ICDL
Description
From the International Children's Digital Library website:
"The ICDL Foundation's goal is to build a collection of books that represents outstanding historical and contemporary books from throughout the world. Ultimately, the Foundation aspires to have every culture and language represented so that every child can know and appreciate the riches of children's literature from the world community."
Links
Languages
The ICDL has books in Arabic, Chinese (simplified and traditional), English, Tagalog, French, German, Hebrew, Mongolian, Farsi, Portuguese, and Spanish.
Size
The library currently consists of 1086 books. An up-to-date list is here: http://www.childrenslibrary.org/icdl/TextSearch
Formats
ICDL books can be viewed online through their reader. They are stored in PDF format (?)
- Scripting (any scripting needed to convert it from curent packaging)
Curator Info
Group: Literature
Group coordinator: None
Curators: None
Allottable size:
Assessment
Scope (subjects, ages, other)
Completeness (comprehensiveness for given topic and audience)
Multilingualism (specifically es, pt, en, ar)
Quality (incl. suitability for audience)
Freeness (license and format)
Comments, Tags, and Ratings
XO
School library