Recent trend of digital library research and development in Asia Pacific

Abstract

Over the past decade the development of digital library activities within Asia Pacific has been increasing definitely. The eighth International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries (ICADL2005) which is one of the major conferences on digital library in the world held in December 2005 in Bangkok, Thailand. Digital library research in Asia Pacific is uniquely positioned in the world to help the development of cultural heritage, cross-cultural and cross-lingual digital library research. Through the presentations in the conference and also the publications, the resent trend of digital library research and development in Asia Pacific were discussed from the two aspects of technical and social. Original article in Japanese. (Author abstract)