What is Digital Library

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A library that applies ICTs in its information service delivery. Learn more in: Building an Effective Digital Library in a University Teaching Hospital (UTH) in Nigeria

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A digital library is a collection of documents in organized electronic form, available on the Internet or on CD-ROM (compact-disk read-only memory) disks. Learn more in: Open Access Literature Productivity of Library and Information Science: A DOAJ Perspective

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“A distributed system of information that guarantees the creation, reliable archiving and the effective use of heterogeneous collections of electronic documents (texts, graphics, audio, and video) through global networks of communication, in a convincing form for the end user” (Fernandes, 2005, p. 11) Learn more in: Constructing Virtual Libraries

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A digital library is a managed collection of information, with associated services, where the information is stored in digital formats and accessible over a network. A digital library is a special library with a focused collection of digital objects that can include text, visual material, audio material, video material, stored as electronic media formats (as opposed to print, microform, or other media), along with means for organizing, storing, and retrieving the files and media contained in the library collection through an electronic device and/or network. Learn more in: Myths and Challenges of Building an Effective Digital Library in Developing Nations: An African Perspective

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A collection of related digital contents overseen by a librarian or curator. Learn more in: Structuring and Facilitating Online Learning through Learning / Course Management Systems

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A set of electronic documents organized in collections, plus the system that provides access to them. They are the digital version of traditional libraries Learn more in: Document Versioning and XML in Digital Libraries

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A collection of information resources in digital formats and accessible by computers. Learn more in: Opportunities and Challenges of Using Big Data Applications in Institutions of Higher Learning Libraries and Research Institutions

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A digital library is a library where the collection is processed and stored in digital formats. This facilitates electronic searching and retrieval of the same through digital devices such as computers. Digital libraries are sometimes described as ‘paperless,’ ‘virtual,’ ‘library without walls,’ ‘electronic library’, and ‘bionic library’, among other names. Although some scholars also describe digital libraries as those libraries which have more digital collections than physical ones, others assert that digital libraries only offer services electronically; they are virtual and do not have a physical presence. Some literature also reveals the common understanding that most digital libraries contain highly specialised collections. It is also evident that digital libraries do not stock all the information resources locally but often collaborate with content producers to facilitate online access. Learn more in: Social Bookmarking in Digital Libraries: Intellectual Property Rights Implications

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The collection of services and the collection of information objects that support users in dealing with information objects, and the organization and presentation of those objects via electronic/digital means. Learn more in: DL and GIS: Path to a New Collaboration Paradigm

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Provides electronic documents and resources to select, structure, offer intellectual access to, interpret, distribute, preserve the integrity of, and ensure the persistence of collections of digital works so that they are readily and available for use by a defined community or set of communities. Learn more in: Semantic Framework for an Efficient Information Retrieval in the E-Government Repositories

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Digital library is a system as an infrastructure for global information, which consists of digital contents in databases and retrieval mechanisms. Learn more in: Intellectual Property Protection on Multimedia Digital Library

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A collection of digitized documents, images, and sounds that can be accessed and read by the use of computers. Learn more in: The Role of Radio Frequency Identification in Modern Libraries

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An environment for retrieval of digital documents. In contrast to a conventional library, documents if interest are not taken away from the library, but can be downloaded or prompted at the host of the user. Learn more in: Towards Multimedia Digital Libraries

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A collection of digital resources in an organized manner. Learn more in: An Empirical Analysis of the Utilization of University Digital Library Resources

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An online database of digital objects that can include text, still images, audio, video, or other digital media formats. A digital library covers the creation and distribution of all types of information over networks, ranging from converted historical materials. It considered the knowledge of the respondents about digital library and its uses, digitization process, and electronic resources services. Learn more in: Use of Electronic Resources Among Management Students of Alagappa University: A Case Study

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A library in which a significant proportion of the resources are available in machine readable format and accessible by means of computers. Learn more in: Copyright Issues in a Digital Library Environment

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A library in which a significant proportion of the resources are available in electronic format, accessible by means of computers. Libraries without walls being logical extensions to libraries. Learn more in: Library 2.0 as a New Participatory Context

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Borgman (1999) defines digital libraries as: a set of electronic resources and associated technical capabilities for creating, searching and using information. In this sense they are an extension and enhancement of information storage and retrieval systems that manipulate digital data in any medium (text, images, sounds; static or dynamic images) and exist in distributed networks. The content of digital libraries includes data, metadata that describe various aspects of the data (e.g., representation, creator, owner, reproduction rights), and metadata that consist of links or relationships to other data or metadata, whether internal or external to the digital library. According to the Digital Library Federation (Digital Library Federation, 1999): Learn more in: Digital Library Requirements: A Questionnaire-Based Study

