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Related Links
Organizations and Institutions
Institute for the Future of the Book                       
Focused on shift from page to screen of text, a project of USC’s Annenberg School

Electronic Literature Online
A non-profit devoted to promoting electronic literature.

The Association of Internet Researchers
About research about the internet, as opposed to using the internet in research

Digital Humanities Quarterly
The on-line academic journal covering digital media in the humanities

Electronic Freedom Foundation
Concerned with protecting digital rights

Public Knowledge
An advocacy group concerned with protecting access to information

U.S. Copyright Office
Lots of information about the U.S. intellectual property regime.

Creative Commons
The organization devoted to building “a layer of reasonable, flexible copyright in the face of increasingly restrictive default rules.”

Center for the Study of the Public Domain
At Duke, promotes a balanced view of intellectual property and champions the
importance of the public domain

Association for Computers and the Humanities
An older site of this organization, not updated since 2003.
Information/Blogs
Silliman’s Blog                       
One of the more popular blogs devoted to contemporary poetry

Blogarama                       
One of the better directories of blogs—good on arts

Modern Art Notes                       
Tyler Green’s excellent art blog

Wikipedia
The collaboratively authored encyclopedia

BoingBoing
The most visited blog in the U.S., a self-described 'Directory of Wonderful Things.'

Voice of the Shuttle
Comprehensive reference of electronic resources in the humanities

Google Books
The ambitious and to some controversial digital/searchable book catalog

Project Gutenberg
The established on-line book catalog

Grand Text Auto
A blog about about interactive narrative, games, poetry, and art. 

Media
Newseum       
Well-done interactive site of the D.C-based museum of news media

Wired
The leading technology and culture journal

Wired News
New from Wired related to technology and culture
Arts
Electronic Poetry Center     
SUNY-Buffalo's pioneering site for electronic poetry

PennSound
A part of the University of Pennsylvania's Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing, this is an extensive and growing archive of audio recordings of contemporary poetry

Blackbird     
VCU’s classy on-line journal of literature and the arts

Banksy            
Website of British artist and prankster Banksy

Whitney Museum           
Net art from the Whitney Museum of American Art

Tate Modern                        
Net art from the Tate Modern in the U.K. 

NODE London           
London-based media arts site

Matthew Mahon
An inventive and droll personal site by photographer Mahon.

Eastgate
A primary site for hypertext

Digital Art Museum
One of the better sites devoted to digital art

Zbig Vision
Site of Zbig Rybczynski, innovative digital videographer

Other Cool Sites
“Meet the Life Hackers”                        
Article about work habits and interruptions in the digital age

EPIC 2015
The well-known flash video predicting the technological future of media.