Digital Library Education: India and Abroad

Features Of The Digital Library

The various features of digital libraries are given below:

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  Usable anywhere, anytime.

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  Interactive.

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  Access national and international journals in different formats.

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  Helpful for physically disabled users as they can hear audible e-resources.

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  Provide background music and animations.

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  Save human efforts for shelving, rectification, bindery, and repair.

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  User cannot misplace e-books.

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  In buying e-resources, the overhead charges are ruled out.

Digital Library Education In India

Various Indian universities are offering one/two-year postgraduate diplomas in digital library and information to provide the latest skills of the digital world to their students effectively. These universities have somewhat the same eligibility criteria and course curriculum. Table 1 provides the same information in brief. A study is being done to identify the number of universities and institutes that provide digital library education in the form of short-term training programs to diploma or degree with its duration and eligibility in India. The information given in the table is validated and fully authentic to day-to-day use for students. The postgraduate diploma in digital library management is very new in India (see Figure 1).