Mohammad Asif

Abstract

Libraries are non-profit social institutions and every community and users are dependent on library for their information need. The impact of ICT has changed traditional library concept by adopting the changes and opportunities of a mix of digital technologies and their accelerating impact on services in a strategic way. Emerging trends and technologies and the use of certain digital library software brought out transition from Print to Digital, resulting transformation in process of digitization, documentation and communication. Transformation of Libraries includes skill needs, skill trends for the implementation of open source software packages. Present study is based upon the methodology involving online evaluation and study of related open source digital library software that can change our traditional library systems. Keywords: Open source, Digital Library, Digital Transformation, Software Packages, Internet.

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With the advent of the World Wide Web, internet has become integral part of the library and it facilitated libraries as global platform for knowledge sharing. Powerful searching tools and techniques have emerged in this sector, such as internet search engines, information portals, multi format publishers and online content integrators etc. Google itself provides enough opportunities to become library a global player for the access of scholarly information, this article focuses on few general aspects e-learning with a modern digital library in the context of the changing role of librarians. E-searching offers new opportunities for library professionals, staff, users and researchers. Finally it emphasizes the impact of libraries by the way of providing easy library access, information retrieval and management of e-resources in digital environment. Keywords: Internet, Search engine, Google, E-Learning, E-resources, Searching techniques.  

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