Computerworld magazine online today carries an interesting new
article:


http://www.computerworld.com/hardwaretopics/storage/story/0,10801,106457,00.html

It begins:

>> ...
>> Library of Congress plans world digital library
>> The effort is being kicked off with a $3M donation from Google
>>
>> News Story by Eric Auchard
>>
>> NOVEMBER 22, 2005 (REUTERS) - The Library of Congress is kicking off a
>> campaign today to work with other nations' libraries to build a World
>> Digital Library, starting with a $3 million donation from Google Inc.
>>
>> Librarian of Congress James Billington said he is looking to attract
>> further private funding to develop bilingual projects featuring
>> millions of unique objects with libraries in China, India and other
>> nations, including those in the Muslim world. The effort builds on
>> major existing digital documentary projects by the Library of Congress
>> -- one preserving an online record of Americana and another
>> documenting ties between the United States and Brazil, France, the
>> Netherlands, Russia and Spain.
>>
>> ``The World Digital Library is an attempt to go beyond Europe and the
>> Americas... into cultures where the majority of the world is,''
>> Billington said in a telephone interview.
>>
>> He noted, for example, that the Library of Congress is in discussions
>> with the national library of Egypt to include a collection of great
>> Islamic scientific works from the 10th through the 16th centuries in
>> the World Digital Library. ``We are trying to do a documentary record
>> of other great cultures of the world. How much we will be able to do
>> will depend on how many additional partners we attract,'' he said.
>> ...

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