http://mel.org/SPT--BrowseResources.php MeL Best of the Web is a collection of web sites evaluated and organized by librarians in the State of Michigan. This RSS feed includes our newest additions. http://mel.org/includenewmel/melcolor.jpg http://mel.org 105 200 MeL Logo en-us davidsens@michigan.gov davidsens@michigan.gov Sat, 17 May 2008 12:54:46 -0400 Sat, 17 May 2008 12:54:46 -0400 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 http://mel.org//SPT--FullRecord.php?ResourceId=3362 The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence and its legislative and grassroots affiliate, the Brady Campaign and its dedicated network of Million Mom March Chapters, is the nation's largest, non-partisan, grassroots organization leading the fight to prevent gun violence. 2008-05-16 15:31:31 http://mel.org//SPT--FullRecord.php?ResourceId=3361 Established in 1975, the Institute for Legislative Action (ILA) is the “lobbying” arm of the National Rifle Association of America. ILA is committed to preserving the right of all law-abiding individuals to purchase, possess and use firearms for legitimate purposes as guaranteed by the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. 2008-05-16 15:19:46 http://mel.org//SPT--FullRecord.php?ResourceId=3360 This document is based on Dr. Jeffrey Roth’s presentation to researchers and criminal justice practitioners as part of NIJ’s Research in Progress seminar series. The report summarizes a study of more than 6,000 offenders who had been arrested for carrying concealed weapons. 2008-05-16 15:15:31 http://mel.org//SPT--FullRecord.php?ResourceId=3359 This is a Michigan State Police website of information regarding firearms in Michigan. The site includes information on laws, guides, and other pertinent resources. 2008-05-16 15:05:35 http://mel.org//SPT--FullRecord.php?ResourceId=3213 A Michigan Archaeological Society chapter was founded in 1975 and mainly covers archaeological findings of Monroe and Southern Wayne County. 2008-05-16 11:21:39 http://mel.org//SPT--FullRecord.php?ResourceId=3214 Everyone who likes mountain biking might be interested in riding the trails of the Upper Peninsula. This site offers trail maps, race events, mountain biking interest links, blogs and event photographs. 2008-05-16 11:20:43 http://mel.org//SPT--FullRecord.php?ResourceId=3215 Welcome to the official Superior Bike Fest website. You can view racing events and race schedules, racer accommodations, results, and even download race maps. 2008-05-16 11:20:02 http://mel.org//SPT--FullRecord.php?ResourceId=3216 This conservancy was established in 1972. Its role is to protect the natural diversity and beauty of northern Michigan by preserving important land and scenic areas, and promoting appreciation and consideration for the environment. 2008-05-16 11:19:37 http://mel.org//SPT--FullRecord.php?ResourceId=3217 An Ann Arbor based agency working to protect the environment and consumers, by offering programs on energy efficiency, internet freedom, financial literacy and more. 2008-05-16 11:18:42 http://mel.org//SPT--FullRecord.php?ResourceId=3342 The National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) is a broad, collaborative program to provide increased access to data and information on the nation's biological resources. It covers areas of plants, animals, habitats, ecological topics and much more 2008-05-16 11:18:17 http://mel.org//SPT--FullRecord.php?ResourceId=3218 The Michigan Department of Agriculture with its programs offers information on pollution prevention, recycling, composting, farmland preservation and more. 2008-05-16 11:17:33 http://mel.org//SPT--FullRecord.php?ResourceId=3340 Initiated by the University of California, Berkley Library, this project was developed to investigate the interest and the prospect of developing an encoding standard for machine-readable finding aids such as inventories, registers, indexes, and other documents created by archives, libraries, museums, and manuscript repositories to support the use of their holdings. 2008-05-16 11:17:04 http://mel.org//SPT--FullRecord.php?ResourceId=3336 The California Digital Library focuses on the development and management of digital collections, improvement in scholarly publishing and long-term preservation of digital information. 2008-05-16 11:15:43 http://mel.org//SPT--FullRecord.php?ResourceId=3337 Digital collection about the past of the Oakland County in Michigan. 2008-05-16 11:15:12 http://mel.org//SPT--FullRecord.php?ResourceId=3341 The Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) is a consortium which collectively develops and maintains a standard for the representation of texts in digital form. It focuses mainly in the area of humanities, social sciences and linguistics by providing scholarly texts for online research, teaching, and preservation. 2008-05-16 11:14:28