Calling the Library "one of the country's - and the Web's - most extraordinary resources," "Atlantic Unbound," an online web site produced by The Atlantic Monthly, cited the Library's online exhibitions as being "the most compelling area" of the Library's web site, "if it's not just raw information that you're in search of."
"The world's largest library is now an established presence on the Web, offering access to reference materials, catalog data, legislative texts, copyright information and much more," the article, called "Web Citations: A Weekly Review," said.
This is not the first time the Library's World Wide Web initiative (http://www.loc.gov/) has been commended. Recently, the site was placed among the "Top 5% of All Web Sites" by Point Communications, an Internet rating service (see LC Information Bulletin June 24-July 8, 1996).
The Atlantic piece said the "historical and cultural content these exhibits provide is first-rate, but what is most compelling is the access offered, at the click of a mouse, to a copy of the Gettysburg Address in Lincoln's handwriting, or a fragment of the Dead Sea Scrolls or the Soviet memo ordering the forced collectivization that led to the horrific Ukrainian famine of the 1930s."
The Library will continue to place its major exhibitions online, including the upcoming showcase for the treasures of the Library, to open May 1 in celebration of the centennial and completed restoration in 1997 of the Thomas Jefferson Building.
