EU to build six million volume internet public library

Created by Stuart Yeates (University of Oxford) on March 3, 2006

The European Commissionis to build a European digital library able to display around six million books, photographs and films and available to all internet users by 2010.

US Internet search giant Google started an international race to build an online library when it announced plans in December 2004 to digitise books and documents from a handful of big libraries.

Since then, US Internet and software giants Yahoo, Microsoft and Amazon have announced separate plans while France, upset that private companies took the lead, has pushed for the creation of a public digital library, AFP reports.

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		EU to build six million volume internet public library Created by Stuart Yeates (University of Oxford) on March 3, 2006 The European Commissionis to build a European digital library able to display around six million books, photographs and films and available to all internet users by 2010. US Internet search giant Google started an international race to build an online library when it announced plans in December 2004 to digitise books and documents from a handful of big libraries. Since then, US Internet and software giants Yahoo, Microsoft and Amazon have announced separate plans while France, upset that private companies took the lead, has pushed for the creation of a public digital library, AFP reports. Digital Libraries \| Digital Library Services \| European Union (EU) \| Libraries and Technology Stuart's blog Login or register to post comments 4410 reads
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