The library of digital books in Europe was born

On March 21, French President Jacques Chirac first introduced the prototype Digital Library Library (BNE). This is a project of European Countries to ' affirm Europe's own cultural identity '.

After the French President announced that the European Digital Library was officially launched and put into operation. Starting March 22, readers can directly access this Digital Library to search for books, documents and information for themselves.

A book is being scanned for inclusion in the European Digital Library

The presentation was held at the French Palace of Elysée. Previously, a BNE meeting was carefully discussed on how to introduce content and attract readers directly to the European Book Library website. The President of France is pleased to announce: 'You will begin to access the website of the European Library of Digital Books on March 22 '.

The idea of ​​the BNE project was launched and built in 2005, this large project is jointly coordinated with five major EU member countries including Germany, Spain, Hungary, and Portugal. The European Commission agreed to adopt and look forward to the launch of the European Digital Library.

The BNE project set a goal from 2005 - 2008 to post on its website 2,000,000 items including books, documentary films, illustrations or maps and especially handwritten ancient manuscripts . And it is expected that by 2010 the number of documents will be raised to 6,000,000 items.

The birth of BNE is not beyond the purpose of countering digital book library programs by large US corporations such as Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft was made public in 2004. Europe wants to preserve its own cultural identity and cultural assets through the European Digital Library.

In 2006, 23 major European libraries gathered to link up and build projects. These libraries have become good partners to help BNE get their valuable titles.

Phuong Thuy