About the book

A digital library is a library in which collections are stored in digital formats ‘as opposed to print, microform, or other media’ and accessible by computers. The digital content may be stored locally, or accessed remotely via computer networks. A digital library is a type of information retrieval system. In the context of the DELOS, a Network of Excellence on Digital Libraries, and DL.org, a Coordination Action on Digital Library Interoperability, Best Practices and Modelling Foundations, Digital Library researchers and practitioners produced a Digital Library Reference Model which defines a digital library as: ‘A potentially virtual organisation, that comprehensively collects, manages and preserves for the long depth of time rich digital content, and offers to its targeted user communities specialised functionality on that content, of defined quality and according to comprehensive codified policies.”

Contents:-

1. Introduction
2. Building a Digital Library of Captured Educational Experiences
3. Digital Libraries and Knowledge Organization
4. Systems of Knowledge Organization for Digital Libraries
5. The People in Digital Libraries: Multifaceted Approaches to Assessing Needs and Impact
6. Digital Library Evaluation
7. Building a hyper textual Digital Library in the Humanities
8. Digital Library Initiatives and Issues in India
9. The Role of Libraries and Librarians in Organising Digital Information
10. Digital Divide: How Can Digital Libraries Bridge the Gap
11. Role of Digital Libraries in E-learning
12. Information Retrieval in Digital Libraries: Bringing Search to the Net
13. The Digital Library: Myths and Challenges
14. Internet and Web Technology for Library in Digital Environment
15. Diffuse Libraries: Emergent Roles for the Research Library in the Digital Age