About ibiblioWho and Why Partners Annual Reports Contributing to ibiblio.org
FAQ
Home to one of the largest "collections of collections" on the Internet, ibiblio.org is a conservancy of freely available information, including software, music, literature, art, history, science, politics, and cultural studies. ibiblio.org is a collaboration of the School of Information and Library Science and the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at The University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill.
Digital Archive
It's Not Your Average Library
The evolving Internet has created new opportunities to share knowledge. Imagine being able to walk into your local library and view, on demand, and without charge, not only every imaginable written text, but also music and poetry archives, African American authors, American history, sports statistics, philosophy of religion, Italian literature, large text database projects, software archives, and more.
Then imagine, in addition to being able to view the collection, you have the opportunity to critique it, expand it, or to create and manage a new collection in your own area of interest. While such a feat is physically and fiscally beyond the scope of even the largest and most extraordinary physical library, ibiblio.org achieves just such breadth and depth on the Internet.
Users in China studying American poetry or folk music can access ibiblio.org and find a vast collection of poems or songs. They can listen to the artist perform, read the biography, download sheet music, reference secondary criticism, and submit their own research papers to the collection. A veteran of World War II from anywhere in the world can access and contribute to the enthusiast-managed Pearl Harbor archives, joining the virtual dialogue on the topic.
The average municipal public library receives a few hundred visitors a week. ibiblio.org averages 12 million information requests per day, and the contributor-maintained collections are expanding daily. A free and vibrant exchange of ideas among a large community of contributors who share their knowledge across disciplines, ibiblio.org uses the open source model to encourage users to help shape the way information is managed and accessed in the 21st century.
Who and Why
ibiblio.org was formed as a collaboration between the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill's MetaLab, formerly known as SunSITE, and the Center for the Public Domain in September of 2000. At UNC-Chapel Hill, ibiblio is supported by the School of Journalism and Mass Communication and the School of Information and Library Science. The collaboration has multiple components including, but not limited to, programs to:
Expand and improve the distribution of open source software;
Continue UNC's programs to develop an on-line library and archive;
Host and foster projects that expand the concepts of transparency and openness into new areas;
Create, expand, improve, publish, and distribute research on the open source communities;
Expand and improve the creation of and distribution of open source software and documentation;
Serve as a model for other open source projects.
Partners with ibiblio.org
Partners of ibiblio.org include AMD and IBM who supply the hardware on which ibiblio.org services are running. ibiblio.org runs using open source software where ever applicable and attempts to promote open source ideals within contexts other than software.
See a list of ibiblio partners.
Annual Reports
2007-2008 of ibiblio
2007 of ibiblio
2006 of ibiblio
Contributing to ibiblio.org
If you are interested in becoming an ibiblio.org contributor:
Read the Collection Criteria to see if your interest will be served by working with us
Check out the services we offer contributors to see if we have what you need.
Hint: very few, if any, proprietary services will be provided, but many open source solutions are, can or will be offered on request.
Paste a note in the form here telling us:
What your project will be
What services you might wish to use
How to contact you by phone (so we can work out any details and passwords)
Anything else you think might be helpful
FAQ
Many questions about ibiblio.org are answered in our FAQ.
Some general questions are answered in the visitor FAQ.
How do I connect to ibiblio?
I can't log in... or I lost my password...
Can I have an email account?
What's my disk quota?
What powers your web server?
Can I have a cgi-bin?
Can I have a mailing list?
Can I have a database?
Do you offer streaming audio / video?
How do I password-protect directories?
How do I set up email forwarding?
How do I set up an automated vacation message for my ibiblio email account?
I'm getting too much spam...can you help me?
How can I add searching to my web pages?
How do I add my ibiblio site to the ibiblio collection index?
Do you do virtual hosting?
How can I access usage statistics about my site?
How much do your services cost?
How can I repay you?
I'm having problems installing/configuring/repairing my kernel/video display/ethernet card/such-and-such software. Can you help me?
What do you guys do?
How do I set up Server Side Includes on an ibiblio-hosted web site?
Does ibiblio have an IRC Channel?
Can I have access to my web site's Apache transaction log files?
Where can I access my site's error log files?
What are the ssh key fingerprints for the ibiblio login server?
