ADDITIONS TO DIGITAL RESOURCES

A World of Ideas Lectures Archive
http://www.lecturesarchive.com/4466.html
This site contains academic lectures in audio and video formats. The material originates on university websites and radio stations and covers a broad range of topics, including philosophy, religion, the arts, languages, and social sciences.

The Lives They Left Behind: Suitcases from a State Hospital Attic http://www.suitcaseexhibit.org/indexhasflash.html
This is a deeply poignant collection. On December 7, 2007, the New York Times reported on an exhibit of artifacts recovered from abandoned suitcases and trunks that were discovered in the attic of the Willard Psychiatric Center in Finger Lakes New York in 1995 (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/07/arts/design/07suit.html?_r=1&ref=design&oref=slogin). A handful of the retrieved items are on display at the New York Public Library's Science, Industry and Business Library through January 31. The beautifully-designed website preserves the exhibit's poignant images, and includes detailed biographical profiles of nine Willard Patients; historical information about the institution; and discussion about social issues related to mental illness and society's response to the mentally ill and marginalized.