This week saw the launch of the World Digital Library in Paris.It is the third such Internet library initiative after Google's Book Search and the European Union's Europeana.
The site was developed by a team from the Library of Congress in Washington with assistance from the new Library of Alexandria (founded 2003) in Egypt, beginning with some 1,200 documents from 19 countries and funding from Google and Microsoft.
The Egyptian aspect is significant since it echoes efforts to regroup knowledge in the increasing chaos of descending Kali Yuga in the original Library of Alexandria.
Limiting knowledge to ruling elites and public disinformation are characteristic of Kali Yuga during the pit of which the original Library of Alexandria was destroyed.
In a separate move, the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in the US has expanded its online programming substantially this week including the NOVA series which 'explores innovations and discoveries from our past, present and future demystifying the science and technology along the way, while highlighting the human side of the people "who make science happen."'
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