Development of Digital Library

Special libraries are facing increasing challenges today. The biggest challenge before them is How To demonstrate that they are the best source of specialized information despite reliance on the Web for information. Special libraries therefore need to change in terms of their collections, roles, services and evolve strategies for managing the change. 'Shaping the Future of Beyond Boundaries' is a collection of papers that provides directions in which special libraries should grow and shape their future. Advances in Internet technologies have made it seemingly possible and easy to create digital collections, repositories, archives and libraries. However, supporting diverse information usages that facilitate interaction beyond searching and browsing is in the early stages. Interactive digital libraries and digital archives are still evolving. The digital preservation techniques have brought revolutionary changes in the organisation and Management of libraries and archives. To peep into it, library and information Science professionals, need to be get ready to face the challenges emerging due to the adoption of digital technologies. This Book provides an in-depth analysis and impact of digitization in libraries and archives and their changing responsibilities in the digital age. It is supposed to be useful for the practising librarians, archivists, information scientists, teachers and students of library and information science and to those concerned with digitization of information resources.