The Board of Trustees of the Digital Library Federation (DLF) today announced that the Bibliotheca Alexandrina has joined the DLF as its first strategic partner from outside the United States or Europe. The Digital Library Federation, founded in 1995, is a partnership organization of academic libraries and related organizations that are pioneering the use of electronic-information technologies to extend their collections and services. “The Bibliotheca Alexandrina is very proud to be a member of the DLF” says Ismail Serageldin. “My colleagues and I look forward to working with the DLF in laying out the foundations for the digital library revolution of the new century and to find ways in which this will benefit all of humanity.”