World Digital Libraries: An International Journal (WDL)

World Digital Libraries: An International Journal (WDL)

  • Frequency:2 issues a year
  • ISSN: 0974-567X
  • Online ISSN: 0975-7597

Journal Details

World Digital Libraries is an international peer-reviewed biannual journal. The journal seeks quality research papers that present original theoretical approaches. It also seeks experimental case studies related to digital library developments, maintenance and dissemination  of  digital information focusing on research and integration of knowledge at the interface of resources and development. The journal will, therefore, keep readers abreast with the current developments and contain articles, reviews, current developments, and case studies, encompassing the following areas.

  • Theoretical and methodological issues that relate to the interrelationships among   electronic resources management, digital preservation, multiple access, multilinguality, copyright issues, and security aspects.
  • Theoretical approaches as well as experimental case studies related to digital library development  and maintenance. 
  • Initiatives towards digitization through lucid case studies.
  • Current developments across the globe.
  • Dialogues between the scientific community and society at large.

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Show Abstract Issue -Vol.2(2) December 2009

  • Editorial

    Michael Seadle
    Dean, Faculty of Arts, and Director, Berlin School of Library and Information Science, and Editor, Library Hi-Tech, Germany

  • Cybercafes use by the research scientists in agricultural research institutes in Ibadan, Nigeria

    FAGBAMI O O,* Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria, Ibadan. P.M.B. 5244, Ibadan, Oyo State, NigeriaAKINTOLA B A,+ and PELEMO O J+, Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, Ibadan P.M.B. 5054, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

    DOI: 10.3233/WDL-120040

  • Use of library services in technological changing environment: a survey

    M Vijayakumar, Deputy Librarian, Birla Institute of Technology, Deemed University, Mesra - 835 215, Ranchi, Jharkhand, IndiaB U Kannappanavar, Librarian, University BDT College of Engineering, Davanagere, Karnataka, India

    DOI: 10.3233/WDL-120041

  • Aggregative Digital Library Systems in the DRIVER Infrastructure

    MICHELE ARTINI, LEONARDO CANDELA, DONATELLA CASTELLI, PAOLO MANGHI, MARKO MIKULICIC, PASQUALE PAGANOIstituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell’Informazione ‘Alessandro Faedo’Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via G. Moruzzi, 1-56124 Pisa, Italyartini, candela, castelli, manghi, mikulicic, pagano]@isti.cnr.itkannappanavar@gmail.com

    DOI: 10.3233/WDL-120042

  • Building image repository of Indian cultural and heritage materials adopting Dublin Core metadata standards

    DR LALITHA POLURU, Librarian, Institute of Pharmacy, Nirma University Sarkhej-Gandhinagar Highway, Ahmedabad – 382 481, IndiaPhone +91-2717-241900/01/02/03/04, Extn: 731 Mobile 09879333705 Fax +91-2717-241916 Email lalitha.poluru@nirmauni.ac.in, lalithapoluru@yahoo.comWebsite www.nirmauni.ac.in

    DOI: 10.3233/WDL-120043

  • E-Resources @ UGC–Infonet Digital Library Consortium: a breakthrough

    DR R K BHATT, Associate Professor and Head, Department of Library Information Science, University of Delhi

    DOI: 10.3233/WDL-120044

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