lunes, 13 de febrero de 2012

16/ WDL


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The World digital library has stated that its mission is to promote international and intercultural understanding, expand the volume and variety of cultural content on the Internet, provide resources for educators, scholars, and general audiences, and to build capacity in partner institutions to narrow the digital divide within and among countries. It aims to expand non-English and non-western content on the Internet, and contribute to scholarly research. 
It contains maps, texts, photos, recordings and films of all time and explainations of each of these jewels and cultural relics of all libraries of the world in seven languages.

 The project has been coordinated by Abdelaziz Abid, and UNESCO and 32 countries have participated in its confection. Among the ancient documents are some pre-Columbian codexes, thanks to the contribution of Mexico, and the first map of America, drawn by Diego Gutiérrez for the King of Spain in 1562, explained Abid. The treasures include the Hyakumanto Darani, a Japanese document published in year 764 and considered the first printed text of history;  works of Arab scientists which show the mystery of algebra; bones used as oracles; the Gutenberg’s Bible…
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