Since the start of the millennium, the mathematical community has been considering building a Worldwide Digital Mathematics Library, where all written mathematics would be stored and made accessible. This objective has been pursued in isolation by many people around the world but it seems that the global goal has regained momentum this year: the EuDML initiative has been formed under the auspices of the EMS, an IMU-sponsored study has been published by the US National Research Council (see this newsletter’s September 2014 editorial) and a number of activities have taken place in association with the ICM.