From jfsiege@ilstu.edu Sun Feb 10 09:03:32 2002 Received: from mailscan5.cac.washington.edu (mailscan5.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.14]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW02.01) with SMTP id g1AH3VMr078840 for ; Sun, 10 Feb 2002 09:03:31 -0800 Received: FROM mxu3.u.washington.edu BY mailscan5.cac.washington.edu ; Sun Feb 10 09:03:31 2002 -0800 Received: from merlin.ilstu.edu (merlin.ilstu.edu [138.87.4.8]) by mxu3.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW02.01) with ESMTP id g1AH3UWn012095 for ; Sun, 10 Feb 2002 09:03:30 -0800 Received: from jfsieg (line192131.ras.ilstu.edu [138.87.192.131]) by merlin.ilstu.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id LAA10843 for ; Sun, 10 Feb 2002 11:03:29 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <003801c1b254$de137a60$83c0578a@cas.ilstu.edu> From: "janice siegel" To: Subject: NEW and IMPROVED on-line Audio-Visual Resources for Classics website announcement Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2002 11:03:29 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 I am delighted to announce that the new, updated, fully searchable on-line Audio-Visual Resources for Classics website is now ready for general consumption. It's all about promoting classics in and out of the classroom. Thanks to all who have written both off-list and on - I have culled a lot of information and gotten a lot of ideas from discussions on this list. Thanks particularly to David Meadows for helping me to spread the word this am - please feel free to pass this notice along to any list or individual who might be looking for av materials about the classical world: videos, cds, tapes, posters, slides, maps, activity books, ... If you know of any products I have missed (terribile dictu) please do let me know. Self-nominations are welcome. :) new URL: http://lilt.ilstu.edu/drjclassics2 old URL (will forward you): http://www.drjclassics.com Lots has changed in the past two years since I first posted this website; there are tons more products and more (and different) distributors. I have added several categories of information, including an expanded section on the Classical Legacy (in culture, in the English language, in Shakespeare, and in film - on video and on DVD). Historical fiction on tape is new, too. New material in philosophy (Augustine, Plato, much more) has flooded the market. New material on Roman-Conquered Lands has caused me to change the title of the section that began as simply "Roman Britain" - it's big, now. The Elementary/Middle School section is bigger than ever. Lots of fabulous new products available. And the Miscellaneous category has all sorts of stuff in it, mostly provided by classics organizations. Here is a brief run-down on how the on-line version differs from the print version coming out in a March/April special edition in _Classical World_ (together again with Judith Sebesta's very useful Textbook Survey): extensive descriptions of products, including complete lists of titles for lectures on tape, tracks on music cds, narrators of videos, readers of books on tape, etc. entire topics eliminated from the print version (Databases, Ancient Near/Middle East, Elementary Aesop, etc., as well as an expanded section concerning classics Miscellanea of all sorts) some new categories of products (e.g., historical fiction on audio cd and cassette) internet-only vendors (e.g., Amazon.com and eToys) cyber-only items (e.g., RealAudio recordings of ancient music and literature; digitized recordings downloadable for a fee; interactive/visual websites providing 3D reconstructions or virtual tours of archaeological sites) hyperlinks from each item to its distributors' on-line catalog pages hyperlinks to on-line reviews of products when available hyperlinks to free downloads or preview clips items available for rent only (PSU and IU Library inventories are fully indexed) The document has just shy of 12,000 hyperlinks in it (half and half, external and internal) so while I will be happy to make a note of dead or incorrect links as you send them to me, please have mercy if you can't find what you need right away, and if it's not fixed right away - I do have a day job! And I was dismayed to learn that after I programmed links to several distributors' websites, their internal design prevents these links from working. And my own site redesign has killed some links as well. But please do let me know if something doesn't work, even if you think I might know about it already. And despite my love for all things web, there is much to be said for being able to hold a portable document in your hand. If you don't already subscribe to CW (it's well worth it!), you can find information on the on-line av website (http://lilt.ilstu.edu/drjclassics2) and at http://www.caas-cw.org about how to get offprints (once we have some). I hope you find this collection of material useful. Thanks! Cheers, Janice Janice Siegel (aka Dr. J) Editor, Survey of Audio-Visual Resources of Classics Assistant Professor of Classics Illinois State University Normal, Illinois 61790 (309) 438-3583 jfsiege@ilstu.edu http://lilt.ilstu.edu/drjclassics http://lilt.ilstu.edu/drjclassics2 .