I came across this post, United Nations Opens World Digital Library, on the Chronicle of Higher Ed’s Wired Campus Blog.  I wanted to send along these links: 

• World Digital Archive: This is the link to the actual site.  The UN has posted some interesting cultural artifacts.  
• U.N. Launches Library Of World’s Knowledge, from Washington Post: This is an article about this project that I thought was of interest.  

This is a good sign that our cultural organizations worldwide are moving more and more info to the Web.  

I was browsing the new book shelf, and I noticed a range of new books on different religions.  I thought they deserved a blog post.

• Religion explained : the evolutionary origins of religious thought by Pascal Boyer
• The essential Talmud by Adin Steinsaltz
• The A to Z of Taoism / Julian F. Pas
• The A to Z of the Friends (Quakers) by Margery Post Abbott
• Muslims in American history: a forgotten legacy by Jerald F. Dirks
• The Portable Atheist edited by Christopher Hitchens
• Amish grace : how forgiveness transcended tragedy by Donald B. Kraybil, et al 
• The gnostic Gospels / by Elaine Pagels