Review article

International children’s digital library (ICDL)

Dubravka Pađen Farkaš ; Sveučilište Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku, Gradska i sveučilišna knjižnica Osijek
Siniša Petković ; Sveučilište Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku, Gradska i sveučilišna knjižnica Osijek

Abstract

International children’s digital library is a free network library containing digitalised children’s books in different languages from different countries. The library currently contains 4642 digitalised children’s books in 61 languages. The mission of the ICDL is to digitally connect the worlds children’s literature. The goal of the community is to remove cultural and language barriers between the children of the world. The objectives are global multiculturalism, tollerance, understanding and getting to know other cultures. The collection connects both children and adults and and allows them to use any digitalized material from a certain country that is written for children, and send it to the interface...

Keywords

ICDL, digital libraries, children, children’s books, multiculturalism, digitization

Hrčak ID:

239685

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/239685

Publication date:

9.5.2014.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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