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List of contributors
Introduction: The Evolution and Global Impact of Digital Libraries
Le Yang and Alicia Salaz
Chapter 1: The Bogotá Digital Library: A Transformative Research-Creation Process to Design a Public Digital Library (2016-2020)
Juan Pablo Angarita Bernal and Catalina Holguín Jaramillo
Chapter 2: Digital Libraries in Germany: Federalism, Funding, and the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
Klaus Ceynowa, Dorothea Sommer, and Martin Hermann
Chapter 3: Digital Libraries in China: From “Digital” to “Smart”
Yi Chen, Qingqing Ye, Poxian Lin, and Mengting He
Chapter 4: Chatbots and Artificial Intelligence to Support Digital University Libraries in Africa: Opportunities and Challenges
Reine Marie Ndéla Marone and Moustapha Mbengue
Chapter 5: Digital Libraries as a Powerful Concept for Storing Anonymized Data
Jan Broulim
Chapter 6: The Use of AI Tools for Enhancing Digital Library Services with Information Architects as Responsible Partners
Joanne Parandjuk and Sunghae Ress
Chapter 7: Empowering Open: Building and Sustaining an OER Library Repository
Abigail Colucci, Kari D. Weaver, and Stefaniada Voichita
Chapter 8: Data Born in Literature: The Biodiversity Heritage Library, a Global Digital Library Serving the Planet
Martin R. Kalfatovic
Chapter 9: Navigating Diverse Infrastructure, Multicultural and Multilingual Challenges in International School K-12 Digital Libraries
Natalie Teske Rector and Terea Marcum
Chapter 10: An Overview of Digital Libraries in the Caribbean
Ulrike Mühlschlegel and Christoph Müller
Chapter 11: Digitized Collections and Provenance Issues: Who Owns What?
Diane Mizrachi
Chapter 12: Precedented: Open Digital Research Practices in Latin America
Michael Scott and Kate Dohe
Conclusion: Digital Libraries and Global Knowledge
Le Yang and Alicia Salaz
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Biography
Dr. Le Yang is Associate Vice Provost & University Librarian for Collections, Discovery, and Digital Strategy at the University of Oregon Libraries. His research interests include digital librarianship, data governance, and open repositories.
Dr. Alicia Salaz is Vice Provost & University Librarian at the University of Oregon Libraries. She has researched in the areas of transnational library practice and how adults learn from reading in print or digital mediums in research with participant populations spanning the globe.
