Website: Europeana Collections

Europeana Collections brings digital culture from diverse sources across Europe together into a single free access portal.

• Primary Source

Website: The European Library http://search.theeuropeanlibrary.org/portal/en/index.html

BBC News, 19.11.08: European online library launches http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7738318.stm

Council of the European Union: Press Release, 20.11.08: Council Conclusions on the European digital library EUROPEANA http://www.consilium.europa.eu/ueDocs/cms_Data/docs/pressData/en/educ/104196.pdf

EurActiv, 21.11.08: EU digital library collapses amid huge demand http://www.euractiv.com/culture/eu-digital-library-collapses-ami-news-220848

BBC News, 21.11.08: European online library crashes http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7742390.stm

Deutsche Welle, 20.11.08: Europe's Cultural Heritage Goes Online http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3807112,00.html

European Commission: Press Release: IP/08/1747: Now Online: "Europeana", Europe's Digital Library http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/08/1747&format=PDF&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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