Introduction
In the summer of 2003 Mercator-Education started with a pilot project for the creation of a digital library on European Minority Languages. The project is financed by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. The pilot will last untill the end of April 2005 and will be carried out with Frisian digital material.The aim is to develop a digital library to index, classify and catalogue scientific sources concerning European minority languages and knowledge of and from academic researchers.
The content will be scientific and concerns the following areas: language and literature, education, law, media, sociolinguistics and history of culture.
The pilot will serve as a development model for partners in other European linguistic communities. A databank on organizations will also be included.
The language of communication for the pilot will be Frisian and English. On 27th of November 2004 a demonstration of the first results of this project has been hold on the III Mercator International Symposium, Ljouwert/Leeuwarden, The Netherlands.
More information about the European Minority Languages Library you also can find on:
EMILL. Information about the illustration on this side:
The Freeske Landriucht
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