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Digital Library: An overview


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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.

Keywords

Digital Libraries, Research, Standards, User Issues.
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M. Krishnamurthy
Indian Statistical Institute, 8<sup>th</sup> Mile Mysore Road, R.V. College Post, Bangalore 560059
India


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M. Krishnamurthy
Indian Statistical Institute, 8<sup>th</sup> Mile Mysore Road, R.V. College Post, Bangalore 560059, India

Abstract


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.

Keywords


Digital Libraries, Research, Standards, User Issues.

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