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D ig ita l Library can be a c cessed v ia UT Online
Several reasons for UT in developing digital library:
• The huge number of UT students.
• UT students spreading throughout Indonesia.
• Distance learning system .
• Difficulty in communicating conventionally with students .
• As an institution, UT has to deliver academic and other information services
fairly to all students.
• The strategic role of library as an information source in globalization and
information era.
• Various information, in all kinds of format, such as textbook, journal,
proceeding, magazine, video, cassette, CD, and microfiche.
• To achieve the UT vision as a centre of excellence in information
dissemination in open and distance education.
UT digital library has been developed over a long period of time, in
accordance with the development of UT infrastructure in data networking. In
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