The International Children's Digital Library: Increasing Children's Access to Books Through Technology

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The International Children's Digital Library (ICDL) began as a research project funded primarily by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS), and Microsoft Research and creates a digital library of outstanding children's books from all over the world (http://www. childrenslibrary.org).The project was introduced at an international celebration at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC, in November 2002. Members of the team include computer scientists, librarians, educational technologists, classroom teachers, graphic designers, and graduate students from the University of Maryland's (UMD) College of Information Studies (CLIS) and the UMD's HumanComputer Interaction Lab (HCIL) which is a leader in children's interface design. In addition to this partnership for interface development, the ICDL has also established partnerships with national libraries, public library systems, professional associations, commercial publishers, authors, illustrators, and school districts around the world.

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The International Children's Digital Library: Increasing Children's Access to Books Through Technology

The International Children's Digital Library (ICDL) began as a research project funded primarily by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS), and Microsoft Research and creates a digital library of outstanding children's books from all over the world (http://www. childrenslibrary.org).The project was introduced at an international celebration at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC, in November 2002. The focus of the collection is identifying materials that help children understand the world around them and the global society in which they live. The materials in the collection reflect ...

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