Digital Libraries at the Crossroads of Digital Information for the Future

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Digital Information ◽  
The Future

scholarly journals Digital Curation for Science, Digital Libraries, and Individuals

2008 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 3-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neil Beagrie
Keyword(s):  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Digital Information ◽  
Digital Curation ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Intellectual Assets ◽  
Information Professionals ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Traditional Roles ◽  
Significant Effort ◽  
Digital Assets

The creation, management and use of digital materials are of increasing importance for a wide range of activities. Much of the knowledge base and intellectual assets of institutions and individuals are now in digital form. The term digital curation is increasingly being used for the actions needed to add value to and maintain these digital assets over time for current and future generations of users. The paper explores this emerging field of digital curation as an area of inter-disciplinary research and practice, and the trends which are influencing its development. It analyses the genesis of the term and how traditional roles relating to digital assets are in transition. Finally it explores some of the drivers for curation ranging from trends such as exponential growth in digital information, to "life-caching", digital preservation, the Grid and new opportunities for publishing, sharing, and re-using data. It concludes that significant effort needs to be put into developing a persistent information infrastructure for digital materials and into developing the digital curation skills of researchers and information professionals. Without this, current investment in digitisation and digital content will only secure short-term rather than lasting benefits.

scholarly journals Digital libraries of the future – and the role of libraries

2006 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 496-503 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donatella Castelli
Keyword(s):  
Digital Libraries ◽  
The Future

Role of Digital Libraries in the Present Era

2015 ◽  
pp. 86-102
Author(s):  
Harpreet Kaur
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Digital Library ◽  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Property Right ◽  
Intellectual Property Right ◽  
Digital Information ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Digital Library Project ◽  
Indian Scenario

The Digital library plays an important role in promoting the use of information. Digital libraries give solutions to main challenges to traditional libraries such as storage. This paper discusses the concept of digital library and how it helps in conserving manuscripts and what type of equipments or software are required in this work. We want digital information in every field so that every library should be a digital library. It highlights the Necessity, Challenges and issues in creating digital library, there are certain issues which should be taken care like copyright and Intellectual Property Right. This article also explores successful digital library project set up in India and what is the future of digital library in Indian scenario.

Mastering Digital Libraries in the Digital Age

2018 ◽  
pp. 52-82
Author(s):  
Kijpokin Kasemsap
Keyword(s):  
Digital Library ◽  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Physical Space ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Educational Goals ◽  
Digital Information ◽  
Electronic Learning ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Library Evaluation

This chapter gives an overview of digital library topics: digital libraries and information architecture; digital libraries and electronic learning (e-learning); digital libraries and the Semantic Web; digital library evaluation; digital libraries and service quality; and the significance of digital libraries in the digital age. The Internet and the World Wide Web provide the impetus and technological environment for the development and operation of digital libraries in the digital age. Digital libraries comprise digital collections, services, and infrastructure to educationally support the lifelong learning, research, and conservation of the recorded knowledge. Whereas traditional libraries are limited by storage space, digital libraries have the potential to effectively store much more information and documents, because digital information requires very little physical space to contain them. Encouraging digital libraries has the potential to improve academic library performance and gain educational goals in the digital age.

Role of Digital Libraries in the Present Era

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Harpreet Kaur
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Digital Library ◽  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Property Right ◽  
Intellectual Property Right ◽  
Digital Information ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Digital Library Project ◽  
Indian Scenario

The Digital library plays an important role in promoting the use of information. Digital libraries give solutions to main challenges to traditional libraries such as storage. This paper discusses the concept of digital library and how it helps in conserving manuscripts and what type of equipments or software are required in this work. We want digital information in every field so that every library should be a digital library. It highlights the Necessity, Challenges and issues in creating digital library, there are certain issues which should be taken care like copyright and Intellectual Property Right. This article also explores successful digital library project set up in India and what is the future of digital library in Indian scenario.

