The U.N.'s World Digital Library

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making the rounds of Librarians is this great new resource as reported in Time magazine:

The U.N.'s World Digital Library

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1892916,00.html

the library is searchable by continent, era (i.e. 8000 BC - 499 AD!) , type of item, institution (i.e. Bibliotheca Alexandrina) , and topic

to go straight to the library:
www.wdl.org
The World Digital Library
Supported by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and U.S. Library of Congress