Digital Library Development in the Asia Pacific

2005 ◽  
pp. 509-524
Author(s):  
Hsinchun Chen
Keyword(s):  
Digital Library ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Library Development

Digital Libraries Overview and Globalization

2009 ◽  
pp. 562-573
Author(s):  
Soh Whee Kheng Grace
Keyword(s):  
Digital Library ◽  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Global Perspective ◽  
First Century ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
The World ◽  
Library Development ◽  
National Libraries ◽  
Collaborative Efforts

Library digitization on a global basis is essential in the twenty-first century. The digital library development initiatives in most countries depend substantially on their national libraries. This chapter focuses on an overview of how national libraries of 14 countries in the Asia-Pacific region are involved in digital library initiatives. Most libraries participate in the collaborative efforts to build digital libraries with support from their government. Some focus on digitization and preservation activities, while others concentrate on digitization standards. Requirements for digital library implementation from a global perspective are essential. With the understanding of the current situation in Asia Pacific, we can understand the readiness of national libraries aiming for globalization in this part of the world, and action can be taken to achieve the aim. The globalization of digital libraries is what the world should be heading towards as we enter the next century.

A Snapshot of Digital Library Development

2005 ◽  
pp. 351-370 ◽  
Author(s):  
Schubert Foo ◽  
Yin-Leng Theng
Keyword(s):  
Digital Divide ◽  
Digital Library ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Digital World ◽  
Systems Implementation ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Library Development ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Cross Lingual ◽  
Collaborative Efforts

This chapter highlights selective key issues and assesses the current situation of digital library development in the Asia Pacific under the broad categories of design architecture and systems, implementation issues and challenges, use and impact, and users and usability. Emphasis on cross-cultural and cross-lingual research would especially be beneficial to address the diversity and richness of the heritage, cultures and languages of this region. Nonetheless, a fundamental digital divide problem poses the greatest challenge as almost 70% of the population of the countries of Asia Pacific has little or no connectivity to the digital world. Concerted international collaborative efforts are much needed, not only to push ahead with the various aspects of the digital library research agenda and realize the global digital library vision of the future, but to derive novel solutions to eliminate or close the gap of digital divide across various parts of the world.

Survey and History of Digital Library Development in the Asia Pacific

2005 ◽  
pp. 1-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hsinchun Chen ◽  
Yilu Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Digital Library ◽  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
The Past ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Level Of Activity ◽  
History Of ◽  
Library Development ◽  
Cross Lingual

Over the past decade the development of digital library activities within Asia Pacific has been steadily increasing. Through a meta-analysis of the publications and content within ICADL and other major regional digital library conferences over the past few years, we see an increase in the level of activity in Asian digital library research. This reflects high continuous interest among digital library researchers and practitioners internationally. Digital library research in the Asia Pacific is uniquely positioned to help develop digital libraries of significant cultural heritage and indigenous knowledge and advance cross-cultural and cross-lingual digital library research.

scholarly journals Overview of Digital Library Development in China

2010 ◽  
Vol 16 (5/6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xihui Zhen
Keyword(s):  
Digital Library ◽  
Library Development

scholarly journals Digital Library Development in Australia

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
D Velasquez ◽  
Jennifer Campbell-Meier
Keyword(s):  
Digital Library ◽  
Library Development

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scholarly journals PENGEMBANGAN PERPUSTAKAAN DIGITAL DI PROGRAM STUDI PENDIDIKAN TIK IKIP PGRI PONTIANAK

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-50
Author(s):  
Ratih Widya Nurcahyo ◽  
Unung Verawardina ◽  
Ferry Marlianto
Keyword(s):  
Digital Library ◽  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Field Trials ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Data Collection Tool ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Best Response ◽  
Education Study ◽  
Library Development ◽  
The Subject

This research is entitled "Digital Library Development in Information Technology and Computer Education Study Program (P.TIK) IKIP PGRI Pontianak". The type of research used is research and development (R & D). The development model used is ADDIE. The subject of product trials for the implementation of digital libraries in this study were semester VI students. For small group trials conducted on a limited number of 15 students, consisting of students who have high, medium and low abilities, and field trials were conducted on 32 students. The data collection tool used in this study was a questionnaire. From the results of the study for the results of the feasibility validation of digital library products by media experts, the average score of 3.53 criteria was very good. Results from material experts obtained an average of 3.58 on the criteria very well. While the results of librarian experts obtained an average of 3.54 on the criteria very well. For the results of the digital library trials which were carried out limitedly on 15 students of the ICT Study Program IKIP-PGRI Pontianak obtained an average of 3.43 on the criteria very well. For the results of the best response obtained by 3.39 than the criteria good. Conclusions from the results of validation, trials and responses prove that digital libraries are feasible to use and can assist students in supporting lectures.

Conceptions of digital libraries: an African perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 231-247
Author(s):  
Christopher M. Owusu-Ansah
Keyword(s):  
Digital Library ◽  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Institutional Repositories ◽  
Development Agenda ◽  
Global Digital Divide ◽  
Library Development

Purpose The purpose of this paper was to explore African conceptions of digital libraries from the perspective of the historical literature. This paper argues that the concept of digital libraries is a western creation and that there was a need for developing societies to develop their own conceptions to guide their own digital library development agenda. Design/methodology/approach The paper is based on a literature review. The paper makes use of publicly-available literature on the theme of digital libraries from both the Western and African perspectives. The search terms used were “digital libraries”, “Africa digital libraries”, “electronic libraries”, “information communication technologies/libraries” and “institutional repositories”. A total of 89 publications were examined for this purpose. Findings The analysis revealed that most of the initial digital library initiatives in Africa emanated from the west with African countries benefiting from international initiatives to expand access to information resources to bridge the global digital divide. However, due to a number of contextual challenges such as lack of sustainable funding and inadequate capacity and strategy, the development of digital libraries was hampered. Thus, even though digital libraries enjoy considerable goodwill, there remain negative conceptions of digital libraries in Africa. Practical implications Information institutions in African countries must evolve a unified conception of digital libraries as this would largely drive the direction of digital library development towards achieving the developmental goals of the continent. Originality/value The study applies the attributes of innovation to explain contextual factors shaping African conceptions of digital libraries.

scholarly journals Introduction: user studies for digital library development

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Milena Dobreva ◽  
Andy O'Dwyer ◽  
Pierluigi Feliciati
Keyword(s):  
Digital Library ◽  
User Studies ◽  
Library Development
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