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Celebrating Women

March 8th was International Women’s Day, a celebration of our sisters, our mothers, our daughters, our wives, our partners, our cousins, our friends, our co-workers, our heroes, our bosses, and all of the women who make our world what it is. Even though March 8th has passed, in the United States, March is Women’s History Month. We are called to reflect upon the journey that women have taken and the road that lies ahead.

Unfortunately, in spite of women’s incredible steps forward, there is still much work to be done. That is why ibiblio is extremely proud to host EMpowerME, a resource for women in potentially abusive relationships. We hope that EMpowerMe continues to be a source for empowerment, strength and refuge, and we solute the women of the world, the women in our lives, and the women that make the world a better place.

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Afro-Louisiana History and Geneology

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In 1984, Dr. Gwendolyn Hall began developing a database of genealogical and historic information about 100,000 slaves brought into the Louisiana area during the 18th and 19th centuries. Dr. Hall spent years poring over these documents to compile what is perhaps the largest searchable archive of this type of information from the region. Many of the original documents can be viewed on the website. They describe in chilling detail the shipping and inventory information that was meticulously recorded by French and Spanish human-traffickers and their American buyers–records of their “property” for tax and business purposes.
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The Celestia Motherlode

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Celestia is an explorable, 3D rendering of our universe that allows users to travel vast distances at vast speeds from the comfort of their desktops. The program contains over 100,000 stars and 10,000 galaxies and allows for user modifications and add-ons.

If you haven’t played around with Celestia, get the free download from their website, and start with the Demo. The Demo takes you on a quick tour of our solar system, zips across the galaxy to a huge red giant, then zooms out for an outside view of the Milky way.

Ibiblio hosts the Celestia Motherlode, a collection of addons surface textures, models and astronomical data, which enables Celestia users to easily create their own detailed, realistic copies of the known (and imagined) universe. Add atmospheres to planets, chase some well-known spaceships around (USS enterprise, anyone?) and follow realtime orbits of planets, moons, and stars.

Go to ibiblio’s Celestia page and start exploring!

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