Europeana proves to be too popular, taken offline due to overwhelming traffic

Mainichi Daily News reported:

Europeana, a new digital library and archive of European culture, was taken offline a day after its Nov. 20 launch due to overwhelming traffic, with the beleaguered site now looking at a mid-December relaunch.

Over 1,000 museums, galleries and libraries in the European Union’s 27 member states have contributed more than 2 million digitized paintings, photographs, books, films and so on to the project, which provides an easily searchable archive of the material in an attempt to make European citizens more familiar with their cultural heritage.

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