Disadvantages Of Digital Library

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Due to advancement of information technology, variety of information needs, shrinking budget have sift the paradigm from traditional library to modern digital library which has digital information collection with special features and variety of information services. The libraries have been migrating and refreshing their collection and services in form of the digital collections and services. Digital libraries are offering to preserve, archive and provide access of the digital content for present and future use. This paper describes the definition, features, prerequisite, procedures, tools and software’s of digital
Libraries. It concludes with the remarks that the library and information science professional should take advantage of new opportunities offered by the Digital libraries.

Keywords: Digital library, Prerequisite, procedures, Infrastructure of DL, collection and services

INTRODUCTION:
The library is considered as an institution whose basic responsibility is to preserve the books and makes them accessible for those who have interest of them.
1 The basic characteristic of a good library is its complete identification with its institution, the measures of its excellence is the extent to which its resources and services support the institution’s academic pursuits.2
The basic objective of any library to acquire, store, organize and disseminate information and knowledge in the variety of file and format. The increase in the variety of information needs, nature of publications and structure of library has created the complexity in the functions and management of the library which has changed the job of the librarian as information or knowledge manager instead of store keeper of the book house. “The world is...

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...s the needs of the target users.

Manpower:
Personal is required for the creation, organization and mange the digital library. The professional may be form the library science with computer background having proficiency in development of digital collection and services are required for it.

IT infrastructure (hardware, software, connectivity)
The infrastructure is required for the development of the digital library as follows:
Hardware (select as per requirement)
Server: Web-server, File server, Email-server, etc.
Nodes: computers, Laptop, palmtop
Printer: Line printer, Laser Printer, Inkjet printer
Scanner: Flatbed and Overhead (Minolta PS 7000, Zeutschel)
Digital Camera: Still Digital Camera, Canan (3-5 Mp)
Video cameras
Audio Recording machine
Software (select as per requirement)
System software- Vista, Windows XP, Linux, Unix, Mackintosh,Win2003

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