Europeana and Digitization: The Collaboration Is Only Beginning by Susanne Bjørner, Newsbreaks (Sept 10)
Europeana digitization project is a major undertaking involving many countries, languages, and copyright laws. This article tells us more about accomplishments to date and the many challenges ahead including partnerships with Google Books.
"Launched in November 2008 with 2 million digitized works from 27 member countries, Europeana now claims more than 4.6 million books, newspapers, film clips, maps, photographs, and documents from European libraries, archives, museums, and audiovisual repositories. More than 1,000 cultural institutions contribute content directly or indirectly through aggregators, and more than 150 institutions participate as partners in the network. The goal is to have 10 million objects accessible through the portal by the time Europeana 1.0 replaces the beta site in 2010."
Posted by Gwen at September 10, 2009 02:31 PM