Digital Library Initiatives: A Boon for Preservation of Information Resources in India (original) (raw)

Preservation of Digital Content in Indian Libraries: Issues and Strategies

2015

Recent years have witnessed exponential growth of information due to advancements in Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Libraries, especially academic, research and special types are investing huge amount for procuring e-Resources such as e-Journals, eDatabases, e-Books, and so on and started digitizing its own collections such as theses and dissertations, faculty publications, reports, and so on. Archival institutions and museums also playing major role in preserving digital information by establishing preservation policies and strategies. Libraries in the developed countries are much faster in digitization process than the developing and underdeveloped countries. India is moving towards digitization process, which has large amount of traditional and cultural resources. Some of the cultural and heritage resources have either vanished or gone out from India. In the earlier days, preservation of information was never thought seriously and availability of more and more di...

Digital Preservation: Issues and Challenges on Libraries and Information Resource Centres in India

Purpose – This paper focuses on operational digital preservation systems specifically in information resource centre (IRC). It considers the wide range of digital objects of interest to IRC, including ejournals, technical reports, e-records, project documents, scientific data, etc. The report also discusses archiving based on format types – text, data, audio, video, etc. Design/methodology/approach – This paper presents the concepts and observations on the contents of digital preservation. It discuses about the overview of technological approaches and strategies to digital preservation and challenges on information resource centre (IRC). This paper is also describes the main objectives, process and technological issues involved in preservation of digital materials. Finally, the paper highlights the process ladder of digital preservation initiatives. Findings – The paper discovers to facilitate digital preservation goal can be achieved by the implementation of several technologies bu...

Management of Digital Preservations in Gandhi Smriti Library of LBSNAA, India

Based on rapid improvements in digital mode with the extensive educational contents, the purpose and focus of this paper is to show off the digital collection for the use of Officer Trainees from Indian Civil Services and Civil Servants at different levels in India and in other democratic countries. An attempt has been made to present a case study of developing the digital preservations in the library of LBS National Academy of Administration, India. It will give a brief introduction of the issues which had been considered while setting up a digital project with C-DAC for changing the environment from physical to Digital. The project in Gyanlok section in Gandhi Smriti Library was a voluminously painstaking and herculean task, which had to be completed with precision, accuracy and commitment to preserve the heritage and historical books in digital mode for the readers in perspective. In this paper, the author describes the work done within Gandhi Smriti Library, LBSNAA. Digital Preservation Group had created a list and description of the functional components of an ideal digital preservation environment for its library. The evolution of Digital environment is evidenced by developments in education & research, and growth of the literature & resources. Information Scientists' skills in surfing, collecting, organizing, evaluating information can contribute to develop a Model of Digital Preservations for the Academicians, Students, Trainees, Researchers, and Civil Servants.

Digital Library -Preservation of Information source,Development, trend & characteristics

Book Chapter, 2022

Digital libraries, mostly for e-studying in virtual or mobile times, promise new social advantages. beginning with the removal of the time and area constraints of conventional bricksand-mortar libraries. The library and statistics specialists are required to gather such understanding and abilities because the library is one of the quite IT prompted provider profession. This paper offers an outline of cutting-edge traits in virtual library studies includes virtual library characteristic, advantage, hazards and function. Traditional libraries have gone digital as a result of the introduction of digital technology, which is a method of storing, retrieving, and disseminating information. Libraries all around the globe have dealt with the many obstacles offered by digital information preservation, as well as the technological, organisational, resource, and legal issues that come with it.This chapter additionally highlights at the effect of statistics era at the conventional library, difficulties and opportunities, as well as tools such as LOCKSS, E-prints, D-space, Depot, Fedora, Greenstone,

Digitization, Strategies & Issues of Digital Preservation: An Insight View toVisva-Bharati Library

2010

The digital preservation is of utmost importance in order to maintain the mission of preserving a record for future use. Digital preservation is the management of digital information over time. This paper explores an initiation towards digitization in order to preserve the rich collection, mostly rare documents at Visva-Bharati Library. The authors tried to highlight the need of digital preservation, strategies and issues of its related as well as digital preservation activities carried out by Visva-Bharati Library with intention to preserve the rare documents of the library.

DIGITAL PRESERVATION IN LIBRARY

The papers fixate on how to preservation of information which is available in digital form and in the printed form, we also discussion on different methods & procedures involved in converting printed form of documents in to a digital form for preservation.

Digital Library initiatives in India: an overview

The emergence of Internet has added a new dimension to information technology which gave birth to the new concepts of Digital Libraries (DLs), Knowledge Management (KM), and archiving of indigenous culture and heritage materials. The Digital Libraries have emerged as a crucial component of global information infrastructure, adopting the latest Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to promote an organisational structure that encourages communication and resource sharing between the academician and scholars across the nations. In India, a number of digital library initiatives and digitization programmes have been initiated across the country. Most of the digital library initiatives are government funded. The Ministry of Communications and Information technology has also established the Digital Library of India. This paper discusses various problems, challenges and issues involved in design and development of digital libraries in India.

Digital Preservation in Academics Libraries

International Journal of Library and Information Studies, 2020

In the age of information technology everything merged with the new technologies. In the field of preservation technology made a huge change and gives a new dimension to it. Digital preservation helps us to store and keep our information resources safe and secure for future purpose. In the academic library digital preservation plays important roles which make secure and give longevity to the information resources.

" A functional Approach to Digital Library in India

(Abstract) The rapid advancement in Information Technologies has revolution the sole of libraries. Information Technology has its own niche in every aspect of life in the society. Changes in society & technology made variation in the life style of Indian people and their views & attitude towards the libraries. Today digital world is concerned, with creating, sharing & using information in digital form. Information Technology has almost converted the world into a global village. The rise of digital libraries has brought phenomenal change in the progress of collection, storage, preservation of rare documents, retrieval & dissemination of information. Now –a-days the ICT is considered as an important commodity and is playing an important sole for development in all fields such as education, research etc. The present study focuses on the functional aspect of the digital library. In the present society, digital libraries are playing a key role in disseminating information by providing different types of relevant & recent information to the users with a short span of time. The digital library can provide enhanced access to the electronic information sources and the users can access the digital content irrespective of time & space boundaries. This study also discusses the core elements and functional components of the digital library.

JOALS DIGITAL PRESERVATION IN LIBRARIES

Preservation of conventional resources became more flourishing and organized when the libraries and archives started incorporating preservation into their overall planning and resource allocation. Digital preservation is fundamentally experimental as well as full of risks linked with untested Digital preservation strategies. Archives hold millions of documents like manuscripts, rare books, paintings, photographs, and historical records, which represent human heritage. With the passage of time, paper manuscripts start getting fragile and brittle because of various reasons including environmental and climate changes. Lamination does not seem to be a permanent solution of preservation of this cultural heritage for future generations. Digitization technology has a lot of benefits associated with it for the effective preservation and future access of this heritage. A document becomes perpetual and can be accessed for long after it proper digitization irrespective of the existence of the original document. Another benefit of providing access of a document in digital format is that it results in considerable reduction in physical handling of the original hard copy of the document. Digital Preservation is a set of various organized procedures and activities, which are required to be carried out for the purpose of ensuring everlasting availability of the material in digital format for its usage. It is a challenging task because of being a complex process. The present paper deals with the basic concept of Digital Preservation, its need, relevance, objectives, and strategies. It also discusses about the overview of technological approaches and strategies to digital preservation and its benefits and challenges in the libraries.