I just received a message telling me my account was going to be deleted. Is this true? And more generally, how will Ibiblio contact me if it does need to get in touch with me?
Is there a development server?
How do I change my password?
How can I contribute a collection to ibiblio?
How can I connect to my MySQL database with a GUI client?
Why can't I use FTP to access ibiblio.org?
How do I connect to ibiblio?
ibiblio maintains login.ibiblio.org to provide shell and sFTP access for its many contributors. You should use it for telnet, ssh, sftp, and scp connections. We prefer that you use SSH and SCP/SFTP to connect to the login server. They can do everything telnet and FTP clients can do, but they are encrypted and secure.
UNIX and Linux
OpenSSH is widely available and comes installed on most Linux systems.
Windows:
Lots of folks use Putty, a free ssh client for Windows. WinSCP is a free secure file transfer application.
Macintosh:
Mac OS X comes with OpenSSH already installed. Fugu is a nice graphical application for ssh, scp, and sftp. For pre-OS X, try MacSSH and MacSFTP
I can't log in... or I lost my password...
If you have trouble connecting or have forgotten your password, please fill out the form at http://ibiblio.org/help. NOTE: Please make sure you are using login.ibiblio.org and not www.ibiblio.org,
ftp.ibiblio.org, ibiblio.org, etc. Thanks.
Can I have an email account?
Each ibiblio user receives an email account (userid@ibiblio.org). There are three ways you may access your email on ibiblio:
Telnet or SSH to login.ibiblio.org and run either pine or mutt, the two mail clients we offer
Use an IMAP-capable mail reader like Netscape Messenger, Outlook Express, Eudora, Mulberry, etc. to connect to mail.ibiblio.org
Browse to http://webmail.ibiblio.org . If you have trouble connecting, please use the help form or call us at 919-962-5646.
What's my disk quota?
We do not enforce disk quotas on our users' web space, and are limited only by our available disk capacity. This means filling us up with illegal MP3z and pirated software can seriously hurt us. Please don't.
What powers your web server?
ibiblio runs the Apache web server on www.ibiblio.org. The web server supports PHP scripting, Server-Side Includes and CGI.
Can I have a cgi-bin?
Sure! For security purposes we must specifically enable the directories that will run CGI scripts - please create your html/cgi-bin directory and paste the directory's location into the help form.
Can I have a mailing list?
ibiblio offers mailing lists to its users via the MailMan mailing list software. To request mailing lists, please use the help form.
Can I have a database?
ibiblio runs MySQL on mysql.ibiblio.org. To request an account or troubleshoot problems with the server, please use the help form.
Do you offer streaming audio / video?
ibiblio has an unlimited stream license for the Real Networks streaming server, version 9. We also have experimental Icecast and Quicktime streaming servers. For assistance with the Real, Icecast and Quicktime servers please visit the help form.
How do I password-protect directories?
Our web server supports http-level password protection via the htpasswd utility. If your website is http://www.ibiblio.org/something/, the directions below will just work. If, on the other hand, you have a virtual host, we must enable things so you can use these directions. Please use the help form to request htpasswd for your virtual host.
To set up this utility in your /public/html/ directory, first login to login.ibiblio.org, then cd into the web directory that you want to password-protect:
$ cd /public/html/
Then create the .htpasswd file (which will contain the username and the password (in a hash)) with this command:
$ htpasswd -c .htpasswd MyLoginName
(the name you use above will be the username that others will use to access the page; when it prompts you for a new password, type the password you want people to use with the username 'MyLoginName')
Next, in the same directory, create an .htaccess file using vi (or another text editor):
$ vi .htaccess
(use i to insert, then paste in these lines:)
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /public/html/
AuthGroupFile /dev/null
AuthName MyLoginName
require valid-user
Use Esc to save what you have pasted; then type
:wq
(to (w)rite/save the file's changes, and then to (q)uit/close it)
Note: whatever you insert where 'MyLoginName' in the .htaccess file will show in the dialog box that asks for the username and password when people try to access your site. If you want to password-protect a subdirectory of /public/html/
For example, if you have a subdirectory called 'test,' you would use this in your .htaccess file:
AuthUserFile /public/html/
If you run into trouble, this page will give you plenty of information on the topic - and if you can't figure it out, use thehelp from an email.