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An organised and focused collection of digital objects, including texts, images, video and audio, with the methods of access and retrieval. The main objectives of digitalization are easy, fast and convenient access to the world’s information. Learn more in: Social Media and Copyright in Digital Libraries

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An organised collection of digital objects. These objects could either be born digital or digitized, and in various formats such as text, audio or video. Digital libraries have redefined traditional libraries by providing information in formats that would have never been thought of before. They have embraced “openness” in information access. Learn more in: Social Media, Social Networking, Copyright, and Digital Libraries

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A system as an infrastructure for global information, which consists of digital contents in databases and retrieval mechanisms. Learn more in: Patent and Trade Secret in Digital Libraries

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A collection of documents in organized electronic form, available on the Internet or on CD-ROM (compact-disk read-only memory) disks. Learn more in: Digital Libraries and Copyright of Intellectual Property: An Ethical Practice Management

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It is a kind of library that housed materials in digital formats. Learn more in: An Assessment of Digital Library Functions and Services in Nigerian Academic Libraries

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A digital library is a collection of books and reference materials stored in digital format. Learn more in: Networked Memex Based on Personal Digital Library

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A searchable electronic database of information and educational resources. Learn more in: Institutional Repository as a Knowledge Management Tool for the Enhancement of Library Visibility in the 21st Century: A Case of Midlands State University

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A collection of documents in organized electronic form, available on the Internet or on compact-disk read-only memory disks. Learn more in: Managing Intellectual Property in Digital Libraries and Copyright Challenges

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A potentially virtual organization, that comprehensively collects, manages, and preserves for the long depth of time-rich digital content, and offers to its target user communities specialized functionality on that content, of defined quality and according to comprehensive codified policies ( Candela et al., 2011b , p. 17). Learn more in: Effectiveness of Reference Models for Knowledge Organization Systems: A Cross-Analysis of Requirements

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A collection of documents in organized electronic form which is available on the Internet or on CD-ROM disks. A user may be able to electronically access documents including journal articles, books, papers, images, sound files, and videos from a library. Learn more in: Electronic Resource Management and Digitisation: Library System of the University of Calcutta

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A collection of texts, images, and so forth encoded so as to be stored, retrieved, and read by the computer. It comprises digital collections, services, and infrastructure to support lifelong learning, research, scholarly communication, and preservation. Learn more in: Digital Libraries and Ontology

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A digital library is a digital repository storing a very large proportion of information in electronic format. The resources are machine-readable and also accessible to users (readers) remotely through network on their terminals. Some of digital libraries are specialized to hold and serve specific type of contents, such as digital image library. See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_library Learn more in: Introducing Digital Case Library

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Digital library is the type of library where information resources are housed electronically and they are accessed and retrieved for use with the aid of computers and other ICT devices. Learn more in: Disaster and Digital Libraries in Developing Countries: Issues and Challenges

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Like a traditional library, a collection of books and reference materials. Learn more in: Web-Based Personal Digital Library

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A library where the information is in electronic format and is accessible over a network. Learn more in: Copyright Challenges in Digital Libraries in Kenya From the Lens of a Librarian

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It is a collection of documents which is organized in electronic form, available on the Internet or on CD-ROM disks. Depending on the specific library, a user may be able to access magazine articles, books, papers, images, sound files, and videos. Learn more in: Role of Digital Libraries in the Present Era: Challenges and Issues

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An information service that selects, acquires, organises, and disseminates digital born and digitised information resources to a designated community of users. Learn more in: Intellectual Property Challenges in Digital Library Environments

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A library in which collections are stored in digital formats (as opposed to print, microform, or other media) and is accessible by computers. The digital content may be stored locally, or accessed remotely via computer networks. The terms is diffuse enough to be applied to a wide range of collections and organizations, but, to be considered a digital library, an online collection of information must be managed by and made accessible to a community of users. Some web sites can be considered digital libraries, but they may not offer such functionality. Learn more in: The IntelCities Community of Practice: The eGov Services Model for Socially Inclusive and Participatory Urban Regeneration Programs

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It is an information retrieval tool which stores collections in digital formats. Learn more in: Metadata Diversity in the Cultural Heritage Repositories