Sustaining multilinguality: Case studies of two American multilingual digital libraries

Wu, Anping; Chen, Jiangping

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Title

Sustaining multilinguality: Case studies of two American multilingual digital libraries

Author(s)

• Wu, Anping
• Chen, Jiangping

Issue Date

2019-03-15

Keyword(s)

• Multilingual digital libraries
• Multilinguality
• Multilingual access
• Case studies

Abstract

Language barriers have greatly limited information access for many digital libraries. Only a few digital libraries currently provide multilingual services because maintaining a multilingual digital library requires tremendous financial support and considerable technical capabilities. There are no studies exploring the successful multilingual digital libraries. And it is unclear what factors have contributed to their success. Through a case study of two American multilingual digital libraries, this study attempts to investigate the technical and practical challenges digital libraries encounter in building and sustaining multilinguality, in order to identify the factors contributing to their successes and thus develop a model for sustaining multilingual services. Qualitative methods including in-depth interviews and content analysis will be employed to collect and analyze the data. The outcomes of this study are expected to provide useful guidelines and insights for the digital library community to provide multilingual services.

Publisher

iSchools

Series/Report Name or Number

iConference 2019 Proceedings

Type of Resource

text

Language

eng

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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/103325

DOI

https://doi.org/10.21900/iconf.2019.103325

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Copyright 2019 Anping Wu and Jiangping Chen

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