Contribution of SAARC Nations towards World Digital Library (WDL)

Patra & Prakash Chand : Library and Information Science Research in Saarc

Member countries of SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) and ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) have long history of LIS (Library and Information Science) education and research. This study compares LIS research output in member countries of these two associations, using LISA (Library and Information Science Abstracts) data. The study focuses on the pattern of l...

Promoting Open Digital Scholarship: A Canadian Library Perspective

Education for digital libraries: library management perspective

The paper examines three Master’s programmes in digital libraries: Digital Library Learning (Oslo University College, Tallinn University, and University of Parma), Digital Library and Information Services, and Digital services – culture, information and communication (Swedish School of Library and Information Science). The author uses her direct experience of developing one of the programmes, c...

Information Management in New Millennium: opportunities & challenges for library professionals

World Digital Libraries 1(2): 165–166 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Due to revolution in technology, the information services have increased their variety and quantity and refined their quality. Information management is a crucial job for the library professionals in the twenty-first centur...

Building Digital Libraries: a how-to-do-it manual (Number 153)

World Digital Libraries 2(2): 161–162 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Book review Building Digital Libraries: a how-to-do-it manual (Number 153) Terry Reese Jr. and Kyle Banerjee Reviewed by Shantanu Ganguly* In the digital age, libraries need to preserve and provide access to digital resourc...