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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%83%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%87%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%B1%D1%96%D0%B1%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%8F%D1%82%D1%8D%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Сусветная лічбавая бібліятэка – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Сусветная лічбавая бібліятэка" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%84%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0_%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Световна цифрова библиотека – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Световна цифрова библиотека" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblioteca_Digital_Mundial" title="Biblioteca Digital Mundial – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Biblioteca Digital Mundial" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Digital_Library" title="World Digital Library – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="World Digital Library" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Digital_Library" title="World Digital Library – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="World Digital Library" 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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monda_Retbiblioteko" title="Monda Retbiblioteko – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Monda Retbiblioteko" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87_%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%AC%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C" title="کتابخانه دیجیتال جهانی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کتابخانه دیجیتال جهانی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblioth%C3%A8que_num%C3%A9rique_mondiale" title="Bibliothèque numérique mondiale – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Bibliothèque numérique mondiale" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digitale_Wr%C3%A2ldbibleteek" title="Digitale Wrâldbibleteek – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Digitale Wrâldbibleteek" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9B%94%EB%93%9C_%EB%94%94%EC%A7%80%ED%84%B8_%EB%9D%BC%EC%9D%B4%EB%B8%8C%EB%9F%AC%EB%A6%AC" title="월드 디지털 라이브러리 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="월드 디지털 라이브러리" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5_%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%AF" title="विश्व अंकीय पुस्तकालय – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="विश्व अंकीय पुस्तकालय" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpustakaan_Digital_Dunia" title="Perpustakaan Digital Dunia – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Perpustakaan Digital Dunia" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Digital_Library" title="World Digital Library – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="World Digital Library" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%99%D7%94_%D7%94%D7%93%D7%99%D7%92%D7%99%D7%98%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%AA" title="הספרייה הדיגיטלית העולמית – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="הספרייה הדיגיטלית העולמית" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpustakaan_Digital_Donya" title="Perpustakaan Digital Donya – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Perpustakaan Digital Donya" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%A1%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A4%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%9D_%E1%83%AA%E1%83%98%E1%83%A4%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98_%E1%83%91%E1%83%98%E1%83%91%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%9D%E1%83%97%E1%83%94%E1%83%99%E1%83%90" title="მსოფლიო ციფრული ბიბლიოთეკა – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="მსოფლიო ციფრული ბიბლიოთეკა" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D3%98%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BC_%D3%99%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%96_%D0%BA%D1%96%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BF%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%8B" title="Әлем әдебиеті кітапханасы – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Әлем әдебиеті кітапханасы" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Digital_Library" title="World Digital Library – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="World Digital Library" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%95_%E0%B4%A1%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%9C%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%BD_%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%88%E0%B4%AC%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%BF" title="ലോക ഡിജിറ്റൽ ലൈബ്രറി – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ലോക ഡിജിറ്റൽ ലൈബ്രറി" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A1%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A4%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%A8_%E1%83%AA%E1%83%98%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A4%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98_%E1%83%91%E1%83%98%E1%83%91%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%9D%E1%83%97%E1%83%94%E1%83%99%E1%83%90" title="მოსოფელიშ ცირფული ბიბლიოთეკა – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="მოსოფელიშ ცირფული ბიბლიოთეკა" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digitale_wereldbibliotheek" title="Digitale wereldbibliotheek – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Digitale wereldbibliotheek" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%82%B8%E3%82%BF%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC" title="ワールド・デジタル・ライブラリー – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ワールド・デジタル・ライブラリー" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Digital_Library" title="World Digital Library – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="World Digital Library" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butunjahon_raqamli_kutubxonasi" title="Butunjahon raqamli kutubxonasi – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Butunjahon raqamli kutubxonasi" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Awiatowa_Biblioteka_Cyfrowa" title="Światowa Biblioteka Cyfrowa – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Światowa Biblioteka Cyfrowa" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Digital_Library" title="World Digital Library – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="World Digital Library" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a 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data-file-width="1011" data-file-height="665" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">The WDL homepage on launch day (April 21, 2009)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Type of site</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/International_education" title="International education">International