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Designing mobile access to DSpace-based digital libraries

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Developing countries face serious problems on building and using digital libraries (DL) due to low computer and Internet penetration rates, lack of financial resources, etc. Thus, since mobile phones are much more used than computers in these countries, they might be a good alternative for accessing DL. Moreover, in the developed world there has been an exponential growth on the usage of mobile phones for data traffic, establishing a good ground for accessing DL on mobile devices. This paper presents a design proposal for making DSpace-based digital libraries accessible on mobile phones. Since DSpace is a popular free and open source DL system used around the world, making it accessible through mobile devices might contribute for improving the global accessibility of scientific and academic publications.

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AVI '12: Proceedings of the International Working Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces
May 2012
846 pages
ISBN:9781450312875
DOI:10.1145/2254556

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Published: 21 May 2012

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  1. DSpace
  2. developing countries
  3. digital divide
  4. mobile digital libraries

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