Librarians' Internet Index: New This Week

New and newly-discovered Web sites for librarians and everyone else, updated every Thursday morning. See more resources on our site, http://lii.org/.

Expo Zaragoza 2008 - (Found June 29, 2008 )

Official website for this world fair in Zaragoza, Spain, (scheduled for June 14 through Sept 14, 2008) that has the theme "Water and Sustainable Development." Includes a map showing locations of country pavilions, list of events (including those organized by the Water Tribune), and material about Fluvi, the expo's water mascot. Also includes a blog.
http://www.expozaragoza2008.es/Home/seccion=3&seccionRaiz=3&seccionDesplegar=3&...

Everywhere - (Found June 29, 2008 )

Everywhere bills itself as "the travel magazine made by you." On this site you can view and share photos and stories about travel destinations. Find photos and articles on topics such as Kenya National Park (one of the few parks in Africa where you are allowed to hike without a guide), the former home of Kurt Cobain in Seattle, and laundry on the streets of Shanghai. Selected material is printed in the Everywhere Magazine.
http://www.everywheremag.com/

International Exhibitions Bureau Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) - (Found June 29, 2008 )

The BIE "was established by a diplomatic international Convention, signed in Paris, in 1928. Its function is to regulate the frequency and quality. ... of all international exhibitions of a non-commercial nature (other than fine art exhibitions) with a duration of more than three weeks, which are officially organised by a nation." Provides a BIE history, governing legislation, list of world fairs and horticultural exhibitions, and more. In English and French.
http://www.bie-paris.org/

The Donald G. Larson Collection on International Expositions and Fairs, 1851-1940 - (Found June 29, 2008 )

Website companion to a collection of material about international expositions from 1851-1940. Site features a chronological list of fairs by decade, list of fairs by city, lists of photographs (a few available online) and artifacts, and an illustrated presentation of fair sheet music. Also includes links to related sites. Note: List of fair postcards is not available. From the Henry Madden Library, California State University, Fresno.
http://www.csufresno.edu/library/subjectresources/specialcollections/worldfairs/

World Expo 2010 Shanghai China - (Found June 29, 2008 )

Official website for this international exposition to be held in Shanghai, China, May through October 2010, with the theme of "Better City, Better Life." Features a list of participants (172 countries and 33 international organizations as of June 2008), a master plan for the expo site with a gallery of some pavilion ideas, information about the fair's mascot (Haibao, "created from a Chinese character meaning people"), and related material.
http://en.expo2010china.com/

Intelligent Travel - (Found June 29, 2008 )

This blog "about authentic and sustainable travel" provides updates about items related to ecotourism. Topics include how to take photographs of landscapes, sea turtles in danger in Mexico, and restoration of James Madison's Montpelier home in Virginia. Entries may be browsed by categories such as regions of the world and U.S., family friendly, and "voluntourism." From National Geographic Traveler magazine.
http://intelligenttravel.typepad.com/

The Blurb - (Found June 29, 2008 )

Past and future world's fairs, George Carlin, checking out people in living libraries, and lots about travel: offbeat plans and places, surviving the airplane experience, and lots of books to take along. Bon appetit from librarians Maria, Jennifer, Wendy, and Charlotte.
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