education</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Available in</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Multilingual" class="mw-redirect" title="Multilingual">Multilingual</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Created by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Library_of_Congress" title="Library of Congress">Library of Congress</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">URL</th><td class="infobox-data url"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wdl.org">www<wbr />.wdl<wbr />.org</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Commercial</th><td class="infobox-data">No</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launched</th><td class="infobox-data">April 21, 2009<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2009-04-21</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Current status</th><td class="infobox-data category">Online</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>World Digital Library</b> (<b>WDL</b>) is an international <a href="/wiki/Digital_library" title="Digital library">digital library</a> operated by <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> and the United States <a href="/wiki/Library_of_Congress" title="Library of Congress">Library of Congress</a>. </p><p>The WDL 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 <a href="/wiki/Digital_divide" title="Digital divide">digital divide</a> within and among countries.<sup id="cite_ref-about_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-about-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It aims to expand non-English and non-western content on the Internet, and contribute to scholarly research. The library intends to make available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from cultures around the world, including manuscripts, maps, rare books, musical scores, recordings, films, prints, photographs, <a href="/wiki/Architectural_drawing" title="Architectural drawing">architectural drawings</a>, and other significant cultural materials.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The WDL opened with 1,236 items.<sup id="cite_ref-WPCody_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WPCody-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of early 2018, it lists more than 18,000 items from nearly 200 countries, dating back to 8,000 <a href="/wiki/Common_Era" title="Common Era">BCE</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History_and_concept">History and concept</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Digital_Library&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History and concept"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After almost 20 years without participation, the United States re-established its permanent delegation to the <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization</a> (UNESCO) in 2003. <a href="/wiki/James_H._Billington" title="James H. Billington">James H. Billington</a>, Librarian of Congress, was nominated as a commissioner of the U.S. National Commission to UNESCO and was invited to give a plenary speech at its inaugural conference in June 2005. His speech, entitled <i>A View of the Digital World Library</i>, described a vision in which the rich collections that "institutions, libraries, and museums have preserved could be given back to the world free of charge and in a new form far more universally accessible than any forms that have preceded it." </p><p><a href="/wiki/Google" title="Google">Google</a> Inc. became the first partner of this <a href="/wiki/Public%E2%80%93private_partnership" title="Public–private partnership">public–private partnership</a> and donated $3 million to support development of the World Digital Library in 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatleft" style="width:33%; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>Everybody's welcome. This is not a private club. Everybody's welcome to participate and it's all free. </p> </blockquote> <p style="padding-bottom: 0;"><cite class="left-aligned" style="">—James H. Billington,<br />Library of Congress<sup id="cite_ref-AFP1_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFP1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></p> </div> <p>At the National Commission's 2006 annual conference, John Van Oudenaren, Senior Advisor for the World Digital Library at the Library of Congress, outlined a project plan for bringing Billington's vision to fruition. Foremost was the belief that the World Digital Library should engage partners in planning the four main project areas: <a href="/wiki/Information_technology_architecture" title="Information technology architecture">technical architecture</a>, selection, governance, and funding. This was achieved in December 2006, when 45 national library directors, library technical directors, and cultural and educational representatives from UNESCO met in Paris to discuss the development of the World Digital Library. The participants formed <a href="/wiki/Working_group" title="Working group">working groups</a> to address the special challenges of each of the four project areas. </p><p>The working groups met in the first half of 2007 and included professionals in the field of digital libraries – including <a href="/wiki/Computer_science" title="Computer science">computer science</a>, <a href="/wiki/Library_and_information_science" title="Library and information science">library and information science</a>, <a href="/wiki/Web_development" title="Web development">Web development</a>, and fundraising. The working groups presented their findings to the larger WDL group in July 2007. Findings from this planning process were presented at the thirty-fourth session of the UNESCO General Conference in October 2007 in Paris, France. </p><p>In early September 2008, the <a href="/wiki/Organization_of_American_States" title="Organization of American States">Organization of American States</a> (OAS) agreed to join with the Library of Congress in developing the World Digital Library. Secretary General <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Miguel_Insulza" title="José Miguel Insulza">José Miguel Insulza</a> signed the "Contributor Agreement" with Librarian of Congress, James Billington, at an OAS headquarters ceremony. </p><p>The World Digital Library was launched on April 21, 2009, at <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> headquarters in Paris, France.