http://www.portableradio.russellmartin.org.uk/

The Portable Radio website, a local podcasting project, is the brainchild of artist Russell Martin and art market specialist Sarah Thelwall. The goal of the project is to create an online audio map of the visual arts in the UK by recording dialogues by artists, writers, members of the public, and curators of ten select communities. Clicking on the "Partners" tab on the homepage will lead the visitor to the list of the partners who are participating in the dialogues, their location around the UK, and a link to the website of the partner. Clicking on the "Audio" tab on the homepage will take visitors to the podcasts for the three communities that have been completed: "University College Falmouth," "Workplace Gallery, Gateshead", and "Whitstable Biennale, Kent." Additionally in the "Audio" tab, visitors can click on "Subscribe to the Portable Radio Podcast" to receive each new episode as it is released. To learn more about Martin and Thelwall's other artistic endeavors and to listen to interviews with them, click on the "Organisers" tab and then click on any of the underlined words to get to the links. Especially interesting is the link to the "Speakeasy" website, which discusses the formation of a group of artists whose discussions center "in and around contemporary art" and critiquing fellow artists' works. The site also gives guidance in starting one's own "speakeasy." [KMG]

http://sheetmusic.library.sc.edu/Default.asp

The University of South Carolina Music Library has an extensive collection of over 10,000 pieces of popular, sacred, and classical sheet music that can be easily searched, due to the digital sheet music project on the School of Music website. Additionally, the cover and page images are available for those pieces in the public domain. The top 5 searches are listed on the homepage, and the titles are clickable, so visitors can see the pieces everyone else wants to see as well. Visitors can also search the library's collection using the "Quick Search" box in the middle of the homepage, or they can click on "Advanced Search" to be linked to the page that allows searching by a multitude of categories. Visitors can search by such criteria as composer, arranger, publisher, donor name, and of course, title. Once they pull up a record, visitors will see the usual details about the music, like publisher, date, composer, and the library call number. Under the Notes section of the record visitors can view the first line of text and the first line of the refrain. If the music is in the public domain, they will also see a clickable image of the front and back covers, as well as the pages in between. Visitors can choose "View Book Format" or "View Printable Format" to view them. If they choose book form, each page of the sheet music will be a thumbnail that visitors can click to explore larger, easily readable and navigable images. [KMG]

http://hti.osu.edu/opper/index.cfm

Much can be learned through close examination of editorial cartoons, and this fine online collection created by The Ohio State University Cartoon Research Library will be a welcome find for educators and students alike. The Opper Project is named after Ohioan Frederick Burr Opper, who was one of the most well-known early American-born cartoonists. First-time visitors may wish to start out by reading the biography of Opper presented here, and then continue on by looking over the "Editorial Cartoons: An Introduction" section. Educators will want to look through the lesson plans, which use various historical editorial cartoons to illuminate topics such as the League of Nations, Reconstruction, the Great Depression, and immigration. The site is very user friendly, and visitors shouldn't miss the special worksheets that explore caricatures and common editorial symbols. [KMG]

http://statregister.galileo.usg.edu/statregister/

The Digital Library of Georgia has distinguished itself by creating a far ranging set of important digital collections, and The Georgia Official and Statistical Register is quite a pippin. Published between 1923 and 1990 by the Georgia Archives, the Register covered Georgia's executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government. Within its pages, visitors can read biographical sketches of elected officials, learn about the regents of the university system, peruse election returns, and also learn about the state flag, the state song, and legal holidays. Visitors to the homepage can browse each volume, perform a full-text search, and even just look at the "From the collection…" box, which contains a rotating selection of images and text from various editions of the Register. [KMG]

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/crash/

The Roaring 20s diminished to a soft purr as the stock market crashed in the fall of 1929. It's a historical event that has fascinated everyone from financial historians to those who are generally interested in the peaks and valleys of American history. The PBS program "American Experience" created this online site to complement their recent documentary exploring the stock market crash of 1929. Visitors to the site can watch a preview of the program and then make their way through the "Special Features", "Timeline", and "Gallery" sections. In the "Special Features" area visitors can take part in an online poll, read first-hand memories of the crash, watch the rise and fall of RCA stock, and read excerpts from newspaper headlines of the period. Moving on, the "Timeline" area offers a broad portrait of Wall Street from 1653 to the early 21st century. Finally, the "Gallery" offers some historic images of the 1920s, including those of Babe Ruth, Louis Armstrong, and a certain well-known horseless carriage. [KMG]

http://www.asiasociety.org/podcasts/subscribe.html

Based in New York, the Asia Society has longed distinguished itself through its many public outreach activities, particularly its conferences, lecture series, and educational outreach efforts. Their website is a part of such efforts, and their recently launched podcasts series continues in this enjoyable vein. As the site notes, the podcasts will bring visitors programming related to Asian arts, culture, policy, business, and education. The podcasts began in September 2008, and currently include conversations regarding Asia's interests in U.S. elections, nuclear disarmament in North Korea, the credit crunch throughout Asia, and the Cultural Revolution. Visitors can subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or RSS feed, and the site will certainly be worth checking in on more than one occasion. [KMG]

http://www.wbur.org/news/local/bostonbydesign/

Radio station WBUR in Boston is well known for producing such radio programs as "Car Talk", and they have recently developed the "Boston By Design" program to explore issues surrounding urban development and design in the city. Funding for the program was provided by The Boston Foundation, and the series is thematically divided into four parts: "The Greenway", "Song of the City", "Edge of Urbanism", and "Future Footprints". Each theme explores a different part of Boston's recent (and past) urban development, and visitors can learn more by clicking on the "About the Series" tab. The homepage also includes a series of clickable images that offer thumbnail sketches of the areas profiled in the radio series, such as the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway, Washington Street, and the South End. The site is rounded out by a "Links & Resources" area that contains links to bibliographies and various architectural sites. [KMG]