By

Bhupendra Ratha, Lecturer

School of Library and Information Science
Devi Ahilya University, Indore
Email: bhu261@gmail.com
 Introduction
 Digital Library is a set of electronic resources
and associated technical capabilities for creating,
searching and using information.

 A Digital library may be defined as a collection

of information in digital formats and accessible
across the networks.
 What is Digitization?
 The word digitized refers to these that are copied or
translated into digital form from some other medium
such as paper or film.
 The word digitization previously used to represent
conversion of a analog media to digital form but later
on this term is widely used for conversion of
traditional paper form into digital form.
 Another aspect of digitization is scanning, that is the
creation of still digital facsimile of a source item such
as a rare manuscript, photograph, slide, journal,
painting, monograph ,and so on.
 Definitions
 "Digital libraries are different from traditional library
automation, in that they are designed to support the
creation, maintenance, management, access to, and
preservation of digital content”. Bernie Hurley (2002)

 “Digital library is a managed collection of information,

with associated services, where information is stored in
digital formats and accessible over a network.”
Arms (2000)
Development
Traditional Lib-------Electronic Library---
Digital Library ------Virtual Library
 Needs
• Information Explosion.
• Impact of IT.
• To save the space required for physical documents
• To provide access to more and more information.
• To provide downloading and printing facilities .
• To provide information in different format.
 Features of Digital Library
 It is electronic based library.
 It is fully computerize library.
 All the information available in digital form.
 All the information stored in other storage devices
such as CD/DVD, Pen drive etc.
 Equal opportunity Access.
 Standard and quality.
 Searching and retrieval facilities.
 Features of Digital Library
 Provides access to very large information
collection, both primary and secondary.
 Supports multimedia component.
 Provides links to different digital objects.
 Data base access through Internet and other
networks.
 Complete content of document are created or
converted into machine-readable form for online
access.
 DL: OBJECTIVES
 Manage large amount of digital contents (images,
graphical, audio-video)
 Digitize the archival (rare) materials.
 Access the materials from outside library location.
 Save space of library.
 Quick accessing facility.
Components of a DL Architecture

 Database
 Metadata
 Digital Objects Identifiers
 Repository
 Access and Delivery
Advantage of DL
 Access: brings library to users
 Sharing: information resources; linking
 Timeliness: easier to keep current
 Searching, browsing: use of computer power
 Information resources: new forms possible
 Services: new & new forms possible
 Costs: may save effort, money
Problems
 Economical problems
 Integration between print and digital
 Institutional, cultural & social adjustments not easy
 Bridging the digital divide is so difficult.
 Legal issues: copyright protection security
 Individual: privacy protection and rights
 Education: impact on all levels
Digital File and Its Format
 Text Formats
 Graphic Formats
 Audio Formats
 Audio/Video formats
 Text Formats
Feature Plain Rich text (RTF Word Document Portable
text or rtf) (DOC or .doc) document
(TXT or (PDF or .pdf)
.txt)
Graphic Nil Nil Capable to handle Handle graphics
handling maximum graphics but but not easy to
file size became heavy handle
as more graphics are
inserted.
Editing Yes Yes Yes No
facility

Supported Notepad, Windows word MS-Word Adobe Acrobat

program DOS pad
editor
 Mark Up Language
Feature Hypertext markup Extensible markup
Language (.html or .htm) language (.xml)

Graphic handling Require intensive Easy to handle graphics by

knowledge about layman too.
programming for
handling graphics
Editing facility Yes Yes
Supported program Internet explorer Internet explorer Netscape,
Netscape, Mozilla ,etc Mozilla ,etc

Usability Data exchange through Data exchange through

Internet Internet
 Graphic Formats
Feature Tagged Image Graphics Joint Bitmap
File (TIFF or Interchang Photographic (BMP or
.tiff) e (GIF or Experts .bmp)
.gif) Group(JPEG)
Colour mode RGB & CMYK RGB RGB & CMYK CMYK

File size Big Small Smallest Very big

Editing Yes Yes Yes Yes

facility
Supported Coral draw Internet Coral, Photoshop Windows
program explorer Paintbrush
Audio Formats
Feature Audio Visual Moving Windoivs
Research picture expert WAVE (.wav)
(AVR or .avr) group (.mp3,
.mpge)
Audio Quality Moderate Superb moderate

File Size Big Small Very Big

O/S Support All All All

Popularity Not so popular Very popular Popular

Player for Audio /Video Formats
Feature Windows Media Real Player
Player
Audio quality Good Good

Video quality Good Very good

MP4 Yes yes

Audio/video files
support
Where from to http://www.mircrsoft.com/ Free download
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