Europeana – a single access point to Europe's cultural heritage

Europeana is the common access point to the collections of European libraries, archives and museums from all around Europe.  Europeana providing direct online access to at least 2 million items.

A European digital library for all – researchers, professionals and the public

Europeana Now Accessible: http://www.europeana.eu/portal/(The website will re-open in mid December, 2008)

Europeana is a simple but powerful tool for finding resources from all over Europe. Books, journals, films, maps, photos, music etc. will be available for everyone to consult – and to use, copyright permitting. For example, the library will be a rich source of materials for the creative and information industries in developing new products and services, for tourism and for teaching.

Experience shows that online library services work. Gallica, the online section of the French National Library, gets 4 000 downloads a day and 1.5 million hits a month.

Adding material and improving search tools

After the launch of the prototype, Europeana will be developed into a fully operational service, and more content will be added to the library. In 2010 over 10 million digital items should be accessible.

New features – such as annotation tools for researchers – may be developed and added to Europeana in response to user demand. And in due course, the intention is for users to contribute materials too (through an open-source approach, like Wikipedia ).

A decentralised library managed by experts

The European digital library will not be brought together into a single database but Europeana will be a single access point, linking up to databases all over Europe. Users will no longer need to search digital libraries individually to find what they are looking for.

The single access point ("portal") will be run by the European Digital Library Foundation. Created on 8 November 2007, the Foundation is a collection of European cultural institutions – all committed to the project but retaining their independence, for example in hiring staff or seeking sponsorship.

Its founding members include European associations of libraries, archives, museums and audiovisual archives. The operational structure supporting Europeana is hosted by the Dutch National Library.

Europeana is a simple but powerful tool for finding resources from all over Europe. Books, journals, films, maps, photos, music etc. will be available for everyone to consult – and to use, copyright permitting. For example, the library will be a rich source of materials for the creative and information industries in developing new products and services, for tourism and for teaching.

Experience shows that online library services work. Gallica, the online section of the French National Library, gets 4 000 downloads a day and 1.5 million hits a month.

Adding material and improving search tools

After the launch of the prototype, Europeana will be developed into a fully operational service, and more content will be added to the library. In 2010 over 10 million digital items should be accessible.

New features – such as annotation tools for researchers – may be developed and added to Europeana in response to user demand. And in due course, the intention is for users to contribute materials too (through an open-source approach, like Wikipedia ).

A decentralised library managed by experts

The European digital library will not be brought together into a single database but Europeana will be a single access point, linking up to databases all over Europe. Users will no longer need to search digital libraries individually to find what they are looking for.

The single access point ("portal") will be run by the European Digital Library Foundation. Created on 8 November 2007, the Foundation is a collection of European cultural institutions – all committed to the project but retaining their independence, for example in hiring staff or seeking sponsorship.

Its founding members include European associations of libraries, archives, museums and audiovisual archives. The operational structure supporting Europeana is hosted by the Dutch National Library.

What does "EUROPEANA" mean?
EUROPEANA is the Latin word for "European" and, here, is shorthand for "Bibliotheca Europeana", the European Library. Major libraries have often been given Latin names (e.g. Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Bibliotheca Bodleiana, Bibliotheca Gallica).
EUROPEANA also means "European things", which refers to the rich cultural content and to the different types of media (books, newspapers, music, films and maps) which will be made available.

-excerpt from http://ec.europa.eu

Were life a mid summer night's dream

honey

i wish we would never wake up

                                            Photographed by Ivy Yu Yang at Shanghai Grand Theatre Nov. 16, 2008

有人去争

有人去损

有人牺牲

有人躲避

谁对谁错

无需争论

慵懒的夏日午后

耳边响起久违的声音

Hello Cinderella darling~

Graeme在电话那边学小猪打呼噜

说是让我想象他品了Cinderella茶后惬意地睡去

孩子般抱怨由于导演AIDA无法出席上海国际艺术节“特别贡献奖”颁奖仪式

Janet一如既往深情动人

说无论我走到哪里

改名ivy还是变成career woman

永远是他们夫妇的Cinderella girl

那年夏天

我有幸参与Graeme2005年新作MULAN的制作、首演

（感谢Michael Sun和Zhou Lijing）

此刻

我期待、祝福Graeme2008新作AIDA全球首演成功

http://www.waopera.asn.au/2008events/Aida.htm

Dearest Graeme and Janet,

love 2 u.

Forever yours,

Cinderella

（感谢Kevin）

藏历新年

大年三十夜

朝圣的人们从四面八方汇聚

环绕大昭寺排起长队

一直延伸至八廓街远处

彻夜祈祷

只为拜谒释迦牟

添置酥油 敬献哈达 许下心愿

安宁 祥和 神圣

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