************************************************************** Net Happenings - From Educational CyberPlayGround ************************************************************** From: "David P. Dillard" <jwne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 05:44:18 -0500 (EST) Two very valuable multi-volume encyclopedias (do not let the word dictionary in the title fool you) are leaving MacMillan ownership to become part of the catalog of publications at Oxford University Press in both their print and online database editions. Both the print and online editions of these publications are part of many academic and public library collections. ---------------------------- OUP buy Grove encyclopaedias Classical.com <http://www.classical.com/news/article.php?id=2198&; Classical_Session=2af9ce111f00f140a517a1869fbfbc41> The Macmillan Group have agreed the sale of their prestigious Grove encyclopaedia business to the Oxford University Press. The Grove Dictionary of Art and New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians will join OUP's collection of prestigious publications including the Oxford English Dictionary, the American National Biography, Oxford Reference Online, and the forthcoming Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Macmillan announced that they were putting the titles up for sale earlier this year. ---------------------- ****************************************************************** LITERACY FROM HOME LANGUAGE TO THE STANDARD Why don't people vote? 50% of all Americans over 65 years old are functionally illiterate. 60% of the Urban School Children do not graduate High School of the 40% that do they are only reading at 4th grade level. Find out more about literacy and approaches to improving it. Learn how to successfully bridge from the Dialect Speakers' home language to the Standard. http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Literacy/default.asp ****************************************************************** Full Press Release May Be Read at the URL Above. Grove Music <http://www.grovemusic.com/VALIDATE> The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition is the first edition of this acclaimed reference work to be available online. Comprising the full text of the printed edition, regularly updated, grovemusic.com also includes a host of advanced features. 29 million words on all aspects of music Over 4000 illustrations Over 3000 links to related sites Advanced search capabilities A-Z browse for easy access A programme of quarterly and annual updates The complete text of The New Grove Dictionary of Opera (NEW!) Contact Information For Grove UK/Rest of World: Richard Evans, Product Manager Tel: +44 (0) 20 7843 4605 E-mail: evansri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx For OUP UK/Rest of World: Susanna Lob, Sales and Marketing Director, Online Products Tel: +44 (0) 1865 353229 E-mail: lobs@xxxxxxxxx For Grove US: Lisa Nachtigall, Director of Marketing E-mail: onlinehelp@xxxxxxxxx For OUP US: Rebecca Seger, Director of Reference Sales & Marketing E-mail: onlinesubscriptions@xxxxxxxxxxx Sincerely, David Dillard Research Librarian david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ECP RingLeader http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/ringleaders/davidd.html Temple University (215) 204 - 4584 jwne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ************************************************************** The Net Happenings mailing list is a service of Educational CyberPlayGround - http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/ ************************************************************** Linking and Announcements For Net Happenings are provided by http://www.EricWard.com and http://www.URLwire.com ************************************************************** If you have any questions, concerns, suggestions, or would like to sponsor the Net Happenings service - <http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Community/Subguidelines.html> Subscribe | Unsubscribe | Change Email Preferences - <http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Community/NetHappenings.html> **************************************************************