How do I set up email forwarding?
If you would prefer to consolidate your mail accounts (and we would prefer this as well), you may easily forward your ibiblio email to another address by logging in to login.ibiblio.org and issuing
echo email@address.com > .forward
at the prompt, so that email@address.com matches the address to which you'd like to forward your mail.
How do I set up an automated vacation message for my ibiblio email account?
This can be done in two steps:
First, create a .vacation.msg file in your home directory on login.ibiblio.org:
$ pico .vacation.msg
It might look like this:
Subject: Nancy's at the beach
Hello,
I will be out of the office from friday, June 6th until monday, June 9th. I may not be able to check mail while I'm away. I assure you though, that I, Nancy, will be having a great time at the beach.
If you need assistance with ibiblio.org, please use the help form or call the ibiblio office at 919-962-5646.
Thank you,
Nancy
Next, create a .forward file:
$ pico .forward
with this line:
\[youruserid], "/usr/bin/vacation [youruserid]"
To stop sending your vacation message, just remove the .forward file (or rename it if you wish to reuse it later).
I'm getting too much spam...can you help me?
ibiblio does not place global spam filters on our mailserver. We do this for a number of reasons. Due to the extremely diverse nature and of our collections, we cannot risk mail discard false-positives. Instead, we ask you to install a local spam filter. Here is our spam information site, with documentation and resources for fighting spam.
How can I add searching to my web pages?
If you'd like to offer full-text searching of your site, you should probably use what we use: google. As we're an educational institution, google allows us some free use of their search facilities.
We've tried various free, open source solutions to searching through our vast collections and so far, nothing scales to the level we need. To use google, if your site is a directory off the main ibiblio.org domain, use this HTML:
Where "/sitename" is the name of your actual directory on ibiblio.
How do I add my ibiblio site to the ibiblio collection index?
First step - go to the collection page. Click on the category(s) that describe your site and check to see if it is there. If it's not, make a note of what categories you think should have your site, but don't.
Second step - go to collection admin page, log in using your ibiblio (metalab, sunsite) user name and password. After login, you can add a new site or modify the description of an existing site (Think you can describe your site better than we can? You're right! You probably can - make any changes to your site description there.)
When you've completed the changes, mark the collection as 'ready'. It will be instantly added to the collection index and pages and will appear in the 'collection additions' section on the home page within a day.
Do you do virtual hosting?
We will be happy to host your files under www.yourdomain.org , .net, or .com. To set up virtual hosting, you must register the domain with a network registration service. A domain registrar is a company that sells the service you need for domain hosting. There are a number of these companies on the net, so make sure to shop around for low prices!
Look over the ibiblio Collections Criteria to make sure you qualify for hosting. If you do, drop a note in the help form with a proposal for your site. Let us know what you want to do, and what you'll need to go about doing it.
Once you've been approved, it's time to get started on the technical details to make things happen. To run a website, you need a few different things, all working together: a DNS server, a web server, and whatever content you've got to publish.
New Site Steps
If your site is going to be at a new domain, you'll need to go through a few more steps to set up your new domain. (So, if you're just now setting up http://www.example.org/ for the first time, and
your site has never been at http://www.example.org/, you'll need to do these steps.)
First, you need a domain name, like "ibiblio.org." To have a domain, you need someone to run your domain server (DNS server). This is just like how an email address requires an email server.
You can run your own DNS server, or use one provided by your domain registrar. In that case, you'll want to ensure the following settings:
example.org resolves to 152.46.7.81
www.example.org is an alias to example.org OR resolves to 152.46.7.81
Alternately, UNC can run your DNS server. This service is free, but they have stringent requirements:
Domains ending in two-letter country codes (.co.uk or .com.tw or so on) cannot be hosted. This is UNC DNS policy, and out of our control.
Every domain has a WHOIS record associated with it. This is a listing of who the owner is, and how to contact them for various functions. It lists a billing contact, an administrative contact, and a technical contact.
Since UNC is doing the technical work of hosting the domain, they require that your domain's WHOIS information reflect that. This is needed in case they ever have to make purely technical changes to your domain setup.