Digital Libraries as Information Superhighway

2016 ◽  
pp. 304-315
Author(s):  
Prakash Dongardive
Keyword(s):  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
Remote Access ◽  
Digital Information ◽  
Information Superhighway ◽  
Electronic Networks ◽  
Digital Contents ◽  
Virtual Libraries ◽  
Other Information ◽  
Source Of Information

During the decade of 1990s the term digital libraries become a recognized phrase for describing libraries that offer access to digital information by using a variety of networks, including internet and world wide web. Other synonyms used interchangeably with digital libraries are library without walls and electronic and virtual libraries because every online or virtual source of information is electronic source of information but every electronic information sources are not online or virtual form, so digital or electronic library includes digital contents and that can be delivered any time anywhere to the networked computer. Digital libraries provide remote access to the contents and the services of the libraries and other information sources combining an onsite collection of current and heavily used materials in both print and electronic form with an electronic networks which provide access to and delivery for worldwide libraries and commercial information and knowledge sources. Basically the digital libraries are the metaphor for the networked libraries. In the light of this therefore, this chapter discussed digital libraries as information superhighway looking at issues like factors responsible for the emergence of digital libraries, influence internet on digital libraries, etc.

Interactive IR in Digital Library Environments

2008 ◽  
pp. 116-152
Author(s):  
Iris Xie
Keyword(s):  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Information Search ◽  
Public Access ◽  
Online Information ◽  
Digital Information ◽  
Text Documents ◽  
Cd Rom ◽  
Library Catalogue ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Printed Materials

For centuries, people have been used to printed materials. The emergence of the Internet brings dramatic changes to millions of people in terms of how they collect, organize, disseminate, access, and use information. Researchers (Chowdhury & Chowdhury, 2003; Lesk, 2005; Witten & Bainbridge, 2003) have identified the following factors that contributed to the birth of digital libraries: 1. Vannevar Bush’s pioneering concept and idea of Memex. Vannevar Bush (1945) wrote a classic article, “As We May Think,” which has had a major impact on the emergence of digital libraries. In the article, he described his Memex device, which was able to organize books, journals, and notes in different places by linked association. This associative linking was similar to what is known today as hypertext. 2. The advancement in computer and communication/network technology. The computer was first used to manage information. In the 1960s, the emergence of remote online information search services changed the way people access and search information. By the 1980s, people could remotely and locally access library catalogues via Online Public Access Catalogues (OPACs). The invention of the CD-ROM made it easy and cheap for users to access electronic information. Most importantly, Web technology started in 1990, and the occurrence of Web browsers afterwards have enabled users to access digital information anywhere as long as there is an Internet connection. Web search engines offer an opportunity for millions of people to search full-text documents on the Web. 3. The development of libraries and library access. Since the creation of Alexandrian library around 300 B.C., the size and number of libraries have grown phenomenally. A library catalogue goes from a card catalogue to three generations of online public access catalogues started in the 1980s. Library materials include mainly printed resources to multimedia collections, such as images, videos, sound files, and so forth. Simultaneously, the information explosion in the digital age makes it impossible for libraries to collect all of the available materials.

Library leaders on digital libraries and the future of the research library

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clifford Lynch ◽  
Charles Henry ◽  
Sarah Pritchard ◽  
Betsy L. Humphreys ◽  
Brian Schottlaender
Keyword(s):  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Research Library ◽  
The Future

A Worldwide Database for Digital Nautical Charts

1995 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 215-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam J. Kerr
Keyword(s):  
Electronic System ◽  
Digital Information ◽  
Video Display ◽  
Easy Task ◽  
Full Circle ◽  
Paper Chart ◽  
The Future ◽  
Paper Document

It is of historical interest that it was written instructions in the form of periplus, rather than the paper chart, that are recorded as providing the first form of document to guide marine navigators. Therefore perhaps the wheel has turned full circle when it is the digital information rather than the video display that may provide the basic guidance for the navigation of ships in the future. In 1986, when IMO and IHO set out to develop standards and specifications, it was decided that the product to be specified would have to be equivalent to the paper chart. In so doing they were following the guidance of the SOLAS Convention, which requires charts to be carried in Chapter V Regulation 20 and, in Chapter 1 Regulation 5, permits Administrations to substitute equivalents. Regulation V/20 does not state that the charts to be carried be paper but, until recently, it has been assumed that this is what is meant. What is explicit, is that the charts to be carried are to be ‘adequate, up-to-date and necessary for the intended voyage’. Following this guidance, the IMO/IHO Harmonizing Group attempted to specify an electronic system that would be equivalent to a printed paper document. This proved to be no easy task. It was extremely difficult to claim that an electronic system can be as durable and as generally reliable as a sheet of paper. What if the power breaks down? This and many other questions had to be answered before the standards would satisfy the members of IMO.

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