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From: "Chris Phillips" <>
Subject: EU Digital Libraries initiative (was: The Open WorldCat Program and Interlibrary Loan)
Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 20:49:05 +0100
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V. Chris and Tom Tinney, Sr. wrote:
> (3) The "i2010: Digital Libraries" project,
> making European information resources available
> in an on-line environment (Digital Libraries -
> Europa);


Actually, this major project is worth drawing particular attention to.

This is a major European Union initiative to coordinate the creation of
digital libraries on the Internet. This press release was issued last week:
http://tinyurl.com/8wzum

It is being seen as a European "rival" to Google's book digitisation
project. However, it is not limited to books. Audiovisual resources are
given prominence, and interestingly manuscripts are specifically mentioned
as an example of "written heritage".

Chris Phillips



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