Open AccessReducing the information gap: Digital library development in Brazil
Author(s) -
McCarthy Cavan,
da Cunha Marilo Bastos
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
proceedings of the american society for information science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1550-8390
pISSN - 0044-7870
DOI - 10.1002/meet.14503901111
Subject(s) - digital library , gateway (web page) , principal (computer security) , multinational corporation , electronic library , scielo , library science , government (linguistics) , digital collections , field (mathematics) , business , digital society , information technology , digital transformation , world wide web , political science , computer science , medline , internet privacy , art , linguistics , philosophy , literature , poetry , finance , mathematics , pure mathematics , law , operating system
Principal Brazilian digital library initiatives were identified and characterized. Significant projects in the area of science and research include gateway sites for research (Prossiga), set up and maintained cooperatively, also a multinational access system for regional electronic journals (SciELO). Systems which offer access to texts of the Brazilian classics predominate in the field of literature and hmanities. Digital libraries have had a significant impact on Brazil. Government financing was critical for implanting these new services. Institutions which already have a strong background in advanced technology have significantly better chances of success in the digital library field. Cooperative projects have also had significant impact.