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<h2 id="history-and-concept">History and concept</h2> <p>After almost 20 years without participation, the United States re-established its permanent delegation to the <a href="/facts/UNESCO/QSbkRv3o">United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization</a> (UNESCO) in 2003. <a href="/facts/James_H._Billington/TabWylSU">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="/facts/Google/GT9Sugza">Google</a> Inc. became the first partner of this <a href="/facts/Public%25E2%2580%2593private_partnership/b4RAUT2j">public–private partnership</a> and donated $3 million to support development of the World Digital Library in 2005.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p> <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="/facts/Information_technology_architecture/A6k3coAm">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="/facts/Working_group/dFlAPASD">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="/facts/Computer_science/lN3pEyPz">computer science</a>, <a href="/facts/Library_and_information_science/sQAvSYKL">library and information science</a>, <a href="/facts/Web_development/UW5ypSzj">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="/facts/Organization_of_American_States/bxrtCRTI">Organization of American States</a> (OAS) agreed to join with the Library of Congress in developing the World Digital Library. Secretary General <a href="/facts/Jos%25C3%25A9_Miguel_Insulza/bKFRHgsn">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="/facts/UNESCO/QSbkRv3o">UNESCO</a> headquarters in Paris, France.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="exhibits">Exhibits</h2> <p>Initial exhibits include </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/The_Tale_of_Genji/VA8nN6sG">The Tale of Genji</a></i>, an 11th-century Japanese tale considered by some to be the first novel ever written;<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></li> <li>ancient <a href="/facts/Arabic/A1e66hVV">Arabic</a> texts that were used in the formation of <a href="/facts/Algebra/nMdqczjo">algebra</a>;<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Written_Chinese/F3QbQvtk">Chinese</a> <a href="/facts/Oracle_bone_script/xj9TSlNq">oracle bone script</a>;<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ming_dynasty/p3bSVwUH">Ming dynasty</a> copies of the <i><a href="/facts/Yongle_Encyclopedia/yUXFqvj8">Yongle Encyclopedia</a></i>, one of the largest compilations in Chinese literature;<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a></li> <li>A printed edition of the <i><a href="/facts/Huangdi_Neijing/K98gDouv">Huangdi Neijing</a></i> dated c. 1115–1234;<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a></li> <li>an 8,000-year-old <a href="/facts/African_art/FhTC0IaV">African painting</a> of bleeding antelopes;<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a></li> <li>the <a href="/facts/Waldseem%25C3%25BCller_map/eLFkVsQI">Waldseemüller map</a>, the earliest map to mention <a href="/facts/Americas/hEuUTL4K">America</a> by name;<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a></li> <li>the <a href="/facts/Codex_Gigas/swwnmkBe">Codex Gigas</a>;<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Samuel_de_Champlain/jRhnMcAD">Samuel de Champlain</a>'s <i>Des Sauvages: ou voyage de Samuel Champlain, de Brouages, faite en la France nouvelle l'an 1603</i>;<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a></li> <li>an audio recording of a 101-year-old former <a href="/facts/Slavery_in_the_United_States/CduIa8do">American slave</a>, whose grandparents were owned by <a href="/facts/Thomas_Jefferson/8yxtcjKK">Thomas Jefferson</a>;<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a></li> <li>the first <a href="/facts/Aztec/Tn5vj064">Aztec</a> mention of the <a href="/facts/Christ_Child/sCqlbSf6">child Jesus</a>;<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a></li> <li>World War I recruitment posters;<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a></li> <li>an 1899 <a href="/facts/Government_of_Canada/EpXkkVFc">Canadian government</a> handbook for <a href="/facts/Scandinavia/KpLQ40kl">Scandinavian</a> immigrants;<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Doctrina_Christiana/rgxvjuSX">Doctrina Christiana, en lengua española y tagala</a>,</i> the first Spanish and <a href="/facts/Tagalog_language/G8UARRIl">Tagalog</a> book ever published;<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23"><sup>23</sup></a></li> <li>an <a href="/facts/Aleut_language/T7AY0c2j">Aleutian</a> translation of the