NDLI: An Examination of Massive Digital Libraries' Coverage of Spanish Language Materials: Issues of Multi-lingual Accessibility in a Decentralized, Mass-Digitized World

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Weiss, A. James, R.
Copyright Year	2013
Description	Author affiliation: Hamilton Libr., Univ. of Hawai'i at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA (James, R.)
Abstract	Google Books has been shown to have limitations in the coverage and access of Hawaiian and Pacific books. This paper investigates the results of an ensuing study that examines the coverage and accessibility of Spanish language books in four Massive Digital Libraries (MDLs): Google Books, HathiTrust, Internet Archive, and Open Library. A random sample of 1,200 books was taken from a Master's-degree awarding university library in the United States. In this study, 400 titles from the library's general collection were compared to 400 Spanish-language titles. Levels of accessibility for each title in the four MDLs were recorded, ranging from no record, record only, partial view, to full-view. Results showed little difference in accessibility between Spanish and English books in Google Books (7% Spanish fully accessible vs. 8% English). However, differences in accessibility were found in the Internet Archive (2% vs. 8%), HathiTrust (6% vs.11%), and Open Library (5% vs. 16%). Issues related to accessibility and non-English collections in MDLs are also addressed.
Starting Page	10
Ending Page	14
File Size	141747
Page Count	5
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9780769550473
DOI	10.1109/CultureComputing.2013.10
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2013-09-16
Publisher Place	Japan
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Multiculturalism Google Accessibility Materials Educational institutions Libraries Internet Books Collection development Catalogs Massive digital libraries
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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