating Staff Misconduct", and "Allegations". In the "Fighting Fraud & Corruption" area, visitors can learn about completed investigations and learn about the outcomes, which in many cases include sanctions and debarments. Moving on, the "Investigating Staff Misconduct" area includes information about recent investigations into partner organizations who have worked with the World Bank in the past and alleged abuses regarding travel fraud, abuse of authority, and corruption within infrastructure projects. Visitors may also wish to scroll down on the homepage to look over their annual report and check out news updates. [KMG]

http://www.delamare.unr.edu/maps/digitalcollections/nvmaps/

If you're looking for the road to Winnemucca by way of Elko, look no further than this engaging website created by the Digital Projects group at the University of Nevada, Reno Libraries. The original focus of their first digital map site was a collection of historic maps of Nevada, and this has been expanded to include over 4,000 maps. With this expansion, visitors can now find contemporary maps of Nevada, side by side with other thematic mining, geologic, and topographic maps. Interested parties can click on the "View the collections" area to browse through various collections, or they can elect to search the maps by keyword. One notable resource is the "Highway maps (1917-2005)" collection, which dramatically charts the growth of roads across the state during this busy period of construction and expansion. [KMG]