The ipl2 Beta is Now Online, It's the New Directory Resulting from Merger of the IPL and LII
The transition that will see two of the web most useful resources and a great illustration or how librarians can help gather, annotate, and organize the web is underway. The merger of the Internet Public Library and the Librarians' Internet Index is underway. The new service is named ipl2 and has the motto, "information you can trust." We like it.
You can take a peek at ipl2 (Beta) at IPL2.org.IPL.org and LII.org also show the new page. It's important to note that between now and January 4, 2010, the "website will have periods of unavailability."
We'll save a more thorough overview for the official launch but right now you can see that the home page is divided into several categories:
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