Hendonblog

I have begun exploring the Europeana site maintained by the European Commission (http://www.europeana.eu/portal/). It contains images, texts, sound, and video from archives, museums, and libraries from around Europe. This includes the Rijksmuseum, the British Library, and the Louvre among others. With it I can read a 1777 universal history in the Staatsbibliothek in Munich. Or I can look at old newscast such as one from BBC dealing with British reaction to German unification

This project appears still to be in its early stages. When I do searches, I am surprised at the uneven distribution of items. For some there was much. For others there was less than I would have expected. Still, I think this is a promising innovation.