Europeans promote cultural digital library

March 28, 2006

The European Commission Monday held its first high-level meeting on digital libraries to discuss how cultural heritage can be made available online.

"Our goal is to make Europe's cultural and scientific heritage available to all European citizens and researchers for their studies, work or leisure. With its immense expertise and knowledge, this group can make an essential contribution to the European digital library," said Information Society and Media Commissioner Viviane Reding.

The high-level expert group has 20 members, together possessing a wide range of expertise and knowledge. They are experts from libraries, archives, museums, content providers, industry such as search engines and technology providers, research organizations and academia. Members are appointed in a personal capacity and have a two-year renewable mandate.

Rate this story - 4 /5 (1 vote)

rank
1
2
3
4
5

view popular

Other News

US online ad revenue down 5.4 pct in third quarter

Technology / Internet

28 minutes ago | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- Online advertising revenue in the U.S. fell 5.4 percent in the third quarter from a year ago, as the sputtering economy kept its tight grip on even the fastest growing segment of industry, according to a report released ...

Wikileaks releases pager intercepts from 9/11

Technology / Internet

29 minutes ago | not rated yet | 0

Whistleblower website Wikileaks began publishing on Wednesday what it said were hundreds of thousands of pager messages from the day of the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington.

Design chosen for British 1,000 mph car (w/ Video)

Technology / Engineering

6 hours ago | 5 / 5 (2) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- A British team hoping to be the first to get a car to 1,000 mph (1,610 km/h) has made its final design selection. The six-tonne car, known as the Bloodhound, will be powered by a Eurofighter ...

EU assembly adopts Internet, phone user rights

Technology / Telecom

2 hours ago | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- The European Parliament has endorsed new telecom rules that would give phone and Internet users more rights and allow them to appeal to national courts if they are cut off for illegal file-sharing.

Taking the drudgery out of software development

Technology / Software

21 hours ago | 3.6 / 5 (10) | 8

(PhysOrg.com) -- Software developers will no longer have to reinvent the wheel when writing new programs and applications thanks to a clever new set of tools and a central repository of 'building blocks'.