General Information
Name
World Digital Library
Other Names
About this Collection | World Digital Library | Digital Collections | Library of Congress
Owner
Country
Description
This collection contains cultural heritage materials gathered during the World Digital Library (WDL) project, including thousands of items contributed by partner organizations worldwide as well as content from Library of Congress collections. The original World Digital Library site (preserved in LC’s Web Archives here) and all descriptive metadata were translated from English and made available in six additional languages: Spanish, Portuguese, French, Arabic, Russian, and Chinese. All item records include narrative descriptions submitted by the contributing partners and enhanced by WDL researchers to contextualize the item and its cultural and historical importance. Books, manuscripts, maps, and other primary materials in the WDL collection are presented in their original languages; more than 100 languages are represented, including many lesser known and endangered languages. Additionally, all World Digital Library metadata in each of the seven languages is available as a downloadable dataset.
Repository Scope
Unclassified
Primary Subject
Unknown
Content Types
None
Technical Information
Metadata Formats
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Curation
Record Status
Awaiting Review
System Status
System online
OAI-PMH unknown
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IRD System, 2025-06-24 15:46
