Digitizing the Academic Libraries in India: Need of the Hour

Vasishta, Seema Digitizing the Academic Libraries in India: Need of the Hour., 2007 . In CALIBER 2007 , Panjab University, Chandigarh , Feb. 08-10, 2007 . [Conference paper]

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English abstract

Due to impact of ICT, digital library systems are becoming popular all over the world to collect, store and communicate information to users. Digital technologies have revolutionized the information management activities in the academic libraries during the past few years. In the present age of information revolution and ever increasing demand for exact and consolidated information, new techniques and technologies are replacing the functions methods followed by traditional libraries. This paper discusses the various aspects of the conversion of in-house library material into electronic format, for creation of digital library. The paper also correlates the objectives of digitization with the mission of academic libraries.

Item type: Conference paper
Keywords: Digital Academic Library (DAL), Digitization Project, Institutional Repositories (IR), Digital Library, Retrospective Conversion (RECON).
Subjects: L. Information technology and library technology
L. Information technology and library technology > LZ. None of these, but in this section.
Depositing user: Dr. Seema Vasishta
Date deposited: 04 Sep 2013 06:27
Last modified: 02 Oct 2014 12:27
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/20087

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