engine - 7:12 am on Oct 18, 2007 (gmt 0)

The U.S. Library of Congress and UNESCO will cooperate to develop a digital library of works from around the world, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization said on Wednesday. "The World Digital Library initiative will digitize unique and rare materials from libraries and other cultural institutions around the world and make them available free of charge on the Internet," Paris-based UNESCO said in a statement. The project, backed by Internet giant Google, was launched by the Library of Congress in 2005, with the aim of digitising records of the great cultures of the world.

U.S. and U.N. Cooperate on Global Digital Library [uk.reuters.com]