Digital Knowledge Resources

The term “Digital Knowledge Resources” is used in a wider perspective to include all sources where the information is available in electronic formats and accessible with a help of computers. These sources are variously termed as automated library, electronic library, virtual library, paperless library, networked library, library without walls, and multimedia library and all of them are used interchangeably and synonymously. The term digital library has however become the preferred term due to growing interest and marries the missions, techniques, and cultures of physical libraries with the capabilities and cultures of computing and telecommunications. The advantages of digital information are well established and understood – it can be delivered direct to the user; multiple simultaneous use is possible with no degradation from use and with minimal storage costs; sophisticated searching techniques are available and retrieval is fast. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.