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Tales, según escriben Herodoto, Duris y Demócrito, tuvo por padre a Examio y por madre a Cleobulina, de la familia de los Telidas, que son fenicios muy nobles descendientes de Cadmo y de Agenor, como dice también Platón. Fue el primero que tuvo el nombre de sabio cuando se nombraron así los siete, siendo arconte[1] en Atenas Damasipo, según escribe Demetrio Falero en el Catálogo de los arcontes. Fue hecho ciudadano de Mileto, habiendo ido allá en compañía de Neleo, que fue echado de Fenicia. O bien, como dicen muchos, fue natural de la misma Mileto y de sangre noble.

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Tales, según escriben Herodoto, Duris y Demócrito, tuvo por padre a Examio y por madre a Cleobulina, de la familia de los Telidas, que son fenicios muy nobles descendientes de Cadmo y de Agenor, como dice también Platón.

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Casa digital del escritor Luis López Nieves

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Biblioteca Digital Ciudad Seva - Cuentos -

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Casa digital del escritor Luis López Nieves

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Documentales de la Filmoteca Española. Disfruta de los documentales de la Filmoteca Española en RTVE.es

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Directorio de Bibliotecas y Archivos | Red de Bibliotecas y Archivos del CSIC

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Biblioteca de  Literatura Infantil y Juvenil 

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Biblioteca de  Literatura Infantil y Juvenil 

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La Biblioteca de Literatura Infantil y Juvenil contribuye a divulgar un fondo histórico parcialmente conocido que podía servir para delimitar el campo de estudio de la Literatura Infantil y Juvenil, y al tiempo cuenta con un material con el que poder establecer los contactos del niño y del joven con la lectura a partir de obras de nuestra historia literaria.

Es un espacio de referencia que contiene un catálogo virtual de autores españoles e hispanoamericanos de obras infantiles y juveniles, revistas, cuentos, bibliotecas de autor, videoteca y fonoteca de obras clásicas, talleres y enlaces de interés, dirigido al mundo de la educación, edición, formación e investigación.

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Biblioteca de Literatura Infantil y Juvenil

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Web con las mejores obras y autores de la Literatura Infantil y Juvenil y los estudios de investigación elaborados por especialistas de la Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes

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Biblioteca Virtual de la Prensa histórica 

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Biblioteca Virtual de la Prensa histórica 

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Hemeroteca digital del Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte con prensa histórica y revistas culturales

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Biblioteca Digital del Real Jardín Botánico 

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Biblioteca Digital del Real Jardín Botánico 

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Hortus Eystettensis. 1613

Se trata de una de las obras maestras de la ilustración botánica del s. XVII. El obispo de la ciudad de Eichstätt, Johann Konrad von Gemmingen, encargó al botánico y farmaceútico Basilus Besler (1561-1629) la realización de un libro con el fin de mostrar toda la belleza de las plantas cultivadas en el jardín de su palacio.

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Biblioteca Digital Real Jardín Botánico (RJB-CSIC)

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La Biblioteca Digital del Real Jardín Botánico es un recurso de información botánica en línea que proporciona acceso libre y gratuito a más de 7.500 publicaciones que abarcan desde finales del siglo XV hasta la actualidad.

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Descubre el patrimonio cultural digital europeo

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Busca, guarda y comparte arte, libros, películas y música de miles de instituciones culturales.

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Biblioteca Nacional de España - Biblioteca Digital Hispánica (BDH)

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La Biblioteca Digital Hispánica (BDH) es un recurso en línea de la Biblioteca Nacional de España, que proporciona acceso libre y gratuito a miles de documentos digitalizados. Documentos digitalizados cuya tipología abarca desde monografías impresas, hasta manuscritos, dibujos, folletos, carteles, gr…

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La propuesta de la Biblioteca Nacional de España, en colaboración con Red.es, para impulsar la presencia y uso del patrimonio cultural digital en la enseñanza y el aprendizaje escolar.

Una plataforma de contenidos digitales y servicios elaborados a partir del fondo documental digital de la BNE. Un espacio para el intercambio, el enriquecimiento colaborativo. Una oportunidad para reflexionar en el aula sobre la importancia de preservar la memoria histórica y cultural. Y crear nuevas alianzas entre patrimonio y educación, entre instituciones de la memoria y centros de enseñanza.

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La propuesta de la Biblioteca Nacional de España, en colaboración con Red.es, para impulsar la presencia y uso del patrimonio cultural digital en la enseñanza y el aprendizaje escolar. Una plataforma de contenidos digitales y servicios elaborados a partir del fondo documental digital de la BNE. Un espacio para el intercambio, el enriquecimiento colaborativo.