You'll need to ensure that your domain's technical contact is set up exactly like this:
Technical Contact:
UNC Hostmaster (UH1409-ORG) hostmaster@unc.edu
The University of North Carolina
ITS CB#1150 440 W. Franklin Street
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3420, USA
(919) 962-HELP (4357)
FAX (919) 445-9487
Also, you'll need to set your domain up to use UNC's DNS servers:
Domain servers in listed order:
NS.UNC.EDU 152.2.21.1
NS2.UNC.EDU 152.2.253.100
NCNOC.NCREN.NET 192.101.21.1
After you've got all of the above set up, reply in to let us know, and we'll pass the request on to UNC's DNS group for hosting.
Whether you're hosting with UNC DNS or not, email us to let us know that your DNS should be set up. We will look things over and let you know if we see any problems.
Steps for everybody
Once you're ready to start testing out your site, we can set up a testbed for you. After your project is approved, you can request a test setup. Also, after your DNS is set up, we'll create one for you.
We'll send you information on where you should upload content for your site. You will then have a "live" test site, which will work with or without DNS. It will probably be something like http://www.example.org.test.ibiblio.org, and will reflect exactly how your site will look when it finally goes live. This allows you to test out things before taking your site public.
Checklist
Make a proposal
DNS registration (for new domains) (instructions)
If not UNC hosted, hosts point to 152.46.7.81 (instructions)
If UNC hosted: (instructions)
Must be .org or .net, with optional addition of a .com (reference)
Technical contact set correctly (instructions)
Domain servers set correctly (instructions)
Email ibiblio Let us know that your DNS should be set up, and mention whether or not UNC should be hosting it.
Upload content and test Upload your site and try it out on your test setup
Email ibiblio Let us know that your site is working, and we'll go ahead and clean up the creation process.
How can I access usage statistics about my site?
Once you have your ibiblio site(s) up and running, you can gather usage statistics on your site by pasting a request into the help form to have it added to Urchin, which is at stats.ibiblio.org.
We don't offer ftp statistics, sorry.
How much do your services cost?
We offer these relatively standard services at no charge and in the spirit of open information exchange. As we are not-for-profit and a part of the University, we are not allowed to sell things from ibiblio servers and are not allowed to house pages that display banner ads for commercial websites. If you would like to request a service you believe we should provide, wish to report a problem with our machines or recommend that we upgrade something, please use thehelp form.
How can I repay you?
We would be honored if you included one of our "Hosted by ibiblio" images at the bottom of your site's home page. You may choose an image size and format from http://www.ibiblio.org/hosted/.
You can also contribute to ibiblio. Send your or your organization's tax-deductible contributions to:
Ibiblio.org
Campus Box 3456
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3456
Re: Donation
Make checks payable to University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill with a note "for ibiblio.org"
I'm having problems installing/configuring/repairing my kernel/video display/ethernet card/such-and-such software. Can you help me?
Sorry, but we don't do tech support. But we do have the Linux Documentation Project. And if that doesn't help, there are always the newsgroups, like comp.os.linux.setup, comp.os.linux.X11, and groups.google.com.
What do you guys do?
We're all about freedom, man! Free Tibet, Free Burma, Free Love, you get the picture. We offer a free platform for the exchange of free thought. We host tons of cultural sites like Documenting the American South, Zen@ibiblio, and North Carolina Raves (all of which can be seen from our collections index). We are also one of the first servers to mirror the original Linux kernel, so you can tell we're big on free software, too.
If you've got something culturally cool and need a place to go, check out the ibiblio Collections Criteria to see if your collection would qualify for hosting. If you do think it does, follow the procedures outlined there for contacting us about contributing.
If you've got software that you think would go great with our already humongous collection of free software, read our directions on properly uploading software and having it added.
How do I set up Server Side Includes on an ibiblio-hosted web site?
Server Side Includes (SSI) are configured for .shtml pages with the IncludesNoExec option. This means that pages with SSI directives must be named with the extension .shtml (e.g. index.shtml).
The NoExec portion of the configuration means that the web server will not run cgi scripts or other executables from with SSI pages. Please send a message via the help form if your SSI pages require the ability to execute scripts.
Does ibiblio have an IRC Channel?
Yes, there is a channel for ibiblio staff, contributors, and visitors. This channel is created to increase communication, and is not supported by ibiblio. The channel is #ibiblio, located on irc.freenode.net.
