Apache Lucene Helps Online European Library Open Its Virtual Doors

When a group of European museums joined together to put images of all of their paintings, drawings, sculptures, photos and other artifacts together in a centralized, online collection for the world to view, they turned to open source enterprise search software to make it happen.

Today, that virtual library, called Europeana, is just beginning to bring together the culture, history and scientific resources of Europe in one place online for the use of students, researchers and residents around the world.

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