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Brazil: Brazilian Network of Virtual Memory

Saturday, May 17th, 2008 @ 12:01 UTC

by Paula Góes

Countries:: Brazil
Topics:: Ideas, Arts & Culture, History, Photography, Software & Tools
Languages:: Portuguese

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pt:: Brasil: Rede de Memória Virtual Brasileira...

Marcos Palacios [pt] brings the news of a project that aims to automate and make available online collections of all national institutions which have a visual or textual heritage. “The Brazilian Network of Virtual Memory is a project that concerns all of us. And it depends on our support and collaboration to consolidate itself and to become a fundamental point of our culture, in these transition times in which we are privileged to live.”

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