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Title:
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DIGITAL LIBRARIES IN THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES |
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Author(s):
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Isaías Barreto Da Rosa , David Ribeiro Lamas |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8924-35-5 |
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Editors:
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Piet Kommers (series editors: Piet Kommers, Pedro Isaías and Nian-Shing Chen) |
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Year:
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2007 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Digital Library, Developing Country, Digital Divide |
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Type:
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Poster/Demonstration |
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First Page:
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501 |
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Last Page:
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501 |
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Language:
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English |
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Cover:
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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Digital libraries (DL) are seen as a hope to developing countries in their struggle for accessing bibliographic resources,
especially in a context where the traditional distribution mechanisms failed tragically. Several difficulties are however
faced by these countries to build and use digital libraries, due mainly to its high development costs and to the poor
existing ICT resources in these countries. This paper discusses the importance of digital libraries for developing countries
and introduces the main challenges they face in building and using such libraries. The current alternatives and major
initiatives for making digital information accessible to developing countries are also addressed. |
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