[Loch-ruadh] Fw: [SCALibrarians] reviewed in the Scout report: Saganet

[Dohmnall O'Ruairc]

Forwarded from the SCA Librarians list for those in the Canton who are
interested in manuscripts and the Nordic culture.


> May be of interest:
>
> > 2.  Saganet
> > http://saga.library.cornell.edu/
> > The National and University Library of Iceland has partnered with
Cornell
> > University to bring Saganet to the Web. This impressive digitization
project
> > will feature 380,000 manuscript pages and 145,000 printed pages of Old
> > Icelandic literature and critical works published before 1900. The site
> > offers "the full range of Icelandic family sagas" as well as Germanic/
> > Nordic mythology, the history of Norwegian kings, and tales of European
> > chivalry. Users can search or browse the collection, and there is a
large
> > amount of help documentation for those who need more assistance getting
used
> > to the interface. It is perhaps needless to say that the site is
available
> > in both English and Icelandic, though the texts and cataloging records
are
> > only in Icelandic. We had difficulties using the site with Netscape on a
Mac
> > platform but no problems with Internet Explorer. [TK]
>