Technologies and Tools for Digital Libraries:Challenges for Preservation, Archiving, Replication and Dissemination

Discusses the projects undertaken by the Center for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) which include Digital Library of Indian Heritage, Indian Art Preservation Research Project and Tanjore Sarasvati Mahal Library. The objectives, the methodology and the challenges of the Digital Library of Indian Heritage are mentioned. Describes the tools and technologies developed for preservation, archiving, replication and dissemination of rare and rich artifacts. The tool. Digital library Application Suite conceives the digital contents and helps categorizing them. The Capture Model, Conversion Model and the Hosting Model are described. The Dynamic Data Entry Wizard preserves the contents by digitization, entering metadata and storing them in a database. Concludes listing the advantages of digitization to museums.