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The World Digital Library

The World Digital Library. Allene Hayes Digital Projects Coordinator, ABA Library of Congress ahay@loc.gov April 2, 2008 CEAL, Atlanta. The World Digital Library. 2. The LIBRARY of CONGRESS. Vision:

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The World Digital Library

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  1. The World Digital Library Allene Hayes Digital Projects Coordinator, ABA Library of Congress ahay@loc.gov April 2, 2008 CEAL, Atlanta

  2. The World Digital Library 2 The LIBRARY of CONGRESS • Vision: • To create a digital library of significant original materials representing all of the major cultures from across the globe and make it accessible to students, educators, and the general public • Objectives: • – Promote international and inter-cultural understanding and awareness • – Provide a resource for educators that matches the needs of a globalized, wireless world • – Acquire rare and unique content of interest to scholars and the general public

  3. The World Digital Library – Partners 3 The LIBRARY of CONGRESS UNESCO National libraries and other cultural institutions Bibliotheca Alexandrina National Library of Egypt National Library of Brazil Russian State Library National Library of Russia Others The technology community (Google, Yahoo, Apple, Stanford University)

  4. The World Digital Library – Dates and Milestones 4 The LIBRARY of CONGRESS June 2005: November 2005: December 2006: 2007: October 2007: 2009: Librarian of Congress proposes World Digital Library to the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO Google gives Library of Congress $3 million for planning phase of the project Site mockup and draft proposal presented to UNESCO in Paris Conclusion of agreements with UNESCO and with additional partner institutions WDL prototype to be unveiled at UNESCO General Conference, Paris Public launch

  5. The World Digital Library – Implementation 5 The LIBRARY of CONGRESS • Not just a big website! • Three pillars: • Content acquisition • Construction of a sustainable network for production and distribution of content • The web site: www.worlddigitallibrary.org

  6. Pillar I: Content Acquisition (part one) 6 The LIBRARY of CONGRESS • Key objective: Work with partners to digitize content in places where little or no scanning is being done • – bring to light “hidden treasures” • Maintain and build upon existing scanning operations: • – Cairo • – Rio de Janeiro • – Moscow • – St. Petersburg • – Novosibirsk (Siberia)

  7. Pillar I: Content Acquisition (part two) 7 The LIBRARY of CONGRESS • Establish additional scanning operations • Pursue other methods of content acquisition • - Re-purposing of already-scanned material

  8. Pillar II. Construction of a Sustainable International Network (part one) 8 The LIBRARY of CONGRESS • Key objective: Create and distribute content in a way that makes the most sense in terms of cost and technical factors and in ways that build capacity in the developing world • Network is both a technical infrastructure and a community of institutions, scholars, curators, linguists, technologists

  9. Pillar II. Construction of a Sustainable International Network (part two) 9 The LIBRARY of CONGRESS • Network nodes for creation of the World Digital Library: • digitization of content • cataloging • translation • development of editorial and • educational content • distribution • Network nodes for distribution: • central site • mirrored sites

  10. Pillar III: The Web Site (part one) 10 The LIBRARY of CONGRESS • Key objective: Present cultural content in a way that appeals to (and thus will be used by) the new generation of Internet users, both in the United States and internationally • Multilingual: English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese • High quality user experience • Fast, seamless • Ability to search and browse a large volume of content

  11. Pillar III: The Web Site (part two) 11 The LIBRARY of CONGRESS • Multi-format: • manuscripts • maps • photographs, prints, postcards • rare books • sound and video clips • 3-D presentations of architectural monuments • Special features with experts, scholars, curators • Educational content for teachers and students • Social networking features • Adjustments to developing-country conditions; low bandwidth and mobile device solutions

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  13. IFLA WDL Working Group on Digital Libraries • Allene Hayes Library of Congress (LS) • Jaesun Lee National Library of Korea • Catherine Lupovici Bibliotheque nationale de France • Claudia Lux Zentral- und Landesbibliothek, Berlin/IFLA • John Vanoudenaerde Library of Congress (WDL) • Dale Peters Digital Imaging South Africa

  14. IFLA WDL Working Group on Digital Libraries cont. • Michelle Rago Library of Congress (OSI, WDL) • Winston Roberts National Library of New Zealand • Ingeborg Verheul Koninklijke Bibliotheek • Simone Vieira Federal Senate Library of Brazil • Marcia Zeng Kent State University

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  16. Thank You! • www.worlddigitallibrary.org

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