A new venture sponsored by UNESCO, the World Digital Library appears to want to be a front window for displaying (virtually) the cultural treasures of national libraries and similar ‘heritage institutions’ worldwide. Coverage from different regions and countries, at the moment, is a bit sparse, with less than 1200 items included. It has much less of a ‘library feel’ than, say, the European Library site, and seems more like an exhibition gallery than a library catalogue. Browsing around the items is easy at present, and it will be interesting to see how the system copes if the collections grows greatly.
The World Digital Library
The Occasional Informationist 