Multilingual Access and Services for Digital Collections

摘要

Multilingual Access and Services for Digital Collections by Jianping Chen takes on the daunting task of describing complex topics, such as cross-language information retrieval and machine translation (MT), in layman's terms. The book is written in a textbook style format including summaries, suggested readings, comprehension questions, activities, and references at the end of each chapter. It contains usefully embedded links to recommended websites and resources, which readers may click on if reading the electronic version of the book. The text includes theoretical background, the author's detailed account of a relevant research project, and examples of existing services. After reading the book, the audience should have both background knowledge and a roadmap for the process of establishing multilingual digital services at their own institution.