Wednesday 10 March 2010

Library Ireland Week 2010

Knowledge is free at the library. Just bring your own container.
— Unknown

Digital library project... access millions of resources for free!


Gallica
http://gallica.bnf.fr/?lang=en
Gallica is the French digital Library developped by the French National Library (Bibliotheque Nationale de France) gives you access to millions of various resources - images, text, sound recordings - from the National Library collection.


Libraries around the world
Wednesday 10th March 2010

NIGERIA: The National Virtual Library Project
http://www.nigerianvirtuallibrary.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx
The National Virtual Library Project is an online digital library hosted and managed by the National Universities Commission of Nigeria. It was designed and deployed with support and funding from the Education Trust Fund, UNESCO and the Japanese government and its goal is to ensure that users have access to the latest publications of highest quality in their respective fields to facilitate teaching, research and learning.
The National Virtual Library Project covers access to resources in the fields of arts, medical sciences, pure science, social sciences, technology, education, agriculture. You can also keep up to date with national events by accessing Nigerian newspapers through the projects homepage at http://www.nigerianvirtuallibrary.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx.


The National Library of Pakistan
http://www.nlp.gov.pk/
The collection of the National Library includes 40,100 Pakistani publications received under the provisions of the Copyright Law. Special collections include rare handwritten manuscripts in Persian language relating to history of Kashmir and first copy of Kulyat-e-Meer published in 1811 and microfilms/microfiches of all India Census Reports for 1911, 1921, 1931 and 1941.
The Library has also acquired copies of about 30 Ph.D. dissertations written in American Universities on Pakistan.

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