DIGITIZATION INITIATIVES OF LBSNAA LIBRARY: A CASE STUDY

摘要

Digitization is an important aspect of developing digital libraries as it opens up new avenues of access, use,research and preservation of valued information resources. The Gandhi Smriti Library of Lal BahadurShastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA), Mussoorie, has taken up the digitization of non-copyright rare and fragile documents for the Digital Library of India (DLI) project. which is being realizedby C-DAC, Noida. The library is also planning to develop its own scanning facilities for digitizing theinstitutionally produced literature. This paper makes an attempt to describe the digitization initiatives andhighlights the challenges and policy plans for developing a digital library at the Institute.