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This collection contains cultural heritage materials gathered during the World Digital Library (WDL) project, including thousands of items contributed by partner organizations worldwide as well as content from Library of Congress collections. The original World Digital Library site (preserved in LC's Web Archives here) and all descriptive metadata were translated from English and made available in six additional languages: Spanish, Portuguese, French, Arabic, Russian, and Chinese. All item records include narrative descriptions submitted by the contributing partners and enhanced by WDL researchers to contextualize the item and its cultural and historical importance. Books, manuscripts, maps, and other primary materials in the WDL collection are presented in their original languages; more than 100 languages are represented, including many lesser known and endangered languages. Additionally, all World Digital Library metadata in each of the seven languages is available as a downloadable dataset.

Launched in 2009, the World Digital Library was a project of the U.S. Library of Congress, with the support of UNESCO, and contributions from libraries, archives, museums, educational institutions, and international organizations around the world. The WDL sought to preserve and share some of the world's most important cultural objects, increasing access to cultural treasures and significant historical documents to enable discovery, scholarship, and use.

WDL partner institutions selected content in accordance with guidelines set by the WDL Content Selection Committee. They chose content for its cultural and historical importance, with due regard to recognition of the achievements of all countries and cultures over a wide range of time periods. The materials collected by the WDL include cultural treasures and significant historical documents including books, manuscripts, maps, newspapers, journals, prints, photographs, sound recordings, and films.

Librarian of Congress James H. Billington proposed the establishment of the WDL in a speech to the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO in June 2005. The basic idea was to create an Internet-based, easily-accessible collection of the world's cultural riches that would tell the stories and highlight the achievements of all countries and cultures, thereby promoting cross-cultural awareness and understanding. UNESCO welcomed the idea as a contribution toward fulfilling its strategic objectives, which include promoting knowledge societies, building capacity in developing countries, and promoting cultural diversity on the web. UNESCO Director-General Koichiro Matsuura designated UNESCO's Directorate for Communication and Information, then led by Dr. Abdul Waheed Khan, to work with the Library of Congress to develop the project.

In December 2006, UNESCO and the Library of Congress convened an Experts Meeting at UNESCO headquarters in Paris to discuss the project. Experts from all parts of the world identified a number of challenges that the project would need to overcome to be successful. They noted that little cultural content was being digitized in many countries, and that developing countries in particular lacked the capacity to digitize and display their cultural treasures. Existing websites often had poorly developed search and display functions. Multilingual access was not well developed.

The Experts Meeting led to the establishment of working groups to develop guidelines for the project, and to a decision by the Library of Congress, UNESCO, and five partner institutions - the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, the National Library of Brazil, the National Library and Archives of Egypt, the National Library of Russia, and the Russian State Library - to contribute content to a WDL prototype to be presented at the UNESCO General Conference in 2007. Input into the design of the prototype was solicited through a consultative process that involved UNESCO, the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), and individuals and institutions in more than forty countries. The successful unveiling of the prototype was followed by a decision by these institutions to develop a public, freely-accessible version of the WDL.

A team at the Library of Congress then developed the public, online version of the WDL, which was launched at UNESCO in April 2009. Twenty-six institutions contributed content to the launch version of the site. Launch partners included national libraries and cultural organizations in Brazil, China, Egypt, Mexico, Russia, France, Sweden, Uganda, the United States and other locations worldwide.

Following the launch, the WDL continued to add content to the site and to enlist new partners from all parts of the world. In April 2010, institutions and organizations contributing to the WDL adopted the WDL Charter, which established a permanent governance structure.

In 2020, the WDL Charter concluded. In 2021, after more than 10 years of operation, the Library transitioned WDL's world-wide collection of cross-cultural treasures into a sustainable home for perpetual access on the Library of Congress's main website. The original World Digital Library site is preserved by the Library of Congress Web Archive, which captures the look and feel of the site. Now available on the Library's main website, the collection is a rich and valuable resource showing the diversity of the world's cultures through the contributions of hundreds of organizations.

The Library of Congress has received multiple complaints of an individual claiming to be the director of the World Digital Library and soliciting freelance work for a $200 employment ID. Please be warned that the WDL's charter has ended and neither the Library of Congress nor the former World Digital Library has any connection with this scam.

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About this Collection | World Digital Library | Digital Collections | Library of Congress

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This collection contains cultural heritage materials gathered during the World Digital Library (WDL) project, including thousands of items contributed by partner organizations worldwide as well as content from Library of Congress collections. The original World Digital Library site (preserved in LC’s Web Archives here) and all descriptive metadata were translated from English and made available in six additional languages: Spanish, Portuguese, French, Arabic, Russian, and Chinese.

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Fundación Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes 

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Fundación Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes 

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La Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes, la primera en lengua castellana, es un fondo bibliográfico con obras de Literatura, Historia, Ciencias, etc., de libre acceso. Incluye trabajos de investigación, catálogo en otras lenguas y bibliotecas del mundo

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Un espacio  digital que permite hacer búsquedas de libros, documentos sonoros y visuales, mapas, fotos a través de Internet.