From the site:

Aging Everywhere: AARP International’s resource featuring quick facts, research, and events around the world.

The Aging Everywhere interactive world map serves as a “one-stop” international clearing house of the most relevant and timely information on aging populations worldwide. This site is updated regularly with newly published regional and country specific research, reports, and resources. We intend for it to serve as a useful tool for policymakers, researchers, students, media, and all others interested in the issues of global aging.

The database provides for:
+ Comparative Data Search

+ Country Profiles

+ Worldwide Resources

Source: AARP (via Basefsky’s IWS Documented News Service)

From the EurekaAlert news release:

New software launched today lets blind and visually impaired people surf the Internet on the go. The UW computer science student who created the software, called WebAnywhere, says more accessibility tools must move from desktop machines to the Web.

New — ToxMystery

…features an animated game that helps elementary students learn about common household hazards. Students enter a house and go room to room, mousing over items, clicking on those that move, and answering questions. Lesson plans and parent resources are included.

Source: National Library of Medicine (via FREE)

From the news release:

World population is projected to reach 7 billion in 2012, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The world population hit 6 billion in 1999.

These figures come from the updated world population estimates and projections released today through the Census Bureau’s International Data Base (IDB). The IDB provides information on population size and growth, age and sex composition, mortality, fertility and net migration. The data are available for 226 countries and other selected geographies.

This revision to the IDB includes updated projections for 34 countries. Compared to previous estimates, this revision indicates that the world population will be 146 million larger in 2050.

The International Data Base offers online users a choice of ways to retrieve demographic data, including:

* Country summary pages showing key population indicators

* Tables of demographic indicators for countries and regions

* Population pyramids showing age and sex composition

Source: U.S. Census

From Museum of the Moving Image site:

This site, run by the British Universities Film and Video Council, is a database of all film and video adaptations of Shakespeare’s work. Each entry features a very short synopsis and production information. Includes a “references and reviews” section, which features bibliographic references to the film listed.

Direct to Database

Source: BUFVC

The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), is pleased to announce the Web sites added this spring to Great Web Sites for Kids (www.ala.org/greatsites), its online resource containing hundreds of links to commendable Web sites for children.

ALSC’s GWS Committee voted to add the following sites in spring 2008:

All Safe Sites - www.allsafesites.com
Amazing Space - http://amazing-space.stsci.edu
Bnetsavvy - www.bnetsavvy.org
Debra Frasier - www.debrafrasier.com
EMuseum at Minnesota State University - www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/index.shtml
Ethan’s Bookshelf - www.ethansbookshelf.com
FBI for Kids - www.fbi.gov/fbikids.htm
Fun – Family Fun & Entertainment - http://fun.familyeducation.com
Gymnasium for the Brain - www.gymnasiumforbrain.com
Johnnie’s Math Page - http://jmathpage.com
Kids Know It Network - www.kidsknowit.com
Mary Jo Rhodes - www.maryjorhodes.com
Ology - www.amnh.org/ology
TeachPeaceNow - www.teachpeacenow.org
Webrangers - www.nps.gov/webrangers
The World of Victor - www.theworldofvictor.net
Young Adult (& Kids) Books Central - www.yabookscentral.com

Source: ALA

This collection of web resource about terrorism was compiled by Kay Collins, a U.S. government information librarian at the University of California-Irvine.

Source: C&RL News

Updated Guide

The Library has updated its resource guide on Child Labour. This easy-to-use guide will help you find key online and print sources of information from around the world and links to the texts of key ILO publications. It also provides links to ILO Conventions and Recommendations relating to child labour, statistics, and to the IPEC website for more in depth information.

Source: ILO (via Basefsky’s IWS Documented News Service)

From an email announcement:

Looking for current maps of places mentioned in the nightly news? Visit our Places in the News website. Included is basic information about the country from the CIA World Factbook as well as maps that are usually from federal government agencies. Users can also link to maps of previous places in the news.

Source: LC

Professional Reading: The June 2008 Issue of the Internet Resources Newsletter is Now Online
News and several large helpings of high quality web resources from Roddy MacLeod and crew at the Heriot-Watt University Library in the UK.

Source: Heriot-Watt University Library

United States Poets Laureate: A Guide to Online Resources

Locate online resources related to U.S. poets laureate. Completed guides link to Library of Congress Web pages that include information on the poet laureate’s life and work, as well as to external Web sites that feature biographical information, interviews, poems, audio, video, and other materials that highlight the activities of each poet.

Source: Compiled by Peter Armenti, Digital Reference Specialist, Library of Congress

The modern Olympics: an overview
77 pages; PDF. A great reference resource for any person interested in the Olympics.

Source: Parliamentary Library, Parliament of Australia

From the announcement:

The Federal Election Commission (FEC/the Commission) has introduced a new and improved version of its Presidential Campaign Finance map. Available on the FEC web site (www.fec.gov), the map now includes detailed information on each candidate’s campaign expenditures. It also provides a number of enhanced viewing and searching options for information about campaign contributors. The upgraded map is an easy-to-use online tool for obtaining detailed information about the Presidential campaigns and how they spend their money, including the payee name, purpose, date and amount of each campaign expenditure. These improved features were included on similar maps for U.S. House and Senate campaigns that were added to the FEC web site late last year.

Source: Federal Election Commission

1) New — M. C. Escher: Life and Work

…an online tour of 24 prints by the Dutch artist Maurits C. Escher (1898-1972). In the 1920s-30s, Escher developed “the regular division of the plane” and used the idea of metamorphosis — one shape or object turning into something completely different. He also explored complex architectural mazes and the representation of impossible spaces. (National Gallery of Art)

2) Trails to Utah and the Pacific: Diaries and Letters, 1846-1869 (Library of Congress)

…features 49 diaries of pioneers who traveled westward across America to Utah, Montana, and the Pacific between 1847 and the meeting of the rails in 1869. Maps, photos, and published trail guides are included. Essays focus on the California Trail, the Mormon trail experience, trail guides, and maps and their use by overlanders.

Source: FREE, U.S. Department of Education

Nine tutorials in all available in Flash or HTML versions. Titles include:

+ Overview: Finding Government Information and Services – Learn how to find government information and services on the Internet, starting at USA.gov.

+ Get It Done Online with Government – Instead of standing in line, complete your government tasks online. You’ll be amazed what you can do online.

+ Find Government Benefits and Grants – Find government money available through benefits, grants, loans, and financial aid.

+ View Frequently Asked Government Questions (FAQs) – Find quick answers to the questions the public most commonly asks the government.

+ Search Government Using USA Search – Learn how to use USA Search to find the government information and services you need.

+ Especially for Visitors to the United States – Learn more about the U.S., do business with the U.S., or come to the U.S. for work, study, or travel.

Source: USA.gov