About the World Digital Library: Financial Contributors

Financial Contributors

The Library of Congress and its WDL partners acknowledge the following financial contributors:

• Google, Inc., for $3 million for the initial development of a WDL plan and the WDL prototype.
• The Qatar Foundation, for $3 million in general support for the WDL, and to support the development of the Central Library of the Qatar Foundation as a key node in the WDL network.
• The Carnegie Corporation of New York, for $2 million to support the inclusion of cultural institutions from sub-Saharan Africa and Eurasia in the WDL.
• The King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia, for $1 million to support activities relating to the dissemination, through the WDL, of digital versions of manuscripts and other materials relating to science in the Arab and Islamic worlds.
• Microsoft, Inc., for $1 million in general support.
• The Lawrence and Mary Anne Tucker Foundation to support the establishment of a digital conversion center at the Iraqi National Library and Archives.
• The Bridges of Understanding Foundation for the development of Middle East-related content for inclusion in the WDL.
• The James Madison Council of the Library of Congress, for $255,000 to support the addition of treasures from the collections of the Library of Congress in the WDL.