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Reducing the information gap: Digital library development in Brazil

✍ Scribed by Cavan McCarthy; Marilo Bastos da Cunha

Publisher: Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
Year: 2005
Tongue: English
Weight: 215 KB
Volume: 39
Category: Article
ISSN: 0044-7870
DOI: 10.1002/meet.14503901111

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Principal Brazilian digital library initiatives were identified and characterized. Significant projects in the area of science and research include gateway sites for research (Prossiga), set up and maintained cooperatively, also a multinational access system for regional electronic journals (SciELO). Systems which offer access to texts of the Brazilian classics predominate in the field of literature and hmanities. Digital libraries have had a significant impact on Brazil. Government financing was critical for implanting these new services. Institutions which already have a strong background in advanced technology have significantly better chances of success in the digital library field. Cooperative projects have also had significant impact.

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