Digital Libraries : Some Vexing Issues

摘要

The world is in transition today due to technological invasion, creating a visible impact on Indian libraries, which too are undergoing dramatic transformation. Majority of libraries in metropolitan cities are involved in preparing themselves for the 21st century. They are getting converted into digital libraries which can more suitably help to fulfill their basic objectives of preserving the national heritage and culture and making it globally accessible by passing all constraints of time and space. Digitization has helped to change the entire concept of R & D activities and the ways scholars, students, and a common user access and use scholarly information. This paper introduces the concept of digitization and emphasizes the need for digitization. It highlights the edge of digital material, need for digitization policy and criteria for selecting the documents for digitization, etc. The article has also provided the barriers being faced by libraries with possible solutions.