CMIS Evaluation Technology Focus

In June 2005 U.S. Librarian of Congress James Billington proposed establishing an Internet-based, easily accessible collection of the world’s cultural riches  to highlight the achievements of all countries and cultures.

On April  20th 2009 The World Digital Library site was launched.

from the WDL site…

The WDL makes it possible to discover, study, and enjoy cultural treasures from around the world on one site, in a variety of ways. These cultural treasures include, but are not limited to, manuscripts, maps, rare books, musical scores, recordings, films, prints, photographs, and architectural drawings.

Items on the WDL may easily be browsed by place, time, topic, type of item, and contributing institution, or can be located by an open-ended search, in several languages. Special features include interactive geographic clusters, a timeline, advanced image-viewing and interpretive capabilities. Item-level descriptions and interviews with curators about featured items provide additional information.

Educators will find listings of more digital resources suited to educational use on the CMIS Internet Gateways page and in our previous WoW Websites blog posts.

(Scroll down the page to see our earlier posts.)

Use the CMIS Resource Bank TOPIC SEARCH page to locate CMIS recommended websites. Use ‘website’ as your keyword search term and refine your search by Phase of Development, Learning Area and Outcome.