Crossmap.com Launches Comprehensive Christian Digital Library
Crossmap is announcing the launch of its digital library, offering a comprehensive collection of articles, books, and paintings among other resources. We have formed partnerships with several other Christian resource sites to freely offer the greatest selection of Christian materials.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (PRWEB) September 25, 2004 -- Crossmap.com, one of the
leading Christian portals, announced Wednesday the launch of its Christian
digital library, one of the first of its kind. The library, accessible at http://library.crossmap.com, launches with over 12,000
articles, 3,400 streamable sermons, 900 books, and 19,000 paintings in its
database.
The library was built to provide a much-needed resource for
the Christian community. Utilizing existing database technology, the library
brings together resources from many of Crossmap’s online partners, providing a
central place where all of these resources may be accessed. By adding site-wide
features such as text highlighting and item book-marking, the library increases
the usability of each individual work.
Greg Gordon is the founder of
SermonIndex.net, an established Christian resource site for audio sermons and
articles. The site also provides some of the resources for the Crossmap Library.
He shares about the significance of a comprehensive Christian
library.
“Crossmap is pioneering something unique and sorely needed in
our day. The E-Library will enable the common web user to have at their
fingertips a vast amount of spiritually edifying material. I hope that
organizations, schools, and churches work with and tap into this growing
resource. I am proud to be a part of it and know it will further the growth of
many Christians in our day.”
The Crossmap Library will offer content in 3
formats: text, visual, and multimedia. Among the text resources are collections
of books, biblical dictionaries, Christian encyclopedias, commentaries, and
concordances. Among the visual and multimedia resources are historical maps,
biblical paintings, and audio sermons. In all, the library is offering over
40,000 resources on over 400,000 individual web pages.
Roy Li, the
Editor of Crossmap.com, has been working with various groups to prepare and
launch the digital library. In his Letter from the Editor published on the
homepage of the Crossmap library, he shares his vision for the
library.
“From our meager steps this year, we hope to grow and expand and
become the most comprehensive repository of Christian information and resources…
Without losing our legacy and tradition of Christian libraries past, we hope
instead to build upon this foundation, making all Christian resources available
to all the peoples of the world.”
Crossmap.com is incorporated in
California. The San Francisco based company works with international affiliates,
currently publishing Crossmap in 18 countries.
For more information,
contact Roy Li at (415) 986-2022.
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Source : http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/9/prweb161327.htm