Can I have access to my web site's Apache transaction log files?
Yes, however, access to log files is restricted to the maintainer of a given site. Send an email message via the help formrequesting access. After you have been set up, log files will start to appear in /public/var/log/sites/
Each night, the previous day's log file(s) will be copied into the site directory. In addition, log files more than a week old are removed.
Where can I access my site's error log files?
Error logs on the cluster nodes are deleted nightly, but you may view error logs on our development server. Here are the steps:
View your test page here: http://www-dev.ibiblio.org/
After viewing the page you wish to test, connect to login.ibiblio.org and change directories to /public/var/log/www-dev
$ cd /public/var/log/www-dev/
search for your site directory in the file named "www-dev_error_log" :
$ less www-dev_error_log
(use a forward slash (/) to search the file for your site directory)
What are the ssh key fingerprints for the ibiblio login server?
The ssh host keys for login.ibiblio.org are as follows. The key you receive depends on which encryption algorithm is used. Note that we only support SSH version 2.
ssh v2 (rsa) 2048 fingerprint:
45:30:c9:0a:fd:69:6b:7e:12:f5:c4:24:f7:26:cb:08
ssh v2 (dsa) 1024 fingerprint:
c4:9f:3e:a3:2e:bc:e2:a3:80:68:20:a4:be:0e:e0:3e
See also the same keys published on secure.ibiblio.org.
I just received a message telling me my account was going to be deleted. Is this true? And more generally, how will Ibiblio contact me if it does need to get in touch with me?
Ibiblio will only contact you via the following channels: The ibiblio-announce or webgroup mailing list, or personally from an employee. What this means is that ibiblio will never contact you using an alias address "admin", "support", "root",
"info" (the list literally goes on and on).
If you have recieved a strange email from one of these addresses, telling you your account is suspended or revoked, it is a virus, and not from ibiblio.
Again, to be extra clear, ibiblio will not contact you with strange aliases. You will only receive personal contact from ibiblio staffers, directly to your account, or via the ibiblio-announce or webgroup mailing lists.
Is there a development server?
We currently run a full-scale development environment, which is available to all contributors.
If you run a site in our /public/html directory, you can access a dev version of the site by browsing to www-dev.ibiblio.org/your_directory
If you currently are virtual hosted, you can access your dev environment by browsing to http://www.yourvhost.org.test.ibiblio.org/
Realtime logs for the dev server can be found on login.ibiblio.org, in /public/var/log/www-dev. Virtual hosts get their own logs, and the ibiblio main log is called www-dev_combined_log and www-dev_error_log. Please see Where can I access my site's error log files? for more info.
How do I change my password?
After you log into login.ibiblio.org via SSH (see How do I connecto to ibiblio?), you may type the passwd command at the prompt. You will be prompted for your current password and to enter your new password twice. A typical session looks like the following:
$ passwd
Changing password for user
Changing password for
(current) UNIX password:
New password:
Retype new password:
passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.
This will also change the password for your ibiblio email.
How can I contribute a collection to ibiblio?
Check out the ibiblio Collections Criteria to make sure you qualify for hosting. If you do, follow the procedures outlined there for contacting us about contributing.
How can I connect to my MySQL database with a GUI client?
Our firewall will not allow you to connect a MySQL client directly to any of the ibiblio MySQL servers. However, you can establish an SSH tunnel that will allow you to connect indirectly.
How it works
An SSH tunnel is an encrypted channel between two machines; in this case between your computer and mysql.ibiblio.org. SSH connects the two machines by using a third machine as the tunnel; in this case login.ibiblio.org acts as the tunnel. Your computer sends encrypted information to the tunnel machine and the tunnel machine forwards the data to the remote machine.
When you establish a tunnel you assign a local port number that will be forwarded via the tunnel to a port on the remote machine. This allows you to pretend that a service running on the remote machine is actually running on your computer. So, to connect your MySQL client to mysql.ibiblio.org, create a tunnel on local port 3306 to port 3306 on mysql.ibiblio.org using login.ibiblio.org as the tunnel.
