Digital Library

 Digital library:

"A digital library is a collection of digital objects like e-books, magazines, audio and video recordings, and other electronic documents."

Digital library resources 

• E-books

• E-magazines

• E- databases

• Open access to resources

• Public universities 

• Audio and video recording

• E-Prints -

Features:

• Accessibility

• Availability

• Updated content

• Multiple access

• Electronic journals

• Library management automation

• Instant access of responsibility

• Digital preservation of resources 

Importance:

• The major importance of digital library services is to give different information in different ways to the students who come into the digital library. 

• The world is a “World of Digital Resources” because it acquires all types of electronic information. 

• Quick access

• Unlimited collection of books and e-resources

• Simplified and library management automation 

Pros and cons of a digital library:

• Digital library services have a positive impact on students' learning and research work through gadgets. 

• The perception of learning is promoted by the digital library that provides valuable information relevant to the topics of students.

• There are a few doubts about the possibility of digital library services for providing access to information. 

• Wide variety of content available

• Easily updated

• On-demand access

• Reduce resource duplication

• Digitization violates copyright law because material conceived by one author can be freely transmitted by another without acknowledgment. High starting price.

• A digital library requires a high-bandwidth network to transfer multimedia resources.

• With the large volume of digital information, it is becoming increasingly difficult to find the right content for a particular task.

• A digital library can't reproduce a traditional library environment.

Digital literacy:

Digital literacy refers to the skills you need to live, learn and work in a society where communication and information are accessed through digital technologies such as internet platforms, social media, and mobile devices and access to them is increasing.

Digital literacy skills:

• Communication

• Researching

• Collaboration

• Creating

• Create digital content

• Information literacy skills 

• Digital citizenship