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Dallas Long

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2013

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Unlocking Hungary's Libraries: A Case For A Digital Library At Berzsenyi College, Dallas Long Feb 2013

Unlocking Hungary's Libraries: A Case For A Digital Library At Berzsenyi College, Dallas Long

Dallas Long

As Hungary moves to join the European Union, librarians are noting the need to share the nation’s library collections with non-Hungarian speakers. Currently, Hungary’s digital libraries largely reflect the nation’s heritage as one of the most homogenous European nations and are not easily useable without knowledge of the language. Hungarian is a small language, spoken by about 15 million people worldwide, and the need for disseminating Hungarian knowledge into global knowledge is an important step for integration into the EU. This paper is a case study of Berzsenyi Daniel College’s creation of a digital library for its LIS Department. It …