READIT - 2009 - Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research

Proceedings of READIT-2009, Kalpakkam - 603 102, 29-30 Dec 2009
The new digital environment not only forces people to apply more than one type of
information seeking strategy, but also requires people to change from one information
seeking strategy to another in the information seeking process (Hong(Iris)Xie,2007)
Goals of a digital library are to improve access for the user. The digital library is the widely
accepted term describing the use of digital technology to acquire, store, preserve, and
provide access to information and material originally publish in the digital farm or digitized
from existing print, audio-visual and others forms.
While seeking information, user's personal information infra structure are also developed.
When users got knowledge and skills in order to adapt to different situation and solve
problems.
6. FEATURES AND FUNCTION OF DIGITAL LIBRARY
Digital library not only a place for having digitalized information sources for providing to
the information seeker also providing services, required hardware and software. Making
more availability for latest resources to fulfills the information requirements of the users in
various fields. Information can be found easily and quickly. The user can get a information
what he needs by a single click on the computer. The search engine will help to search
particular information from immeasurable collection of information. The index of the
collection in the digital library will help to get or recognize a particular information source
immediately. A digital library should be able to access all other digitized book related to
the same subjects. If, print the image of a book, in front cover of digital source, which can
be easily identified by the users. If any latest addition added in digital source, which would
be kept new arrival display rack to become aware of the user. Digital library can be
networked with any others library for sharing the sources for the benefit of the user.
7. CONCLUSION
In the present age of information technology, academic and other libraries have no
option but to resort to digital resources as most of the scientific, technical and general
information sources are now switching over to digital forms. All these factors make in
unavoidable for a present day all institutions libraries and public libraries to obtain digital
resources. Therefore as per the necessity of the user, every institution and organizations
should take proposal in this regard otherwise library will have no role in the domain of IT
and its role will be restricted to a store house of books, journal and others type of printed
information sources.
REFERENCE
1).Alagappa University,Karaikudi, M.Phil. Course material "Emerging thrust areas in
Library and Information science". Page 63-79.
2).Gilster.P(1997) Digital literacy ,New Yark,Wiley.
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