The Original Big Ben...

Cheer for one* and read about the other... Pennsylvania Director of Library Development Barbara Cole communicated the following about the new Ben Franklin Web Portal:

It is Benjamin Franklin's 300th birthday on January 17, 2006. To celebrate his tercentenary, Vivisimo, Inc., has created a Ben Franklin Portal as a public service educational resource. For the first time, the public can search and view all of Benjamin Franklin's writings that are available on the web--his autobiography, essays, correspondence, and proverbs--at a one-stop web portal that includes a hand-curated collection of the many thousands of websites and pages related solely to Franklin. The Ben Franklin Portal was launched January 9, 2006 and can be found at <http://ben.clusty.com/>. The site includes a tab with links to a wealth of teacher resources. A link to the State Library of Pennsylvania's web site about Benjamin Franklin is provided near the bottom of the opening page of the Portal. For additional information from the National Science Foundation....

* Go Steelers!