Everything about Digital library
Online database of digital resources
A digital library is an online database of digital resources that can include text, still images, audio, video, digital documents, or other digital media formats or a library accessible through the internet. Objects can consist of digitized content, such as print or photographs, as well as originally produced digital content, including word processor files or social media posts. In addition to storing content, digital libraries provide mechanisms for the organization, searching, and retrieving of content from the collection. Digital libraries can vary immensely in size and scope, and can be maintained by individuals or organizations. The digital content may be stored locally, or accessed remotely via computer networks. These information retrieval systems are able to exchange information with each other through interoperability and sustainability. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: Digital libraryA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Android-Based Digital Library Application DevelopmentInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Digital librariesThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Alexandria Digital LibraryCited 43 times
- Go sideways: Hybrid libraryA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Digital preservationA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun A library in which collections are stored in digital formats (as opposed to print, microform, or other media) and accessible by computers; a type of information retrieval system.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Alexandria Digital Library
Teaching digital library concepts using digital library applications
Digital Library Federation
Digital library opportunities
ACM Digital Library
Library of Congress Digital Library effort
Digital library: keywords
The digital library
🆕 Influential since 2022
📚 Books worth reading
Digital librariesJudith Andrews, Derek G. Law · 2004
Collection developmentMaureen Pastine · 1997
Books, bricks & bytesStephen Richards Graubard, Paul LeClerc · 1997- 📕Becoming a Digital LibrarySusan J. Barnes · 2003
Emerging Research LibrarySul H. Lee · 2009- 📕Digital HumanitiesChristopher Millson-Martula, Kevin B. Gunn · 2018
Digital LibrariesFabrice Papy · 2007
Digital CurationGillian Oliver, Ross Harvey · 2010
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🔗 Related topics
- Hybrid library Hybrid library is a term used by librarians to describe libraries containing a mix of traditional print library resources and the growing number of electronic…
- Digital preservation In library and archival science, digital preservation is a formal process to ensure that digital information of continuing value remains accessible and…
- Book scanning Book scanning or book digitization (also: magazine scanning or magazine digitization) is the process of converting physical books and magazines into digital…
- California Digital Library The California Digital Library (CDL) was founded by the University of California in 1997. Under the leadership of then UC President Richard C. Atkinson…
- Digitization Digitization is the process of converting information into a digital format, i.e., a format that can be read by computers. The result is the representation…
- HathiTrust HathiTrust Digital Library is a large-scale collaborative repository of digital content from research libraries, administered by the University of Michigan…
- Internet Archive The Internet Archive is an American non-profit library founded in 1996 by Brewster Kahle that runs a digital library website, archive.org. It provides…
- National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program The National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP) of the United States was an archival program led by the Library of Congress…