Status of Digital Library and its Preservation in Selected Libraries of Assam: Strength, Problems & Trends of Digital

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2014-09-25

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INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar

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In Library and Information Science, the application of information technology has provided wider opportunities in archiving and accessing knowledge in digitized form besides conservation and preservation of traditional knowledge. Digitization of materials will provide enhanced access to electronic information sources and users can access digital content irrespective of time and space boundaries. This paper aims to study on digital library and its preservation, the main purpose of this study is to identify its strength, problems and trends. A survey has been carried out among different libraries of Assam. To collect the data a questionnaire method has been used.This paper also tries to give a glimpses of digital library initiatives in India taken from its very beginning.

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9th Convention PLANNER-2014 Dibrugarh University, Assam, September 25-27, 2014

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Digital Library, Digital Preservation, Digital LibraryInitiatives

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