March 17, 2006
European Union Plans to Digitize at Least 6 Million Books
The European Commission announced this month that it planned to make at least six million books, documents, and other cultural works available online by 2010, in the European equivalent of the Google Library Project.
In a news release, the commission, which is the executive body of the European Union, revealed some details of its plan for a European Digital Library, including its intention to help finance the creation of digitization centers across the continent.
The commission
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