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World Digital Library Arab Peninsula Regional Group Meeting
Doha, Qatar, December 12-14, 2010
An Introduction to the WDL
John Van Oudenaren
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A website, http://www.wdl.org, that provides free access to primary sources that document the histories and cultural achievements of all countries.
Rare books
Journals
Manuscripts
Maps
Prints and photographs
Films
Sound recordings
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Timeline
June 2005: Dr. Billington proposes creation of a World Digital Library
December 2005: Initial funding secured
December 2006: Agreements with UNESCO; WDL Experts Meeting
October 2007: Prototype unveiled at UNESCO General Conference
April 2009: www.wdl.org launched
March 2010: WDL Charter adopted
June 2010: Partner meeting under the WDL charter
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In addition to building a website, the WDL is also an effort to share knowledge and build capacity around the world by:
Assisting in the establishment of digital conversion centers (Egypt, Iraq, Uganda)
Encouraging digitization where little or no digital content is being produced
Facilitating cooperation between experienced institutions and those just getting started
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Digital conversion centers
Delivering scanning equipment to the National Library of Uganda
Newly trained staff at the National Library and Archives of Egypt
Training at the Iraqi National Library and Archives
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116 partners from 63 countries
National libraries
University libraries
Public libraries
Archives
Museums
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Governance Charter
Executive Council
Project Committees
Content Selection
Technical Architecture
Translation and Language
View project site for more information (http://project.wdl.org/).
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Statistics
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Visitors
12.7 million
Pages viewed
87 million
Engaged users
April, 21 2009 – October 31, 2010
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Arabic Chinese English French Portuguese Russian Spanish
Current set of languages
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Languages of pages viewed
Spanish: 53.9%
English: 20.8%
Portuguese: 10.9%
Russian: 5.2%
Chinese: 3.9%
French: 3.7%Arabic: 1.4%
April, 21 2009 – October 31, 2010
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Top countries by visitor
April 21, 2009 – October 31, 2010
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Top external search engines referring traffic
April 21, 2009 – October 31, 2010
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Top searches on the WDL site
April 21, 2009 – October 31, 2010
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Partners in the Arab World
• Bibliotheca Alexandrina• National Library and Archives of Egypt• Qatar Foundation• Education Ministry, Kingdom of Bahrain• Iraqi National Library and Archives• Tetouan-Asmir Association, Morocco• King Abdullah University of Science and Technology• Hill Museum and Manuscript Library partners in Syria
and Lebanon
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Content Selection
General selection guidelines
Specialized working groupsMeso-American CodicesChinese Language ContentArabic Scientific ManuscriptsSouth Asian ContentArabian Peninsula
Key role of partner institutions – curators and experts