Digital Libraries

The book is organized into 6 parts and 26 chapters. The first part’ digital libraries’ deals with three different aspects of the emerging area, the first chapter presents a proposal for digitizing scholarly journals published from the country by a multiinstitutional collaboration. The second chapter discusses the infrastructure to be created for and the problems to be tackled while proceeding with digital library development. The third chapter describes in the light of international developments, the best pretties that should be followed by libraries before venturing into digitization projects. 8 chapters in the second part concentrate on the virtues of using computers and information technology for better information organization and rendering attractive user focused information services. the third part of the book in four chapters descries the information management and its facets in specific disciplines of technology, science, engineering, and management. Part 4 of the book in the first chapter identifies the content creating role of library professionals and the second chapter discusses the constraints concerning representation of time and version control, specifically with respect to electronic information. The three chapters in part 5 deal with problems and prospects of a shared library access oriented approach as a result of increasing dependence on costly international publications for higher education and research and the difficulties to meet the information needs with the existing information infrastructure and budget support. Part 6 of the book, in 6 chapters expresses the growing concern of an alert information professional on the present state of affairs in a ‘ free for all anti- student quantity centre quality devoid’ library and information science education. This book shall serve as a immensely helpful tool for professionals and students who want to know more about ‘Digital Libraries’.