groups met in the first half of 2007 and included professionals in the field of digital libraries – including computer science, library and information science, Web development, and fundraising. The working groups presented their findings to the larger WDL group in July 2007. Findings from this planning process were presented at the thirty-fourth session of the UNESCO General Conference in October 2007 in Paris, France. In early September 2008, the Organization of American States (OAS) agreed to join with the Library of Congress in developing the World Digital Library. Secretary General José Miguel Insulza signed the "Contributor Agreement" with Librarian of Congress, Dr. James Billington, at an OAS headquarters ceremony. The World Digital Library was launched on April 21, 2009 at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France. Exhibits Initial exhibits include The Tale of Genji, an 11th-century Japanese tale considered by some to be the first novel ever written; ancient Arabic texts that were used in the formation of algebra; Chinese oracle bone script; Ming Dynasty copies of the Yongle Encyclopedia, one of the largest compilations in Chinese literature; A printed edition of the Huangdi Neijing dated c. 1115–1234; an 8,000-year-old African painting of bleeding antelopes; the Waldseemüller map, the earliest map to mention America by name; the Codex Gigas; Samuel de Champlain's Des Sauvages: ou voyage de Samuel Champlain, de Brouages, faite en la France nouvelle l'an 1603; an audio recording of a 101-year-old former American slave, whose grandparents were owned by Thomas Jefferson; the first Aztec mention of the child Jesus; World War I recruitment posters; an 1899 Canadian government handbook for Scandinavian immigrants; Doctrina Christiana, en lengua española y tagala, the first Spanish and Tagalog book ever published; an Aleutian translation of the Bible by a Russian saint; Islamic manuscripts from Mali; Hyakumanto Darani; rare photographs originating in Imperial China, the Ottoman Empire, and the Russian Empire; the first recording of "La Marseillaise;" the world's first film from the Lumiere brothers; a photolithographic reproduction of the Constitution of India; calligraphy by Prem Behari Narain Raizada; the Huexotzinco Codex; and the Nuremberg Chronicle. Partners Partners in the World Digital Library project include: American Geographical Society Library, UW Milwaukee Bibliotheca Alexandrina Brown University Library Center for the Study of the History of Mexico Columbus Memorial Library Danish Royal Library Egyptian National Library and Archives Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions Iraq National Library