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Byline: Mark Chillingworth
Euro Digital Library comes a step closer
A central planning team has been set up to turn the European Digital Library project into a reality.
Led by director Jill Cousins, a team of 70 information professionals from across Europe will deliver a prototype early next year.
Viviane Reding, the European commissioner for information society and media, is championing the plan for the European Digital Library. She called the project an opportunity to "make the wealth of material in Europe's libraries, museums and archives accessible to all".
The European Digital Library differs from the European Library in that it aims to make information from collections available online. The European Library provides a single site to access the catalogue records of all the major European libraries.
A European Digital Library spokesperson said users would want to receive all the different objects in the various European collections, including ...