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      Digital libraries: developing countries, universal access, and information for all

      Witten, Ian H.
      DOI
       10.1007/b104284
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      Witten, I.H. (2004). Digital libraries: developing countries, universal access, and information for all. In Digital Libraries: International Collaboration and Cross-Fertilization, 7th International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries, ICADL 2004, Shanghai, China, December 13-17, Proceedings (pp. 35-44). Berlin: Springer.
      Permanent Research Commons link: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/1340
      Abstract
      Digital libraries are large, organized collections of information objects. Well-designed digital library software has the potential to enable non-specialist people to conceive, assemble, build, and disseminate new information collections. This has great social import because, by democratizing information dissemination, it provides a counterbalance to disturbing commercialization initiatives in the information and entertainment industries. This talk reviews trends in todays information environment, introduces digital library technology, and explores applications of digital libraries—including their use for disseminating humanitarian information in developing countries. We illustrate how currently available technology empowers users to build and publish information collections. Making digital libraries open to all, as conventional public libraries are, presents interesting challenges of universal access.
      Date
      2004
      Type
      Conference Contribution
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      Springer
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      • Computing and Mathematical Sciences Papers [1455]
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