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Design and Development Considerations for a Multilingual Digital Library

Design and Development Considerations for a Multilingual Digital Library

Anne R. Diekema
Copyright: © 2013 |Pages: 12
ISBN13: 9781466625006|ISBN10: 1466625007|EISBN13: 9781466625013
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2500-6.ch001
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Diekema, Anne R. "Design and Development Considerations for a Multilingual Digital Library." Design, Development, and Management of Resources for Digital Library Services, edited by Tariq Ashraf and Puja Anand Gulati, IGI Global, 2013, pp. 1-12. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2500-6.ch001

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Diekema, A. R. (2013). Design and Development Considerations for a Multilingual Digital Library. In T. Ashraf & P. Gulati (Eds.), Design, Development, and Management of Resources for Digital Library Services (pp. 1-12). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2500-6.ch001

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Diekema, Anne R. "Design and Development Considerations for a Multilingual Digital Library." In Design, Development, and Management of Resources for Digital Library Services, edited by Tariq Ashraf and Puja Anand Gulati, 1-12. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2013. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2500-6.ch001

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Abstract

Multilingual digital libraries provide access to resources in more than one language by allowing queries in one language to retrieve documents in multiple languages. By providing cross-lingual information access, multilingual digital libraries have the potential to improve international understanding, and they are an essential component of our global information society. Building a multilingual digital library presents a unique set of challenges in the areas of translation, language processing, user interface, system architecture, and project management. Perhaps the most challenging feature of the multilingual digital library is the crossing of the language barrier, which is achieved through translation, often introducing errors in the process. This chapter presents a general introduction to the challenges facing developers of multilingual digital libraries and provides references for further reading.

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