Bible by a <a href="/facts/Innocent_of_Alaska/145SInes">Russian saint</a>;<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24"><sup>24</sup></a> Islamic manuscripts from <a href="/facts/Mali/sAaVqV1e">Mali</a>;<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:25" href="#fn:25"><sup>25</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Hyakumanto_Darani/AwKgxpcr">Hyakumanto Darani</a>;<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:26" href="#fn:26"><sup>26</sup></a></li> <li>rare photographs originating in <a href="/facts/History_of_China/TNqRSvQ4">Imperial China</a>, the <a href="/facts/Ottoman_Empire/6QvfTRsg">Ottoman Empire</a>, and the <a href="/facts/Russian_Empire/hg1g5SpV">Russian Empire</a>;<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:27" href="#fn:27"><sup>27</sup></a></li> <li>the first recording of "<a href="/facts/La_Marseillaise/yBSUmLKY">La Marseillaise</a>;"<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:28" href="#fn:28"><sup>28</sup></a></li> <li>the world's first film from the <a href="/facts/Lumiere_brothers/fYfN5pEa">Lumiere brothers</a>;<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:29" href="#fn:29"><sup>29</sup></a> a <a href="/facts/Photolithographic/FTHsauvy">photolithographic</a> reproduction of the <a href="/facts/Constitution_of_India/u9BCSHYF">Constitution of India</a>;<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:30" href="#fn:30"><sup>30</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Calligraphy/lFIUgDeW">calligraphy</a> by <a href="/facts/Prem_Behari_Narain_Raizada/CwlTA7HS">Prem Behari Narain Raizada</a>;<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:31" href="#fn:31"><sup>31</sup></a> the <a href="/facts/Huexotzinco_Codex/SxIgR1SR">Huexotzinco Codex</a>;<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:32" href="#fn:32"><sup>32</sup></a></li> <li>and the <i><a href="/facts/Nuremberg_Chronicle/cytK74PF">Nuremberg Chronicle</a></i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:33" href="#fn:33"><sup>33</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="partners">Partners</h2> <p>Partners in the World Digital Library project include:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:34" href="#fn:34"><sup>34</sup></a> </p> <table><tbody><tr><td><ul><li><a href="http://uwm.edu/libraries/agsl/">American Geographical Society Library, UW Milwaukee</a></li><li><a href="/facts/Bibliotheca_Alexandrina/RmNuPrFQ">Bibliotheca Alexandrina</a></li><li><a href="/facts/Brown_University_Library/zAzKSlSk">Brown University Library</a></li><li><a href="/facts/Center_for_the_Study_of_the_History_of_Mexico/EzdmHvSH">Center for the Study of the History of Mexico</a></li><li><a href="/facts/Columbus_Memorial_Library/FvKKr12K">Columbus Memorial Library</a></li><li><a href="/facts/Danish_Royal_Library/M8eJzTFM">Danish Royal Library</a></li><li><a href="/facts/Egyptian_National_Library_and_Archives/1qb84lhf">Egyptian National Library and Archives</a></li><li><a href="/facts/Instituto_Nacional_de_Antropolog%25C3%25ADa_e_Historia/olLGWqAM">Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia</a></li><li><a href="/facts/International_Federation_of_Library_Associations_and_Institutions/3y2naqth">International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions</a></li><li><a href="/facts/Iraq_National_Library_and_Archive/hmBwjlUV">Iraq National Library and Archive</a></li><li><a href="/facts/John_Carter_Brown_Library/JPxv5Ndz">John Carter Brown Library</a></li><li><a href="/facts/King_Abdullah_University_of_Science_and_Technology/HKLxQtgl">King Abdullah University of Science and Technology</a></li><li><a href="/facts/Library_Company_of_Philadelphia/BBvQjX3F">Library Company of Philadelphia</a></li><li><a href="/facts/Library_of_Congress/TfB6dEN5">Library of Congress</a></li><li><a href="/facts/Mamma_Haidara_Commemorative_Library/fX71WdJr">Mamma Haidara Commemorative Library</a></li><li><a href="/facts/National_Archives_and_Records_Administration/WB8bwYVU">National Archives and Records Administration</a></li><li><a href="/facts/National_Central_Library/sHtrgFFk">National Central Library</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:35" href="#fn:35"><sup>35</sup></a></li><li><a href="/facts/National_Diet_Library/YEp5J8n8">National Diet Library</a></li><li><a href="/facts/National_Library_of_Azerbaijan/jTnPSYca">National Library of Azerbaijan</a></li><li><a href="/facts/National_Library_of_Brazil/tgwj8azu">National Library of Brazil</a></li></ul></td><td><ul><li><a href="/facts/National_Library_of_China/qCqvQ1sK">National Library of