Some weeks ago the ‘Bridging Worlds Conference‘ - organized by the National Library Board Singapore - took place in Hotel Intercontinental, Singapore.Besides updates of web generation X (web2.0, 3.0, etc) developments, the conference was also about us living in a shrinking world and the simultaneous elaboration of virtual communities - groups of people that share [...]

This conference presents the most recent results of CASPAR, Planets, DPE and other European Union co-funded research and development work into methods, tools and services to facilitate digital preservation and curation. During the two conference days these projects will present and give live demonstrations of the latest tools and services.

This conference presents the most recent results of CASPAR, Planets, DPE and other European Union co-funded research and development work into methods, tools and services to facilitate digital preservation and curation. During the two conference days these projects will present and give live demonstrations of the latest tools and services.

This conference presents the most recent results of CASPAR, Planets, DPE and other European Union co-funded research and development work into methods, tools and services to facilitate digital preservation and curation. During the two conference days these projects will present and give live demonstrations of the latest tools and services.

ANNOUNCEMENT - With funding from the European Commission and the Conference of European National Libraries (CENL), The European Library has undertaken an important decision to make its collections accessible in most of Europe’s native languages. As a first step, the titles and descriptions of 330 digital collections and catalogues are being made available in 27 [...]

In this issue of IFLA Journal you can find an article on The European Library, written by the general manager, interoperability (metadata) manager and marketing manager of The European Library. The paper presents www.TheEuropeanLibrary.org which aggregates the collections of 48 European national libraries into one single portal, promotes the outstanding collections of these libraries and [...]

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The French ministry of culture and communication is organising the conference “digitisation of cultural heritage in Europe” in the context of the French presidency of the European Union. when: November 27-28where: Paris, Francewebsite: htpp://www.numerisationeurope.euThe digitisation of cultural heritage is a major priority in the culture agenda of the French presidency of the Council of the [...]

“IMPACT is a project funded by the European Commission. It aims to significantly improve access to historical text and to take away the barriers that stand in the way of the mass digitization of the European cultural heritage.” (text published on http://www.impact-project.eu)Hildelies Balk - Programme Manager IMPACT - further explains:IMPACT is a European [...]

…. knol?Answer: Another Google development…. “A knol is an authoritative article about a specific topic.”http://knol.google.com/k#Some say it is an attack on Wikipedia, others disagree. Either way - intriguing to read the Wikipedia article on Google’s Knol… This is one way to learn how the Wikipedia community reacts. Another one is to go to the test [...]