The International Children's Library: Viewing Digital Books Online
The International Children's Library: Viewing Digital Books Online
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2003-06-04
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Hourcade, Juan Pablo
Bederson, Benjamin B.
Druin, Allison
Rose, Anne
Farber, Allison
Takayama, Yoshifumi
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Abstract
Reading books plays an important role in children's cognitive and social
development. However, many children do not have access to diverse
collections of books due to the limited resources of their community
libraries. We have begun to address this issue by creating a large-scale
digital archive of children's books, the International Children's Digital Library (ICDL). In this paper we discuss our initial efforts in building
the ICDL, concentrating on the design of innovative digital book readers.
(UMIACS-TR-2003-43)
(HCIL-2003-17)