The World Digital Library is Now Tweeting and More About the WDL

A Hello to the World Digital Library on Twitter!

Follow: @WDLorg

If you’re unfamiliar with the WDL here are a few fast facts and links:

The World Digital was first proposed by Dr. James Billington, Librarian of Congress, in 2005 and was officially launched in April, 2009. UNESCO has been a partner since the very beginning.

• Here’s Dr. Billington’s speech from June, 2005 at Georgetown University where a World Digital Library is first publicly proposed.
• On November 22, 2005 the project is launched. At the same time Google becomes the WDL’s first private-sector financial contributor donating $3 million dollars. Here’s a list of financial contributors (as of today).

Today:

• 119 members (Primarily Libraries and Archives)
• A Few of the WDL’s 119 Members Include LC, NARA, Smithsonian Institution, British Library, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, The Royal Library (Denmark), and, Russian State Library
• Database Provides Access to 1575 Items (Additions are Made Regularly)

Direct to World Digital Library (Search, Browse, Timeline)

See Also: “A Portal to World History” (via NDIIPP, March, 2011)

See Also: World Digital Library FAQ

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