Digital library featuring Yale items debuts
A new online library that digitizes selected holdings from more than 30 institutions around the world, including the Yale University library, officially launched Tuesday in a Paris ceremony.
The World Digital Library assembles a collection of materials — including manuscripts, maps and rare books, among others — into an online database and makes them available free of charge to any Internet user. The Library of Congress developed the WDL in cooperation with 33 institutions and sponsorship from several major private U.S. corporations.
“One of the Library’s highest priorities...
