It was announced today that more than 80 items from the Library of Trinity College Dublin’s collection relating to the Great War Revisited Exhibition at Trinity College Dublin Library have been launched online at the Google Cultural Institute.
Letters, diaries, photographs, videos, posters, pamphlets and artworks from 1914 - 2014 can now be accessed by anyone wherever they are in the world, right from their computer, tablet or phone.
In addition, 160 items have been launched online from the “Dublin in the 20th Century” exhibit from the Little Museum of Dublin. The exhibition charts Dublin’s remarkable transformation in the last century from the violent birth of the Irish nation, the conservative years that followed, the false economic hope of the 1960's and the explosive confidence of the 1990's.
Librarian and College Archivist, Helen Shenton said, "The Library of Trinity College Dublin is delighted to be partnering with Google Cultural Institute on the Great War Revisited online exhibition. Showcasing the richness of First World War material held in the Library, the online exhibition forms part of the Library's commitment to opening up its historic collections for global online access."
The Google Cultural Institute and its partners are putting the world’s cultural treasures at the fingertips of Internet users and are building tools that allow the cultural sector to share more of its diverse heritage online.
The Institute has partnered with more than 800 institutions giving a platform to over 170 thousand artworks and a total of 6 million photos, videos, manuscripts and other documents of art, culture and history.
Source: www.businessworld.ie