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Authors:	Stamatatos E., Michos S., Patelodimou C., Fakotakis N.
Title:	TRANSLIB: An Advanced Tool for Supporting Multilingual Access to Library Catalogues
Conference:	2nd Workshop on Multilinguality in Software Industry (MULSAIC’97)
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Pages:	33-40
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Year:	1997
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Abstract:	Language barriers present a major problem in the effectiveness of resource sharing and in common access to the resources of libraries. In this paper we present the TRANSLIB system which stemmed from the integration of both new and already existing advanced multilingual information tools. By making use of some AI-based methods this system takes full advantage of these resources in order to provide multilingual access to library catalogues. Among its striking features, it enables searching in multiple languages, multilingual presentation of the query results, and localization of the user interface. TRANSLIB has been currently tested in existing medium-sized bibliographic databases. Early evaluation results show a remarkable improvement in the search process and report high user-friendliness, and easy and low-cost maintenance and upgrade of the system.