Digital Library: An overview
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https://doi.org/10.17821/srels/2004/v41i4/44498Keywords:
Digital Libraries, Research, Standards, User IssuesAbstract
This paper describes the objectives of digital libraries and the project in some detail. The role of the digital libraries, standards, collection management, cataloguing, stages of digital libraries , and evaluative of various aspects. A number of lessons emerged from this paper which are described, as are model for digital library.Downloads
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