Setting it up
On Linux, Mac OS X, or Cygwin, you can use SSH command line client create an SSH tunnel:
$ ssh -T -L 3306:mysql.ibiblio.org:3306 username@login.ibiblio.org &
This establishes the SSH tunnel and backgrounds the process. The -T option suppresses the TTY allocation meaning you will not start a new shell with this SSH session. The -L option establishes local port 3306 as the local end of the tunnel, mysql.ibiblio.org as the remote end of the tunnel, and 3306 as the remote port. The final parameter, username@login.ibibilo.org, tells SSH to use login.ibiblio.org as the tunnel and names your account as the requesting user. Now, any packets that I send to local port 3306 will be encrypted and sent to login.ibiblio.org where they will be decrypted and routed to mysql.ibibilo.org on port 3306.
On Windows, use PuTTY to create an SSH tunnel. Excellent instructions are available here. The MySQL port number on all ibiblio MySQL servers is the default: 3306.
Once the SSH tunnel is established direct your MySQL client to connect to localhost port 3306.
Why can't I use FTP to access ibiblio.org?
We have disabled FTP access to ibiblio.org for security reasons. With FTP, the entire transmission made between the host and the user is sent in plain text. Anyone who has the ability to snoop on the network packets can read the data, including the password information. An unauthorized user can use this information to compromise the system.
Instead of FTP, we recommend you use SFTP or SCP. PuTTY offers free SSH, SFTP, and SCP tools. These tools can be downloaded here. If you're more comfortable using a GUI under Windows, you might try WinSCP. OSX users can use Fugu for SFTP.
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How to contribute a collection to ibiblio.org
First, read the Collection Criteria below.
If your collection seems to meet the criteria, compose a proposal for your collection with answers to each of the collection criteria questions and paste it into the help form here. If your collection does not meet one of the criteria, don't worry. Not all collections meet ALL criteria. If you have questions about whether or not your collection meets a criterion, just explain how you think it might, or ask for clarification on it. Also, let us know what you would need from us to do what you want to do.
ibiblio staff will assess the the goodness-of-fit between your collection and ibiblio as a whole. We may contact you with further questions.
A decision will be made and you will be notified. If we accept your collection, you will be sent further information and instructions.
ibiblio.org Collection Criteria
The materials available on ibiblio.org represent a diverse community of information providers who obtain space on ibiblio.org only after meeting the following criteria:
Do the materials further the teaching, research, or public service mission of UNC?
Does the collection use technology in innovative and unique ways? Every collection need not be innovative, but it should use up-to-date technology.
Does the collection add synergetic value to other ibiblio.org collections? Does it complement or contradict other collections of music, agriculture, politics, religion, software, etc? An answer of NO to this question should not necessarily disqualify a collection; we may want to begin a new collection area.
Is all of the material copyright clear and otherwise legal? Exceptions for "fair use" may apply.
Can and will the keepers of the collection operate in a self-sufficient manner or provide requisite support funding? Exceptions can be made for especially important collections.
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GetWiki
GetWiki is a wiki document collaboration and discussion site for a wide variety of intellectual topics in the Humanities and Sciences, from Metaphysics to Metadata, Philosophy to Technology.
The wiki runs on the latest GetWiki collaboration software.
Online Burma/Myanmar Library
Annotated and classified links to thousands of full text documents on Burma. The Online Burma/Myanmar Library also holds the 17MB archive of the Burma Press Summary (1987-1996)
compiled and edited by Hugh C. MacDougall and the 200MB archive of the reg.burma list (1993-2001).
Philosophical Issues in Economics
Site devoted to exploring philosophical issues in economics. Material based on a Cambridge University course with the same title - Philosophical Issues in Economics.
The Euro- Information Website
Accurate and current information about the European Economic and Monetary Union single currency- the Euro.
There are high resolution images of euro banknotes and coins- previous, current and future national designs and common designs and a special section devoted to the 2-euro commemorative
circulation coins.
Keep up to date on the latest design changes and news about the upcoming Euro Area expansion with The Euro's RSS Feed.
Gain a greater insight into the background of the Euro and some other helpful tidbits of information by reading The Euro- FAQ sheet.
Send an email with your questions, suggestions, requests and accolades to jrichard@ibiblio.org.
Enjoy your visit!!
