Design, Development, and Management of Resources for Digital Library Services / Tariq Ashraf, University of Delhi South Campus, India, Puja Anand Gulati, University of Delhi, India, [editors].

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-408) and index.

"This book offers a global perspective on the development and design of a digital library and highlights its benefits over a traditional library"--Provided by publisher.

Design and development consideration for a multilingual digital library / Anne R. Diekema -- Digital library initiatives in India / Jyoti Gupta -- Digital library : an emerging paradigm towards open access / P.S. Rajput -- Strategic approach to 24/7 services : best practices for gateway to Nyack Hospital Medical Library Resources in a digital era / Maria Vee Kwon -- E -books : readers, librarians and publishers perspective / Dr. S. Kumar, D.K. Agarwal, Surender Kumar Lijhara and Samta Tapkir -- Perspective of digital libraries evalution : methodology from marketing of services for information services / Eduardo da Silva Alentejo -- Towards Arab digital libraries : opportunities, challenges, and requirements / Mohammed Nasser Al-Suqri, Khalsa Al-Hinai and Kawther Mohammed Al-Hashmi -- Building repository banking and finance (ReBaF) : a case study in library of STIE / Perbanas Surabaya Munawaroh -- Open content : an inference for developing open information field / Nilesh A. Shewale -- The digital repository of the Swiss Federal Archives / Jean-Marc Comment -- Marketing strategy for information products/services / Rohit Singh -- Scholarly communication and researcher's skills in digital libraries / Vilas Jadhav -- ICTs in libraries : prospects and challenges / Shampa Paul -- Digital preservation : principles and policies / Shivani Kaushal and Sakshi Bahl -- Significance of metadata / K. Nazeer Badhu -- Setting up of an archive in an otherwise advanced educational institute : IIT Kanpur, a case study / Sonaly Goswami -- The concept of metadata for digital information resources with special reference to Dublin Core (DC) / Sunil Tyagi -- Information seeking behavior of users and strategies to overcome the challenges in current era / A. Dakshayani and S. Srinivasan -- Preservation of digital information in library and information centers / Baldev Kumar and Dr. Ramchander -- Information seeking behaviour in digital environment and libraries in enhancing the use of digital information / Kaushal Chauhan and Rabindra Kumar Mahapatra -- Empowering library users in academic libraries in digital era : a case study of Assam University Library / Dr. Manoj Kumar Sinha -- Strategies and issues of institutional repositories : an Indian scenario / Dr. Ajay Pratap Singh -- Blogs as a powerful tool : an overview / Dr. Rajesh Kumar and Sunil Prajapati -- Information literacy : a tool of empowerment of people for India, Nepal and Bangladesh / Dr. Subhajit Choudhury, Prof. S. Kumar and Dr. Chitresh Kala -- Information literacy programmes : a need of information society / Jadhav Vandana S, Dr. Khaparde Vaishali S and Shelke Santosh M -- BTISnet : biotechnology information network for biological scientific community / K.N. Kandpal, Mohammad. Faheem Khan and S.S. Rawat -- Roles of librarian and other library and information science (LIS) professionals in the ICT enabled changing library scenario / Dr. Kanchan Kamila, Soumitra Biswas and Piyali Das -- Copyright relevancy at stake in libraries of digital era / Dr. (Smt)Mangala Hirwade -- Social networking tools for information services / Maulik Gandhi -- Bricks to click : a road map of pinake to digital library : an overview / Rajkumar and Ruchi Nanda -- Synergizing the collections of libraries archives and museums for better user services / Neelam Prasad -- Information needs and seeking behaviour of physically challenged students and faculty members of the University of Delhi : a study / Ramneek Singh and Ms. Amrit Kaur -- Special services for users with special needs in Windows XP and Windows 7 / Ritu Aggarwal -- Use of INDEST-AICTE digital library consortium resources by research scholar and faculty member of IIT Kanpur : a study / Tapas Kumar Das and Pragati -- Faculty perception of information literacy and role of libraries / Shilpi Verma.