Acquisition and Preservation of Digital Resoures

Abstract

The article deals with various aspects of digital resources such as selection, acquisition, legal aspects of purchasing, such as licensing agreements, archiving or preservation.Today the availability of digital resources is growing faster which have made significant impact not only on the traditional acquisition policy but also on the preservation and weeding out policy. Due to proliferation of digital resources, it is important that they should be preserved for long-term access. The article points out necessity of sound acquisition policy and the preservation aspects.