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National libraries - A library with a Eurovision comes to life. The European Library opens its virtual doors this month. For the first time librarians and researchers will have access to a treasure trove of culture as 10 of the largest national libraries in Europe put major collections online. reports.

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When The European Library (TEL) goes live, its forerunner Gabriel will be taken offline, with much of its content incorporated into the new site. Jill Cousins, head of The European Library Office, explains why Gabriel is being replaced: "Gabriel started as a need for libraries to represent themselves online under the CENL (Conference of European National Librarians) banner and via the EL project we went one step further so that you can actually access information via the site."

The European Library was set up as an EU project called TEL, but has now been taken over by CENL. "The EC love us because the project commenced as a prototype to see if the browser and ...

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