Europe’s cultural heritage only a click away?

Access to Europe’s cultural heritage should be made much easier though the creation of the European digital library, the Committee on Culture and Education says in a report adopted on Monday. It is backing a Commission plan to set up a European digital library as a direct access point to the European cultural heritage and stresses the importance of multilingual access to the databases.

For a large number of people, particularly young people, the Internet has become one of the principal means of access to knowledge. Therefore, says the committee, it is important to make use of the digital technology to promote, safeguard and disseminate the wealth and diversity of the European cultural heritage as widely as possible.

Source: European Parliament

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