UN World Library

Tomorrow marks the official launch of the World Digital Library, but why wait until then to check it out? For those of us who love American Memory, much of the US content may look familiar, but this library contains much more. Here are some of my personal favorites:

• Plan of Alaya "John Womack, historian of the Mexican Revolution, has called the Plan of Ayala the "Sacred Scripture" of the Zapatistas.
• A new, authentic, and complete collection of voyages round the world: undertaken and performed by royal authority: containing a new, authentic, entertaining, instructive, full, and complete historical account of Captain Cook’s first, second, third, and last voyages, undertaken by order of His present Majesty. This is the book of Cook's journeys, all 655 pages with the beautiful maps and illustrations.
• Gulzar Calligraphic Panel Not only can you view this calligraphic panel, but you can also view a video of the panel with description by a curator at the Library of Congress.

This is only a hint of what you can find in here, I encourage you to go yourself and check out the library!

Want to know more about how this was created and future plans for additional resources? Check out the UNESCO press release and the Washington Post's "U.N.'s World Digital Library Goes Online."

Want more online collections like this? Check out the library's guide.