Eye on the net: new and notable

摘要

The University of Oxford has a variety of digital collections archiving a range of unique materials. In 2008, it launched The First World War Poetry Digital Archive which we recently reviewed at length in these columns (RR 2010/71). This digital archive makes a variety of resources relating to the literature of the First World War freely available. The multimedia online database contains primary source material (e.g. letters, manuscripts of poems) as well as images, audio, and film from the Imperial War Museum. Typifying the emerging trend in the development of open access digital archives, the creators have recognized its educational significance, and accordingly provided instructional tutorials aimed at undergraduates. There is also a community section where users can submit their own materials.