The project will rely on major libraries, including national libraries, and will be extended to other countries than G7. The works selected will be displayed in their original language, possibly in a multimedia environment. Specified documents would belong to the public domain. In most countries, an important effort has been done, often for centuries, to preserve, describe and index the knowledge contents. More recently, many libraries and information centres started to digitize documents.
Digitization is a first step towards the creation of multimedia databases.
Precious manuscripts and literary works, music scores and sound recordings, photographs and motion pictures, can be highlighted by digital information. Bibliotheca universalis should provide a practical framework for international cooperation. By making the most of existing initiatives, it should solve technical and administrative problems. Creating an open environment, it should attract a large participation beyond G7 countries. It should develop new trends in sharing cultural and knowledge resources, giving the end user the opportunity of working in a friendly environment.