Triangle NC IAF
Triangle NC IAF is a broad based, interfaith and ecumenical organization that uses the model of leadership development and community organizing of the IAF (Industrial Areas Foundation).
Please visit the multimedia Durham CAN website - a member of Triangle NC AIF
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GetWiki
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GRASS GIS
GRASS GIS (Geographic Resources Analysis Support System) is an Open Source/Free Software Geographical Information System (GIS) with raster, topological vector, image processing, and graphics production functionality that operates on various platforms through a graphical user interface and shell in X-Windows. It is released under GNU General Public License (GPL).
The Doctrine of Chances
Exploring the idea of chance.
ViSta - The Visual Statistics System
Open source Visual Statistics System software( ViSta) creates statistical visualizations
World Population Counter
The World Population page displays an estimate of the current world population, and includes a variety of links to related sites.
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Actualidad Colombiana
Actualidad Colombiana is a fortnightly bulletin about the situation in Colombia produced by three non-governmental organisations
Alcohol: Rules and Realities
Historical page: Includes discussions of campus drinking and alcohol consumption facts(no longer updated - presented here for historical purposes)
Alliance for Improvised Music
Archival Site: AIM is a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing local awareness of improvised music, through presenting performances, running an e-mail list, and this website. We are based in the Triangle area of North Carolina.
(no longer updated - presented here for historical purposes)
alt.music.chapel-hill Guide to the Triangle
An ever-evolving guide to what's good about the Triangle, culled from the archives of alt.music.chapel-hill-- still the *only* alt.music.* UseNet newsgroup dedicated to an actual *town*.
alt.psychology.personality
Archives from the newsgroup alt.psychology.personality which discusses different models of personality analysis.
(no longer updated - presented here for historical purposes)
An Intern's Guide to Newsroom Etiquette
Tips and advice for making the most of a newsroom internship(no longer updated - presented here for historical purposes)
Asian Indian Law Net
ARCHIVAL PAGE. Included a now defunct mailing list. This is an online meeting place for lawyers and law students of Asian Indian Origin. This site is also a great place to look up legal items of interest to Asian-indians in America.(no longer updated - presented here for historical purposes)
Astrobiology
ARCHIVAL Site: Astrobiology: The Living Universe is the web's premiere educational resource for astrobiology, featuring in-depth information and interviews on exobiology, planetary biology, the origins of life and human space flight.(no longer updated - presented here for historical purposes)
B-Greek
The Biblical Greek Mailing List (B-Greek) is a mailing list for discussing the Greek text and language of the Bible. Includes searchable archives.
B-Hebrew
A mailing list devoted to the scholarly study of biblical Hebrew. Includes searchable archives.
Boiling Point Staff - Write, Edit, Organize
Boiling point staff webpage containing editorials from 2006 on social,controversial, university topics. Archival.(no longer updated - presented here for historical purposes)
BoRHOD - the Best of RHOD files
It's the archived gems from news:rec.humor.oracle.d, fountain of good humor and great wit. Now including fortnightly zipfiles of the B(aW)oRHOD, ie. all of rhod.
Capital Area Chorale
Capital Area Chorale is a nonprofit organization of talented singers from the greater Raleigh area, conducted by Dr. William J. Weisser. This site has schedules, audition information and includes many downloadable recordings of the Chorale
(no longer updated - presented here for historical purposes)
Chapel Hill Information Technology Advisory Committee
The Technology Committee was created to develop short and long range plans for addressing communication and technology needs, review and advise the Council and staff on technical-related proposals, including related purchases and address the following non-restrictive list of subjects: computer networks; computer applications such as e-mail, financial data processing, record keeping imaging, and library use; use of the world-wide web; telephone systems; mobile radio; satellite dishes; and telecommunication towers.
Chapel HIll Music Festival - the sound of the south
The Chapel Hill Music Festival is a 3 evening community based musical event with performances on and off the UNC-CH campus. The festival will showcase both student talent as well as performers with associations and links to the Carolina Community. Musical acts will encompass multiple and diverse genres. All proceeds from the event will benefit the Carolina Community's musical scene, as profits are reinvested into North Carolina's public schools for general arts and music programming.
