BBC NEWS | Europe | European online library crashes

BBC NEWS | Europe | European online library crashes: "A new digital library launched by the European Union has crashed within hours of opening - forcing its closure.

The Europeana website was attracting more than 10 million hits an hour - more than double the number which had been anticipated.

The site includes paintings, photos, films, books, maps and manuscripts from 1,000 museums, national libraries and archives across Europe.

It is expected to reopen in December after technological improvements."

It's a great site. You should visit it when it gets back up and running... see also the Google Life archive. That's fabulous. http://images.google.com/hosted/life