<sup id="cite_ref-AFP2_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFP2-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Exhibits">Exhibits</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Digital_Library&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Exhibits"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1224211176"><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:33%; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>These are really great treasures, not merely miscellaneous things about a country or culture. </p> </blockquote> <p style="padding-bottom: 0;"><cite class="left-aligned" style="">—James H. Billington,<br /><i>Library of Congress</i><sup id="cite_ref-AFP1_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFP1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></p> </div> <p>Initial exhibits include </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Tale_of_Genji" title="The Tale of Genji">The Tale of Genji</a></i>, an 11th-century Japanese tale considered by some to be the first novel ever written;<sup id="cite_ref-oneil_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oneil-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>ancient <a href="/wiki/Arabic" title="Arabic">Arabic</a> texts that were used in the formation of <a href="/wiki/Algebra" title="Algebra">algebra</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-WPCody_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WPCody-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Written_Chinese" title="Written Chinese">Chinese</a> <a href="/wiki/Oracle_bone_script" title="Oracle bone script">oracle bone script</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-AFP1_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFP1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ming_dynasty" title="Ming dynasty">Ming dynasty</a> copies of the <i><a href="/wiki/Yongle_Encyclopedia" title="Yongle Encyclopedia">Yongle Encyclopedia</a></i>, one of the largest compilations in Chinese literature;<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>A printed edition of the <i><a href="/wiki/Huangdi_Neijing" title="Huangdi Neijing">Huangdi Neijing</a></i> dated c. 1115–1234;<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>an 8,000-year-old <a href="/wiki/African_art" title="African art">African painting</a> of bleeding antelopes;<sup id="cite_ref-BBC1_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC1-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>the <a href="/wiki/Waldseem%C3%BCller_map" title="Waldseemüller map">Waldseemüller map</a>, the earliest map to mention <a href="/wiki/Americas" title="Americas">America</a> by name;<sup id="cite_ref-BBC1_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC1-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PDI_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PDI-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>the <a href="/wiki/Codex_Gigas" title="Codex Gigas">Codex Gigas</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-oneil_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oneil-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Samuel_de_Champlain" title="Samuel de Champlain">Samuel de Champlain</a>'s <i>Des Sauvages: ou voyage de Samuel Champlain, de Brouages, faite en la France nouvelle l'an 1603</i>;<sup id="cite_ref-oneil_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oneil-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>an audio recording of a 101-year-old former <a href="/wiki/Slavery_in_the_United_States" title="Slavery in the United States">American slave</a>, whose grandparents were owned by <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" title="Thomas Jefferson">Thomas Jefferson</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-oneil_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oneil-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>the first <a href="/wiki/Aztec" class="mw-redirect" title="Aztec">Aztec</a> mention of the <a href="/wiki/Christ_Child" title="Christ Child">child Jesus</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-WPCody_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WPCody-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>World War I recruitment posters;<sup id="cite_ref-oneil_10-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oneil-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>an 1899 <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Canada" title="Government of Canada">Canadian government</a> handbook for <a href="/wiki/Scandinavia" title="Scandinavia">Scandinavian</a> immigrants;<sup id="cite_ref-oneil_10-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oneil-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Doctrina_Christiana" title="Doctrina Christiana">Doctrina Christiana, en lengua española y tagala</a>,</i> the first Spanish and <a href="/wiki/Tagalog_language" title="Tagalog language">Tagalog</a> book ever published;<sup id="cite_ref-PDI_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PDI-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>an <a href="/wiki/Aleut_language" title="Aleut language">Aleutian</a> translation of the Bible by a <a href="/wiki/Innocent_of_Alaska" title="Innocent of Alaska">Russian saint</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-PDI_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PDI-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Islamic manuscripts from <a href="/wiki/Mali" title="Mali">Mali</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-PDI_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PDI-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Hyakumanto_Darani" class="mw-redirect" title="Hyakumanto Darani">Hyakumanto Darani</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-AFP1_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFP1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>rare photographs originating in <a href="/wiki/History_of_China#Imperial_China" title="History of China">Imperial China</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-AFP1_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFP1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>the first recording of "<a href="/wiki/La_Marseillaise" title="La Marseillaise">La Marseillaise</a>;"<sup id="cite_ref-AFP1_7-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFP1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>the world's first film from the <a href="/wiki/Lumiere_brothers" class="mw-redirect" title="Lumiere brothers">Lumiere brothers</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-AFP1_7-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFP1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a <a href="/wiki/Photolithographic" class="mw-redirect" title="Photolithographic">photolithographic</a> reproduction of the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_India" title="Constitution of India">Constitution of India</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-tn_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tn-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calligraphy" title="Calligraphy">calligraphy</a> by <a href="/wiki/Prem_Behari_Narain_Raizada" title="Prem Behari Narain Raizada">Prem Behari Narain Raizada</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-tn_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tn-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Huexotzinco_Codex" title="Huexotzinco Codex">Huexotzinco Codex</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-flood_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-flood-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>and the <i><a href="/wiki/Nuremberg_Chronicle" title="Nuremberg Chronicle">Nuremberg Chronicle</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-wct_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wct-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Partners">Partners</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Digital_Library&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Partners"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Partners in the World Digital Library project include:<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 50%;"> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://uwm.edu/libraries/agsl/">American Geographical Society Library, UW Milwaukee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bibliotheca_Alexandrina" title="Bibliotheca Alexandrina">Bibliotheca Alexandrina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brown_University_Library" class="mw-redirect" title="Brown University Library">Brown University Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Center_for_the_Study_of_the_History_of_Mexico" class="mw-redirect" title="Center for the Study of the History of Mexico">Center for the Study of the History of Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbus_Memorial_Library" title="Columbus Memorial Library">Columbus Memorial Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danish_Royal_Library" class="mw-redirect" title="Danish Royal Library">Danish Royal Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egyptian_National_Library_and_Archives" title="Egyptian National Library and Archives">Egyptian National Library and Archives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Instituto_Nacional_de_Antropolog%C3%ADa_e_Historia" title="Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia">Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Federation_of_Library_Associations_and_Institutions" title="International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions">International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iraq_National_Library_and_Archive" title="Iraq National Library and Archive">Iraq National Library and Archive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Carter_Brown_Library" title="John Carter Brown Library">John Carter Brown Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_Abdullah_University_of_Science_and_Technology" title="King Abdullah University of Science and Technology">King Abdullah University of Science and Technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Library_Company_of_Philadelphia" title="Library Company of Philadelphia">Library Company of Philadelphia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Library_of_Congress" title="Library of Congress">Library of Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mamma_Haidara_Commemorative_Library" title="Mamma Haidara Commemorative Library">Mamma Haidara Commemorative Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Archives_and_Records_Administration" title="National Archives and Records Administration">National Archives and Records Administration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Central_Library" title="National Central Library">National Central Library</a><sup id="cite_ref-partners_oldsite_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-partners_oldsite-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Diet_Library" title="National Diet Library">National Diet Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Library_of_Azerbaijan" title="National Library of Azerbaijan">National Library of Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Library_of_Brazil" title="National Library of Brazil">National Library of Brazil</a></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Library_of_China" title="National Library of China">National Library of China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Library_of_France" class="mw-redirect" title="National Library of France">National Library of France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Library_of_Israel" title="National Library of Israel">National Library of Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Library_of_Korea" title="National Library of Korea">National Library of Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Library_of_Russia" title="National Library of Russia">National Library of Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Library_of_Serbia" title="National Library of Serbia">National Library of Serbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Library_of_Sweden" title="National Library of Sweden">National Library of Sweden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Library_of_Uganda" title="National Library of Uganda">National Library of Uganda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Library_of_Wales" title="National Library of Wales">National Library of Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qatar_National_Library" title="Qatar National Library">Qatar National Library</a>, a project of Qatar Foundation</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Netherlands_Institute_of_Southeast_Asian_and_Caribbean_Studies" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies">Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_State_Library" title="Russian State Library">Russian State Library</a></li> <li>St. Mark Coptic Library</li> <li>Tetouan-Asmir Association</li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_Library_in_Bratislava" class="mw-redirect" title="University Library in Bratislava">University Library in Bratislava</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Pretoria_Library" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Pretoria Library">University of Pretoria Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vilnius_University_Library" title="Vilnius University Library">Vilnius University Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wellcome_Library" title="Wellcome Library">Wellcome Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yale_University_Library" title="Yale University Library">Yale University Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yeltsin_Presidential_Library" class="mw-redirect" title="Yeltsin Presidential Library">Yeltsin Presidential Library</a></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Digital_Library&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Text_Project" title="Chinese Text Project">Chinese Text Project</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Digital_Public_Library_of_America" title="Digital Public Library of America">Digital Public Library of America</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Europeana" title="Europeana">Europeana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Global_Memory_Net" title="Global Memory Net">Global Memory Net</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Internet_Archive" title="Internet Archive">Internet Archive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Digital_Library_Program" title="National Digital Library 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