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New European Digital Library
December 03, 2008 02:04 PM | News, Special CollectionsMollie Pherson, Regional Librarian
I was catching up with my Post-Bulletin reading the other day when an article really caught my eye. A new digital library called Europeana has been created that is set to rival Google, focusing on European art, history, and literature. Thousands of items from over 1,000 museums, national libraries, galleries and archives (including the Rijksmuseum and the Louvre) have been collected. The project was started over two years ago, and most of the information is free to download. For more information, check out the article by clicking here.
An interesting fact? The website was launched in November and was completely shut-down after receiving 10 million hits per hour! The website will be up and running in mid-December, but you can see a preview by visiting www.europeana.eu.
