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| Entity: |
Lithuania - Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania website of the entity |
| Activity: |
“Creation of an integral virtual information system of libraries” website of the activity |
| Activity description: | The project is implemented in cooperation with Lithuanian Art Museum and Lithuanian Archive Department. During the project, a data bank of digital cultural heritage objects of libraries, archives and museums holding over 3 million digital pages of original manuscripts, newspapers, old books, registers of births marriages and deaths, works of art, folk graphics, maps, drawings, paintings and other especially valuable cultural heritage objects of high historic value. When the project will be implemented, it will enable Lithuanian and foreign users to use cultural heritage objects collected in Lithuanian libraries, museums and archives, transferred into a digital format and accessible via the Internet free of charge. |
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| Entity from: Eastern Europe - Lithuania |
| Geographical coverage of the activity: National |
| WSIS action lines related to this activity:
Theme 3. Access to information and knowledge Theme 8. Cultural diversity and identity, linguistic diversity and local content |
| Related MDGs: no information available |
| Activity type: Project |
| Time scale: Ongoing |
| Partners: Lithuanian Art Museum; Lithuanian Archives Department under the Government of the Republic of Lithuania |