Welcome to Virtual Library Zine #51
14 April 2003
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This issue of the zine draws together a number of themes that have been splashed across the media for awhile: Iraq and SARS.
Internet
Australian Broadband issues and news site
The topic that is always bubbling under - never solved and never going away!
Disinfojournal
An electronic journal focusing on studies of disinformation and the internet.
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
CDC SARS portal
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention( CDC) in the United States have put together a portal on SARS. It includes guidelines and recommendations, links to advice for travelers and links to other sites including the World health Organization’s (WHO resources). As of the 12th April, there have been 2960 reported cases of SARS and 119 SARS related deaths.
BBC coverage of SARS
An excellent overview of main stories relating to the spread, history and development of the disease. Includes in sidebar key stories, analysis, chronology, With interactive sections: Have Your Say, Ask the experts, and Links to World health Organization, China, Hong Kong, Australian, UK and Canadian official advice.
War in Iraq
Asia’s reactions to the war in Iraq (Asia Source special report)
Asia Source have compiled links to news sources covering the Asian reactions to the initial leadup to the war in Iraq. Covers the period of the 20th to the 28th of March.
UN Environment program
Conflict and the Environment in West Asia (Iraq, Kuwait and the region)
The ABC’s perspective
Different coverage of the Issues surrounding the war in Iraq covering continuous coverage from ABC correspondents, and the reactions of the Asia-Pacific region to the crisis, and an exploration of the changed role of Islam in Australia and around the world.
Museums and cultural heritage, looting and destruction in Iraq
Site in German with illustrations of artifacts from the National Museum in Baghdad. Hosted on the University of Innsbruck servers.
This tourism site includes a section on the National Museum with photographs of artifacts from the Museum.
Comprehensive site from Duke University Libraries giving extensive selections of links to a range of other specialist sites covering the current conflict, history, culture and much more.
British Museum site covering the cultures of antiquity including Assyria, Babylonia and Sumer. A very graphic-intensive web site with beautiful illustrations.
The Virtual Library Zine is edited by Frances Savage and Andrew Cunningham