Improving Access to Library Resources (Book Review)
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PoPS: Mobile Access to Digital Library Resources
Mobile devices represent new opportunities for accessing digital libraries (DLs) but also pose a number of challenges given the diversity of their hardware and software features. We describe a framework aimed at facilitating the generation of interfaces for access to DL resources from a wide range of mobile devices.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: College & Research Libraries
سال: 1975
ISSN: 2150-6701,0010-0870
DOI: 10.5860/crl_36_01_80