Digital Libraries and Scholarly Communication: A Perspective

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Author(s): S. C. Jindal (University of Delhi, India)
Copyright: 2010
Pages: 21
Source title: Developing Sustainable Digital Libraries: Socio-Technical Perspectives
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Tariq Ashraf (University of Delhi, India), Jaideep Sharma (Indira Gandhi National Open University, India)and Puja Anand Gulati (University of Delhi, India)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-767-1.ch002

Keywords: Digital Libraries / Information Science Reference / Library & Information Science / Library Science

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The chapter examines various components of scholarly communication in the context of digital technologies as being applied in libraries. It highlights the role of digital environment in research and its impact. Chapter provides both a historical and contemporary perspective of digital library movement and discusses issue s like sustainability and preservation. It argues that Research libraries have begun to take on the provision, organization and preservation of digital information with the same long-term commitment they have made for print materials

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