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Using Digital and Traditional Libraries in Developing Countries

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The Outreach of Digital Libraries: A Globalized Resource Network (ICADL 2012)

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Given the existing challenges in accessing print-based publications in developing countries, digital libraries are seen as a good alternative. Thus, it is important to understand how such libraries are used in these contexts, especially when compared with the usage of traditional libraries. This paper analyzes and compares the usage of the digital and traditional libraries of the University Jean Piaget of Cape Verde, aiming at understanding the way they are used, and the relation between the access to the existing information resources in these two libraries.

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da Rosa, I.B., Ribeiro Lamas, D., Peña Saavedra, V. (2012). Using Digital and Traditional Libraries in Developing Countries. In: Chen, HH., Chowdhury, G. (eds) The Outreach of Digital Libraries: A Globalized Resource Network. ICADL 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7634. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34752-8_55

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