[InetBib] Bibliothèque Nationale de France - en Amérique

["Karl Dietz" <karl.dz@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 4/15/07, Karl Dietz <karl.dz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> One month ago
> On 3/15/07, Sebastian Wolf <sebastian.wolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Karl Dietz schrieb:
> >
> > > Von Ende März an wird die Bibliothèque Nationale de France im Internet
> > > den Prototyp einer Europäischen Digitalbibliothek vorstellen –
> > > »Europeana« wird sie heißen.
> >
> > Man kann sich schon online etwas anschauen (macht auf den ersten Blick
> > auch einen netten Eindruck):
> > http://maquette.bnf.fr/labs/VersionAnglaise/index_bis.html
> >
> > Die einzige Suchmaschine, in der ich übrigens mit "europeana" bzw.
> > "europeana bnf" einen passenden Treffer (und nicht nur "Müll") unter den
> > Top 10 erhielt war: Google. Zwar gelangte ich zuerst nur auf die
> > französische Seite, aber von dort kam dann mit ein paar Klicks zur
> > obigen Seite. Keine andere Suchmaschine (Yahoo, Metager, Ask) hatte
> > irgendetwas passendes dazu gefunden. Also muss ich wohl auch weiterhin
> > Google als unangefochten beste Suchmaschine einsetzen.
>
> YEP. google ist sicher mit abstand die #1
>
>
> > Bookmarks: http://del.icio.us/bibliothekswelt/
> > Feeds: http://www.bloglines.com/public/bibliothekswelt/
>
> zwei feine dinge. danke, sebastian !
>
> Und via archivalia:
> http://archiv.twoday.net/stories/3585581/
> geht es zur exlibris liste und einer lesenswerten mail von jack
> kessler zur europeana

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THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF FRANCE

Heir to the first Royal Library founded in 1368 by Charles V, the
National Library of France (Bibliothèque Nationale de France) has
grown continually over the centuries, most notably by its designation
in 1537 as the legal repository for printed works. Today the library
holds some 31 million documents in all formats, including books,
manuscripts, prints, photographs, posters, maps, musical scores, sound
recordings, video and multimedia, seals, coins and antiquities.

Since 1997, the Bibliothèque Nationale de France's digital library,
Gallica, has enhanced France's scientific patrimony by providing
digital access to more than 75 thousand printed documents and 80
thousand images. Over one million documents are consulted on Gallica
each month.

    To Learn More :

    Get to Know the Bibliothèque Nationale de France :
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    Collections and Departments :
http://www.bnf.fr/pages/zNavigat/frame/collections.htm


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Conceived in partnership with the Library of Congress - the great
library of Washington - La France en Amérique/France in America is a
bilingual digital library made available by the Bibliothèque nationale
de France. It explores the history of the French presence in North
America from the first decades of the 16th Century to the end of the
19th Century.

Through direct digital access to complete books, maps, prints, and
other documents from the collections of the partner libraries, the
project illuminates two major themes in the history of relations
between France and the United States: the major role played by France
in the exploration and settlement of the continent and its
participation in several events which indelibly marked the history of
the United States: the Seven Years War, the American Revolution, and
the cession of Louisiana. The site will be completed in fall 2006 with
a panorama of economic, scientific, literary and artistic exchanges
between the two nations in the course of the 19th Century.

The missions of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Library
of Congress are to make their resources available to ever growing
numbers of people and to preserve a universal collection of knowledge
and creativity for future generations. La France en Amérique / France
in America is the newest addition to Gallica, the Bibliothèque
nationale de France's digital library. With some 76 thousand digitized
texts and 80 thousand images to date, Gallica offers the online public
an encyclopedic reference collection as well as sites dedicated to
particular themes. The companion site at the Library of Congress is
part of the Global Gateway project, whose mission is to establish
cooperative digital libraries with national libraries from around the
world.

The digital library La France en Amérique / France in America grew out
of discussions between Dr. Jean-Noël Jeanneney, President of
BibliothPque Nationale de France, and Dr. James H. Billington, the
Librarian of Congress, on the occasion of Dr. Jeanneney's visit to
Washington in November 2002. Following extensive discussions between
the two partners, an agreement was concluded in May 2004, and
reaffirmed on the occasion of the visit of Dr. Billington and the
James Madison Council of the Library of Congress to Paris in October
of that year.

This digital collection takes its place alongside two other websites
brought online since 2003 dedicated to the shared history of France
and North America: La Louisiane française, 1682-1803
(http://www.louisiane.culture.fr), produced by the Ministry of Culture
as part of the "National Celebrations" collection; and the
French-Canadian site Nouvelle-France, horizons nouveau
(http://www.archivescanadafrance.org), undertaken by the initiative of
the Direction des archives de France, the Library and Archives Canada,
and the Canadian Embassy in Paris.

The Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Library of Congress
present these documents as part of the record of the past. These
historical documents reflect the attitudes, perspectives, and beliefs
of different times. The two libraries do not endorse the views
expressed in these collections, which may contain materials offensive
to some readers.

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Es ist ja nicht so, dass es keine Digitalen Bibliotheken und
BIB-Projekte gäbe, die tun was sie sollen: online sein.


MfG, Karl Dietz
www.karldietz.de