China</a></li><li><a href="/facts/National_Library_of_France/4TNyWsxG">National Library of France</a></li><li><a href="/facts/National_Library_of_Israel/ECCssbmQ">National Library of Israel</a></li><li><a href="/facts/National_Library_of_Korea/RDkMX6gN">National Library of Korea</a></li><li><a href="/facts/National_Library_of_Russia/LDn1Bdyp">National Library of Russia</a></li><li><a href="/facts/National_Library_of_Serbia/1Qw49LzJ">National Library of Serbia</a></li><li><a href="/facts/National_Library_of_Sweden/aJ68QoxU">National Library of Sweden</a></li><li><a href="/facts/National_Library_of_Uganda/uLVR9GFu">National Library of Uganda</a></li><li><a href="/facts/National_Library_of_Wales/r6eaY9EE">National Library of Wales</a></li><li><a href="/facts/Qatar_National_Library/TDfEDYyp">Qatar National Library</a>, a project of Qatar Foundation</li><li><a href="/facts/Royal_Netherlands_Institute_of_Southeast_Asian_and_Caribbean_Studies/HjGIrYWf">Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies</a></li><li><a href="/facts/Russian_State_Library/QoDmpLWB">Russian State Library</a></li><li>St. Mark Coptic Library</li><li>Tetouan-Asmir Association</li><li><a href="/facts/University_Library_in_Bratislava/CVVJ33XT">University Library in Bratislava</a></li><li><a href="/facts/University_of_Pretoria_Library/0u9sDmKz">University of Pretoria Library</a></li><li><a href="/facts/Vilnius_University_Library/CrWAkK27">Vilnius University Library</a></li><li><a href="/facts/Wellcome_Library/Amj7feYn">Wellcome Library</a></li><li><a href="/facts/Yale_University_Library/xBvACdNt">Yale University Library</a></li><li><a href="/facts/Yeltsin_Presidential_Library/fRXpae4o">Yeltsin Presidential Library</a></li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Chinese_Text_Project/8llQjvlv">Chinese Text Project</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Digital_Public_Library_of_America/YDrrg4hy">Digital Public Library of America</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Europeana/kPb8dU5M">Europeana</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Global_Memory_Net/myRucE2A">Global Memory Net</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Internet_Archive/PHStU8Lo">Internet Archive</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/National_Digital_Library_Program/G9pxcuFH">National Digital Library Program</a> (NDLP)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Project_Gutenberg/2l0R6GgQ">Project Gutenberg</a></li> <li>World Digital Library-Wikimedia partnership</li></ul> <h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2> <ul><li>Abid, Abdelaziz (November 2009). <a href="http://www.unesco.org/new/fileadmin/MULTIMEDIA/HQ/CI/CI/pdf/programme_doc_wdl.pdf">"The World Digital Library and Universal Access to Knowledge"</a> (PDF). <i>UNESCO</i>. Retrieved February 27, 2014.</li> <li>Oudenaren, John Van (2012), <a href="http://www.unesco.org/new/fileadmin/MULTIMEDIA/HQ/CI/CI/pdf/mow/VC_Van_Oudenaren_26_A_1620.pdf">"Beyond Access: Digitization to Preserve Culture"</a> (PDF), <i>Library of Congress</i>, UNESCO</li> <li>Oudenaren, John Van (2012). <a href="http://journals.uic.edu/ojs/index.php/UC/article/view/4720">"The World Digital Library"</a>. <i>Uncommon Culture</i>. 3 (5/6): 65–71.</li> <li>Thorp, Justin (December 2007). "World Digital Library In The Developing World". <i>International Journal of Mobile Marketing</i>. 2 (2): 75–77.</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> Wikimedia Commons has media related to World Digital Library. <ul><li><a href="https://www.wdl.org">Official website</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"About the World Digital Library: Mission". World Digital Library. Library of Congress. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation. Retrieved April 21, 2009. <a href="https://www.wdl.org/en/about/" target="_blank">https://www.wdl.org/en/about/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"UNESCO and Library of Congress sign agreement for World Digital Library". portal.unesco.org. Paris. October 17, 2007. Archived from the original on January 24, 2009. Retrieved April 21, 2009. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090124170924/http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=25521&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20090124170924/http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=25521&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"UN puts global treasures online". BBC News. BBC. April 21, 2009. Archived from the original on April 24, 2009. 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