Memoria Chilena facts for kids
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Screenshot of Memoria Chilena on 28 June 2014
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Type of site
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Educational, cultural |
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| Available in | Spanish |
| Owner | Biblioteca Nacional de Chile |
| Commercial | No |
| Launched | 2001 |
| Current status | Online |
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Content license
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CC-BY-SA 3.0 (original content) Other content varies |
Memoria Chilena (which means Chilean Memory in Spanish) is a cool website from Chile. It's like a huge online library and research center. You can find lots of information and old documents about Chile's history, culture, and people. It covers topics like history, books, social studies, music, and art. This website also keeps important materials from the Biblioteca Nacional de Chile (National Library of Chile) and other places that are part of DIBAM (Dirección de Bibliotecas, Archivos y Museos).
Contents
The Story of Memoria Chilena
The idea for Memoria Chilena started way back in 2001. The main goal of the website is to share Chile's cultural treasures online. It helps to bring back, save, and make stronger Chile's historical memory.
How Memoria Chilena is Organized
Memoria Chilena organizes its information into special "topic sites." These sites focus on important events, people, or works from Chile's history and culture.
What You Can Find on Topic Sites
Each topic site usually has:
- A general introduction or description of the topic.
- Galleries full of interesting images.
- Digitized documents, which are old papers or books scanned into a computer.
- A list of related books and articles.
- A timeline of important dates.
- Links to other related topic sites or websites.
- Sound files, like old recordings or music.
What's in the Collection
As of May 2012, Memoria Chilena had a huge collection. It included about 2,800 digitized books. There were also 250 maps of Chile, some as old as 1768! Plus, there were countless photographs about Chilean history.
Understanding Copyright on Memoria Chilena
Memoria Chilena shares documents and images from the National Library of Chile and other DIBAM institutions. Many of these materials are either owned by DIBAM or are in the public domain. This means they are old enough that their copyright has expired, and anyone can use them freely.
Using Copyrighted Materials
Sometimes, the website uses materials that still have active copyright. For these, Memoria Chilena gets special permission from the owners. This permission is only for showing the material on their website. It's important to know that using these materials without permission from the copyright owners is against the law. This is protected by the Law of Intellectual Property.
See also
In Spanish: Memoria Chilena para niños