Chernobyl Resource Page
On this site, you will find general information and a collection of further reading about the Chernobyl disaster and its aftermath. This page is a long-term project of Dr. Sarah Phillips and her anthropology seminar class on Chernobyl at Indiana University Bloomington.(no longer updated - presented here for historical purposes)
comp.infosystems.www.announce complete archive
Search an archive of the newsgroup comp.infosystems.www.announce with links to queries for commonly used Subject keywords, as well as links to the newsgroup's charter.(no longer updated - presented here for historical purposes)
Corpus Paulinum
(the Corpus-Paul List) is a moderated academic e-list dedicated to the scholarly discussion and evaluation of critical questions surrounding the life, influence, teaching, theology, and the writings of the Apostle Paul.
Desert City Poetry Series
Primarily a list for announcing poetry readings that are part of the Desert City series held in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Other poetry and related events in the North Carolina region will also be announced.
Ediciones Anteriores
Archival page containing links to a columbian journal.(no longer updated - presented here for historical purposes)
EMUSIC-L/SYNTH-L Page
Archived postings from the EMUSIC-L mailing list located at American University. Includes "best of" items, and pointers to electronic music resources on the Web. Includes a subscription management page.
Football Fans Awayguide
ARCHIVAL SITE: Do you travel away with your club ? If so let us know what you think of the grounds you visit and whether our or not our info was both useful and correct. Whether its just a couple of lines telling us that you couldn't get served at half time or a full run down on the facilities, pubs, food, fans and nightlife we're always very grateful.(no longer updated - presented here for historical purposes)
Gospel of Mark Discussion List
Kata Markon (The Gospel of Mark Discussion List) is a moderated academic e-list dedicated to the scholarly discussion and evaluation of critical questions surrounding the Gospel according to Mark. The purpose of the List is to provide a forum outside of the usual arenas of printed journals and monographs where these questions may be raised, entertained, and debated .
ibiblio linux archive
The original linux archives - begun on sunsite.unc.edu in 1992. Contains over 55 gigabytes of Linux programs and documentation freely available for download via ftp or http
Internationalist Books
Announcement mailing list for Internationalist Books of Chapel Hill, NC.
Lucipo -- Lucifer Poetics Group
Mailing list for the Lucifer Poetics group, an affiliation of people interested in contemporary poetry with an emphasis on avant-garde, post-avant, innovative, and experimental poetry.
We discuss and share information about contemporary poetry and poetic events happening in central North Carolina. One focus of group efforts is our monthly meeting in which we read and discuss poems we have written and books we are currently reading.
Multimedia Bootcamp 2005
ARCHIVAL SITE: A six-day intensive course in audio, video, and Flash web development.
(no longer updated - presented here for historical purposes)
NC Media Arts
Mailing list intended as a network between media arts organizations in North Carolina, in order to better the situation for media arts creators and audiences in our fair state, which seems, until now, to have limited awareness of our needs. Hopefully, by working together, we can not only increase media arts awareness in our state, but also put North Carolina on the national media arts map.
Orange County, NC Beekeepers Association
Mailing list for covering beekeeping and bee/hive management issues as well as information for the association members.
SlowFoodPT
This is an email forum for our convivium members and other interested parties to share information about our enjoyment of good tasting food, the care of the land and our regional biodiversity, and the protection of traditional foods, markets, and rural communities at risk of disappearing in the Piedmont Triad North Carolina region.
The Public Poetry Project
The PUBLIC POETRY PROJECT (PPP) seeks to move away from a model of poetics reliant upon a notion of the solitary, laboring, sometimes melancholic poet, alone in her/his garret; to one of an interactive, socially constructed and conscious poetics based upon and in human connection and site specificity. PPP concerns itself with a sense of the "in-between"--spaces which resist neat classification, and "the collaborative"--writing, which itself acts as a bridge between its creators, between its creators and audience(s).(no longer updated - presented here for historical purposes)
The Technology Source Archives
Published from 1997 to 2003, The Technology Source (ISSN 1532-0030) was a peer-reviewed bimonthly periodical whose purpose was to provide thoughtful, illuminating articles that would assist educators as they face the challenge of integrating information technology tools into teaching and into managing educational organizations.
This Web site maintains all of the articles originally published in The Technology Source.
V2k Announce
This mailing list was created to let you know what's going on in the Triangle's Urban and Electronic scenes.