from The Guardian -
New digital library to display world on a website
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Launched by UNESCO, the World Digital Library is already facing an uphill task in terms of securing long-term funding and making decisions as to what would be included in the library.

"For the WDL to fulfil its potential, observers say it must not allow itself to be drowned out amid competition from other online cultural projects. Its aim is to focus on the very best of what each country has to offer."

Perhaps elitist in tone, but necessarily practical.