Introduction to Digital Libraries
Title
Why?
OUTLINE FOR THEME 1
Technology and digital libraries
Technology is continuing to transform the library world.
Contemporary technology is affecting almost every facet of our lives
and institutions. Libraries are no exceptions. Digital libraries are
evolving along following technology.
We are looking here on the effects of technology on libraries through
a prism of electronic books (e-books) where many changes and
advances can be readily illustrated.
Books are also being transformed from print to electronic books –
from p- to e-books. Libraries are following this trend – collections and
services are being transformed to e-services and e-collections.
E-collections are digitized from print or other analog artifacts or
borne digital. Libraries started early book digitization, but these
efforts were relatively small in scale. Large digitization projects have
and are digitizing a massive amount of books. They are creating a
digitzing revolution on an industrial scale.
You are asking:
 What are some of the paths taken by digital libraries in
deployment of contemporary technology?
 How do they differ and relate?
What?
The theme covers:
 a historical approach to analysis of the relation between
libraries and technology
 examples of transformation in different types of libraries due
to technology
How?
Lecture 1
Assignment 1
Exercise 1
Discussion 1