links for 2006-09-19

• State Library of New South Wales – database access
  from July to October 2006 the NSW State Library is offering trial access from home to a selection of databases for residents of New South Wales: Eighteenth Century Collections, Early English Books, Film Indexes, a ful ltext medical encyclopaedia, INFORMIT
  (tags: library NSW ebooks)
• A Guide to Inkscape
  A guide to using THE Inkscape SVG based drawing program. The book starts with several introductory tutorials then proceeds to cover each facet of Inkscape in detail.
  (tags: inkscape graphics tutorial SVG reference todo art howto guide illustrator illustration images sketch vector)
• inkscapeforums.com
  the place to be if you need some inkscape assistance
  (tags: inkscape forums help howto)
• Current Trends In Web Design
  a thoughtful article on current design trends employed by web sites today. This could be a useful resource for web development students as a basis for design projects – re-creating each of the highlighted trendsetters.
  (tags: 3857g design webdev webdesign trends inspiration CSS)
• CommunityWalk
  an easy to use interface for creating informational, interactive maps. With the ability to show photos, add comments and display interactive media, this is a shoe-in for building location driven digital stories (and games?)
  (tags: mapping communitywalk googlemaps digitalstorytelling storytelling)
• Screencast Blip TV and CommunityWalk
  A screencast about how to use movie clips from Blip TV on a user made map on CommunityWalk.com.
  (tags: howto communitywalk blip todo)