Google is expected to donate $3 million to the Library of Congress to build a World Digital Library.


Google is expected to donate $3 million to the Library of Congress to build a World Digital Library.

Sergey Brin, Google co-founder and President of Technology, said,
“Google supports the World Digital Library because we share a common mission of making the world’s information universally accessible and useful.

To create a global digital library is a historic opportunity, and we want to help the Library of Congress in this effort.” [Source]

As a first step towards the World Digital Library, the Library of Congress will develop a plan to identify various technology issues regarding the digitization of the World Digital Library collections.

The main content of the World Digital Library will be unique materials, like manuscripts and multimedia materials of a particular culture.

James H. Billington, of the Library of Congress, said, “A World Digital Library would make these collections available free of charge to anyone accessing the Internet, and it could well have the salutary effect of bringing people together by celebrating the depth and uniqueness of different cultures in a single global undertaking.” [Source]

Once the World Digital Library has been developed, it will be available to libraries, content owners and their supporters.

 

 

 

 

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