Technology Report - World Digital Library Serves Millions

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Name a website where you could find old pictures of camels people to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, and books about ancient Aztecs in ? It is all found in the World Digital Library. Its collection available on the Internet. The library has 8,000 items, from whole to ancient writings to music and photographs. There are 170 partners 79 countries sending material to the World Digital Library. Partners include or university libraries, museums and other cultural organizations. The librarian of United States Congress, James Billington, launched the WDL in 2009. John Oudenaren is the director of the library. He says Mr. Billington it to include materials that are both interesting and important. Every is explained in the six official languages of the United Nations - - English, Arabic, French, Spanish, Chinese, Russian, and also Portuguese. Since 2009, million people have visited the website from 250 places. The greatest is from Spanish-speaking countries. John Von Oudenaren says users include schools, and anyone interested. He was especially happy to hear from one in New York City. She said it was wonderful to have website that people around the world could find interesting and important . Musa Murawih is a researcher for the WDL from Sudan. He with all the materials that are in Arabic. Musa Murawih believes library provides tools for understanding especially among Arabs, Muslims and the States. Anyone may search the World Digital Library by subject, time , kind of document or area of the world. The website is ... For VOA Learning English, I'm Alex Villarreal.

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