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Article: CULTURE : EUROPEAN DIGITAL LIBRARY TO REOPEN IN MID-DECEMBER.
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- December 2, 2009
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To access European culture', visit www.europeana.eu - but not before the middle of December. After three years of negotiations, Europeana, the European digital library, was launched in 21 languages, on 20 November. However, just hours after its launch, the new online library crashed after having received more than twice the number of hits than anticipated (ten million per hour). Once reopened, this unique information portal will enable Europeans to consult more than two million documents - books, tables, photographs, musical works, maps and films - from European libraries, archives and museums free of charge.
"Europeana will offer access to European culture ...