Working and Advantages of Digital Library: An Analysis

Abstract

A digital library is a library that contains materials in digitized form or access to internal or external digital resources that can be manipulated and delivered in many ways that a conventional version of the materials cannot be given. The collection of resources available in the digital format has become a necessity to satisfy the ever-increasing information needs of the users. Also digital libraries offer different types of services, the procedure of which is varied but typically serves the same purpose as traditional library services. It is important to ensure that information in digital records remains accessible and is not inadvertently destroyed; and hence strategies and skills needs to be developed for ensuring the long-term retention of digital information.