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 How to Get Involved

Libraries, archives, museums, and other institutions interested in becoming partners of the World Digital Library should contact the World Digital Library planning team.

The World Digital Library will work with prospective partners to accomplish three objectives:

• Identify important collections for possible inclusion in the World Digital Library

  Such collections may be found in national libraries, other libraries, museums, archives, historical societies, religious institutions, and private holdings.

• Survey existing projects and capacities
  • Are projects already planned or underway?
  • Are there synergies between WDL and such projects?
  • What capabilities exist?
  • What gaps need to be filled?
    • Staff
    • Training
    • Equipment
    • Preservation work
• Develop plans and proposals to build capacity

  Digitization capacity (personnel and equipment)

  Web presentation and interpretation capacities

  • Metadata creation
  • Translation
  • Content creation (interpretation, special features)

  Capacity to connect to the WDL system architecture

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