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general information about UT and put it into the website. In 2000, it started to
digitalize parts of its collections, especially local content materials , such as
research collection in distance education and thesis or dissertation from UT staff

which is related to distance education.
Copyright became a problem in digitalizing the collections. A break though
was needed to cover the problem. An effort which can be done was permission

from the writers of research reports, theses, and dissertations to be digitalized.
Such effort had positive responses from UT academic staff since there were easy

permissions from them to digitalize their research reports.
At the same time, ITB sponsored the establishment of Indonesian Digital
Library Network (IDLN) , and UT library becomes a member of IDLN . As a

member, it can put the digitalized collection into IDLN.
Beside local content materials, UT library also dig ital ized abstract, table of
content of the journal and book collections . Since 2004, it also digitalized UT

learning material. Next, it also digitalized audio video collections . Other
collections were brochure, photos , newspaper clipping , and documentation
related to distance education .

Through digital library, UT library is trying to develop online services for
the following materials :

• Catalogue, including table of content and abstract of journa ls.
• Research, theses, and dissertation findings (abstracts and fu ll texts).

• UT learning material.
• Learning material supplement.

• Literature trace related to material used in writing UT learn ing material.
• UT general information.
• Distance education information.

• Online catalogue.
• Photocopy service at a distance.

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