Digital Library Software Packages

Abstract

The introduction of digital technology into the process of production, distribution and storage of information has made the libraries to go digital. Digital resources are one of the new categories of information resources in library and information centers. Many libraries are now increasingly involved in the process of creating and acquiring of digital resources. Building digital collections have become a wide spread activity. Creation of digital resources and its management is not a easy task. There are many issues and challenges, which the present day librarians’ are facing. To retrieve the accurate, useful and relevant information is very difficult in digital environment. Efforts are being made to provide user-friendly software to manipulate digital information. The present paper takes the review of same prominent digital library software available through Internet, which will help to take decision on selecting the appropriate software for managing a efficient digital library.