Chinadotcom in alliance for digital library

<p>Chinadotcom's subsidiary Beijing Digital Ark has formed a </p><p>partnership with China state-owned China Digital Library to set up a </p><p>Digital Library System. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>The system is to link up libraries and archives across the nation over </p><p>the Internet, and is chinadotcom's second Internet venture in China. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>China Digital Library is one of the largest libraries in Asia with more </p><p>than 22 million books and other resources, including audio, video, </p><p>pictures and graphics. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>The Chinese government is expected to be one of the major users of the </p><p>service. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>The system platform is to facilitate multimedia information processing, </p><p>storage, search and distribution. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>Peter Yip, CEO of chinadotcom, said the digital library could also be </p><p>used for e-commerce as "financial institutions that require a great deal </p><p>of documentation such as commercial banks, insurance companies and </p><p>brokerage firms will likely come to depend upon this system". </p><p><BR><BR> </p>