{"id":1536,"date":"2009-04-22T23:59:34","date_gmt":"2009-04-22T21:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maurograziani.org\/wordpress\/?p=1536"},"modified":"2025-08-22T18:16:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T16:16:13","slug":"world-digital-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maurograziani.org\/wordpress\/archives\/1536","title":{"rendered":"World Digital Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maurograziani.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/wdl.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1537\" style=\"margin: 5px 20px; float: left;\" title=\"wdl\" src=\"https:\/\/maurograziani.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/wdl-300x173.jpg\" alt=\"wdl\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" \/><\/a>Un altro grande archivio apre le porte: si tratta della <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wdl.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World Digital Library<\/a> che ha dietro di s\u00e8 l&#8217;UNESCO e si propone di raccogliere tesori culturali da tutto il mondo senza distinzione di tipologia. Manoscritti, mappe, libri rari, partiture, registrazioni, film, stampe, fotografie, progetti architettonici e quant&#8217;altro (cliccare l&#8217;immagine per ingrandire).<\/p>\n<p>Il pubblico potr\u00e0 poi navigare attraverso questi materiali, splendidamente catalogati, con un&#8217;interfaccia in sette lingue: Arabo, Cinese, Inglese, Francese, Portoghese, Spagnolo e Russo. Il sito ospita gi\u00e0 alcune perle, come una antica versione manoscritta di Genji Monogatari (\u6e90\u6c0f\u7269\u8a9e, <em>Storia di Genji<\/em>, XI secolo), considerata la prima grande novella della letteratura mondiale.<\/p>\n<p>L&#8217;interfaccia \u00e8 molto bella; permette anche di zoomare sui materiali via rotellina del mouse e di scaricarli facilmente in pdf, anche se a tratti si rivela un po&#8217; pesante, soprattutto ad alti livelli di zoom.<\/p>\n<p>Infine, \u00e8 interessante vedere la lista degli sponsor riportata sul sito:<\/p>\n<p>The Library of Congress and its WDL partners acknowledge the following financial contributors:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Google, Inc., for $3 million for the initial development of a WDL plan and the WDL prototype.<\/li>\n<li>The Qatar Foundation, for $3 million in general support for the WDL, and to support the development of the Central Library of the Qatar Foundation as a key node in the WDL network.<\/li>\n<li>The Carnegie Corporation of New York, for $2 million to support the inclusion of cultural institutions from sub-Saharan Africa and Eurasia in the WDL.<\/li>\n<li>The King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia, for $1 million to support activities relating to the dissemination, through the WDL, of digital versions of manuscripts and other materials relating to science in the Arab and Islamic worlds.<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft, Inc., for $1 million in general support.<\/li>\n<li>The Lawrence and Mary Anne Tucker Foundation to support the establishment of a digital conversion center at the Iraqi National Library and Archives.<\/li>\n<li>The Bridging Nations Foundation for the development of Middle East-related content for inclusion in the WDL.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"related-posts\">\n<div id=\"related-posts-MRP_all\" class=\"related-posts-type\">\n<h3>RELATED:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/maurograziani.org\/wordpress\/archives\/5307\">Libri dal Guggenheim Museum<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/maurograziani.org\/wordpress\/archives\/3529\">Libri d&#8217;arte scaricabili dal Getty Museum<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Un altro grande archivio apre le porte: si tratta della World Digital Library che ha dietro di s\u00e8 l&#8217;UNESCO e si propone di raccogliere tesori culturali da tutto il mondo senza distinzione di tipologia. 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