Freesources

Case Study:‘The European Library’

Tony EklofUniversity College Dublin

LIR..aims to develop

awareness of electronic

information resources.

1.Overview of freesources2.Gateways3.European

LibraryExhibition foyer

Treasures

Freesources• Govt Agency• University or Group of

Universities• Libraries• Conference of European

National Libraries• ‘Labour of Love’ from

individual or individuals

Age of the Universe  →Thanks in part to the Hubble Space Telescope, we

know the universe is 13.7 billion years old. (with an uncertainty of only 200 million years)

Project Gabriel

Nat Libraryof Spain1808

Summary thoughts

• (What’s changed?)• Sophistication, (RSS feeds,

audio..)• Digitalisation of primary

materials• Range and scope of

documents• Authenticity