European Online Library Launches

Mindy · 11-21-2008, 05:40 AM

From the BBC online:

"The British Library in London is among more than 1,000 cultural organisations making contributions to a European online library.
The free multimedia venture, Europeana, will also see input from the European Commission and the Louvre Museum.
Internet users will be able to access more than two million books, maps, recordings, photographs, archive documents, paintings and films.
These will be sourced from institutions across the EU's member states.
Further expansion for the project, which was created by the European Commission and is run by the European Digital Library Foundation, is planned for 2010.
The British Library has contributed audio recordings, images and texts to Europeana. These range from the Gutenberg Bible to the sound of a curlew on Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire.

Europeana gives digital access to Europe's history, whether held by library, archive or museum and as image, text, sound or film

Stephen Bury, British Library
The library has provided access to its vast collection of sound recordings, covering British accents and dialects, British wildlife, and early ethnographic wax cylinder recordings.
Stephen Bury, its head of European and American Collections, said: "Europeana gives digital access to Europe's history, whether held by library, archive or museum and as image, text, sound or film.
"Its content can be exploited in new ways through Web 2.0 technologies."
National libraries all over Europe have contributed printed and manuscript material, including digitised copies of rare and valuable books.
Other contributing museums including the Louvre in Paris and the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam - they have supplied digitised paintings and other objects from their collections.
State archives have made important national documents available, and France's Institut National de l'Audiovisuel supplied 80,000 broadcast recordings from the 20th Century, including early footage shot on the battlefields of France in 1914. "

Argel · 11-21-2008, 07:06 AM

...and it has crashed.

Jellby · 11-21-2008, 07:56 AM

This is the message:

The Europeana site is temporarily not accessible due to overwhelming interest after its launch (10 million hits per hour).

We are doing our utmost to reopen Europeana in a more robust version as soon as possible.

We will be back by mid-December.

zelda_pinwheel · 11-21-2008, 08:09 AM

wow.

well i guess that's good news... surprising they didn't anticipate the interest though.

astra · 11-22-2008, 09:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mindy

From the BBC online:

Do you have a link to the library?

Jellby · 11-22-2008, 09:57 AM

It's www.europeana.eu, but it's offline until mid-December (see above).

carandol · 11-22-2008, 12:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Argel

...and it has crashed.

At least it didn't burn.

Lemurion · 11-22-2008, 01:15 PM

Europeana not Alexandria - no burn

nohmi2 · 11-23-2008, 04:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jellby

This is the message:

The Europeana site is temporarily not accessible due to overwhelming interest after its launch (10 million hits per hour).

We are doing our utmost to reopen Europeana in a more robust version as soon as possible.

We will be back by mid-December.

I wonder whether we would be able to access it from Australia?
If so, I am very eager to browse.

11-21-2008, 05:40 AM	#1
Mindy Away with the Faeries Posts: 483 Karma: 8459 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Device: Sony PRS 650	European Online Library Launches From the BBC online: "The British Library in London is among more than 1,000 cultural organisations making contributions to a European online library. The free multimedia venture, Europeana, will also see input from the European Commission and the Louvre Museum. Internet users will be able to access more than two million books, maps, recordings, photographs, archive documents, paintings and films. These will be sourced from institutions across the EU's member states. Further expansion for the project, which was created by the European Commission and is run by the European Digital Library Foundation, is planned for 2010. The British Library has contributed audio recordings, images and texts to Europeana. These range from the Gutenberg Bible to the sound of a curlew on Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire. Europeana gives digital access to Europe's history, whether held by library, archive or museum and as image, text, sound or film Stephen Bury, British Library The library has provided access to its vast collection of sound recordings, covering British accents and dialects, British wildlife, and early ethnographic wax cylinder recordings. Stephen Bury, its head of European and American Collections, said: "Europeana gives digital access to Europe's history, whether held by library, archive or museum and as image, text, sound or film. "Its content can be exploited in new ways through Web 2.0 technologies." National libraries all over Europe have contributed printed and manuscript material, including digitised copies of rare and valuable books. Other contributing museums including the Louvre in Paris and the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam - they have supplied digitised paintings and other objects from their collections. State archives have made important national documents available, and France's Institut National de l'Audiovisuel supplied 80,000 broadcast recordings from the 20th Century, including early footage shot on the battlefields of France in 1914. "

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11-21-2008, 07:06 AM	#2
Argel Opinionated [but right] Posts: 281 Karma: 1412 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: UK Device: Cybook Gen3, PRS 505, Kindle Int, Oasis, Paperwhite, Scribe	...and it has crashed.

11-21-2008, 07:56 AM	#3
Jellby frumious Bandersnatch Posts: 7,543 Karma: 19001583 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spaniard in Sweden Device: Cybook Orizon, Kobo Aura	This is the message: The Europeana site is temporarily not accessible due to overwhelming interest after its launch (10 million hits per hour). We are doing our utmost to reopen Europeana in a more robust version as soon as possible. We will be back by mid-December.

11-21-2008, 08:09 AM	#4
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	wow. well i guess that's good news... surprising they didn't anticipate the interest though.

11-22-2008, 09:57 AM	#6
Jellby frumious Bandersnatch Posts: 7,543 Karma: 19001583 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spaniard in Sweden Device: Cybook Orizon, Kobo Aura	It's www.europeana.eu, but it's offline until mid-December (see above).

11-22-2008, 01:15 PM	#8
Lemurion eReader Posts: 2,750 Karma: 4968470 Join Date: Aug 2007 Device: Note 5; PW3; Nook HD+; ChuWi Hi12; iPad	Europeana not Alexandria - no burn