Hi Miriam -- I really enjoyed the seminar on the 12th. We're putting together a whole new web site -- what we're calling a "digital access platform" -- here at the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research, which we're hoping will bridge the difference between the current kind of online catalogue (difficult to use for non-specialists) and researchers who also want authoritative information on the people and companies in our collection. You can find info about us at http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/wcftr/ . But our new site won't be up until early fall. However, here are some other good research sites, mostly oriented toward television, my particualr field: www.screenonline.org.uk -- the BFI's excellent site www.filmsound.org -- very dependable info on film sound http://www.birth-of-tv.org/birth/ -- good material on European television http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/index2.html -- ditto on Canada http://www.current.org/history/ -- on US public television Hope these are helpful -- Best, Michele Michele Hilmes Professor, Media and Cultural Studies Director, Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research Department of Communication Arts University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI 53706 608-262-2547 ----- Original Message ----- From: Miriam Posner <[log in to unmask]> Date: Sunday, July 1, 2007 5:52 am Subject: [SCREEN-L] Send us your links! To: [log in to unmask] > The Museum of the Moving Image is compiling a list of trustworthy online > sources to help students conduct responsible Internet research about > film, > television, and digital media. We've put our heads together and we're > pretty > sure we've covered all the well-known research sites: JSTOR, ProQuest, > WorldCat, AFI catalog, etc. > > Now we're interested in more obscure, but still trustworthy, sites. > Determining a site's reputability is, of course, more art than > science, but > we're looking for Web pages that you wouldn't mind your students > citing on a > research paper. For example, the Museum of Broadcast Communication's > online > encyclopedia (http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/) is a source students > aren't likely to know offhand, but might find helpful. The same goes > for the > Autry Museum's page on Sergio Leone > (http://www.autrynationalcenter.org/leone/) and Virginia Commonwealth > University's detailed history of the Grace Street Theater > (http://www.library.vcu.edu/jbc/speccoll/lee.html). > > I'd love to hear what you use for online research. It's okay if > they're more > general sites, as long as they can be used to research film, > television, or > digital media. Journal aggregators, bibliographies, online exhibits, > and > stand-alone Web pages are all welcome. > > Please send them to me directly ([log in to unmask]) and if you're > interested, I'll compile a list of your links and post it to the listserv. > > Thank you! > > MIRIAM POSNER > ASSOCIATE CURATOR OF THE COLLECTION > MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE > 35 AVE AT 36 ST, ASTORIA, NY 11106 > WWW.MOVINGIMAGE.US > TEL 718.784.4520 FAX 718.784.3417 > > ---- > To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L > in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask] > ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html