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Digital Library of the Future: Promises, Perils, and the Models

Digital Library of the Future: Promises, Perils, and the Models. Dr. Jagtar Singh, Professor and Head, & Dean, Faculty of Education and Information Science Punjabi University, Patiala Pin - 147 002 (India) Email: jagtar.kindu@gmail.com. Impact of ICT. Space and Time constraints gone

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Digital Library of the Future: Promises, Perils, and the Models

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  1. Digital Library of the Future: Promises, Perils, and the Models Dr. Jagtar Singh, Professor and Head, &Dean, Faculty of Education and Information SciencePunjabi University, Patiala Pin - 147 002 (India) Email: jagtar.kindu@gmail.com

  2. Impact of ICT • Space and Time constraints gone • Information available 24x7x52 • Goggle, Wikipedia, and reliability of information • Paradigm shift from community-Centred libraries to Format-Centred Libraries • Information devide increasing and at stake is the ascent of man

  3. Library and the Web • Library is Order and Web is chaos • Library is soul of scholarship • How to find needle in the haystack • Overwhelmed End-users • Search engines and the semantic web • Information literacy as foundational skill • Professional competencies • Philosophy, theory and best practices

  4. Digital Library • Digital library is system for seamless access • Power of digital library • Facets of digital library • Barriers facing digital library • Digital determinism versus social determinism • Content, conduit, context, and KO

  5. Convergence and transmutation • Primary, secondary, and tertiary sources’ classification stands collapsed today • Ranganathan in context of digital age • Digital libraries based on print-based mind-set • Web has no head and tail • Links and routes • Paucity in plenty paradox

  6. Real-time access • Complexity, uncertainty, and access4 • Instability, insecurity and preservation • Rigidity and flexibility • LIPs to promote reading, understanding, and assimilation • 24x7 access to what? • EU information seeking behaviour and professionals’ attitude

  7. Hybrid library model • ‘One size fits all’ and universal digital library are myths • Economic models: Pay as you go & Buy one and use many • The big deal • The contextual digital library model • Hybrid library that is User-centred and expert-assisted

  8. Conclusion • Digital library is simply an evolution of the classic traditional library • It is developed on the digital paradigm but based on the analog mind-set • Digital divide is the biggest peril and digital inclusion is the biggest promise of digital library • Digital library must be highly contextual • It must take the bull of digital divide by horns • Hybrid library is the only sustainable mode

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