Digital Libraries: Challenges and Prospects

The information media constantly manifests itself in various forms, and amongst the numerous manifestations which are being prophesied and which are being prophesied and which are on their way to becoming reality, are those of digital libraries. Digital libraries have already made their presence felt in the West, and it would not be an exaggeration to state that they it would soon be a part and parcel of the way information is accessed in India too. About The Author:- Dr. R.C. Ganguly, a well-known librarian and information scientist, has about fifteen years of experience in the field of library and information services. His areas of special interest include digital cataloguing, digital information preservation, online library services, etc. He is also intersted in social and industrial impacts of digital technologies. Contents:- CONTENTS:- : Preface 1. Introduction 2. Digital Information Infrastructure 3. Digital Archiving 4. Network Infrastructure 5. Challenges of Information Revolution 6. Challenges of Internet Infrastructure 7. Electronic Information Resources 8. Automated Information Services 9. Virtual Library and Information Retrival 10. Challenges of Access Manageement 11. Future of Digital Libraries Bibliography Index The Title 'Digital Libraries: Challenges and Prospects written/authored/edited by R.C. Ganguly', published in the year 2007. The ISBN 9788182054271 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 320 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Isha Books. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Library and Information Science. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol:-