Explores the fast-changing world of international digital libraries and provides insight into their role in the development of on-line digital information. Country by country, the text examines efforts to make the WWW and various forms of Internet telecommunications more amenable to international users of varied skill levels and cultural backgrounds. It introduces the international aspects of on-line digital information development, explains current digital projects on the Internet, and presents national case studies that describe and compare digital library initiatives underway in a variety of countries on different continents.