DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology

  • Year: 2009
  • Volume: 29
  • Issue: 2

Building Subject Gateway in a Shifting Digital World

  • Author:
  • Usha Mujoo Munshi
  • Total Page Count: 8
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 7 to 14

Indian Institute of Public Administration, IP Estate, New Delhi-110 012.

Abstract

The advancement and widespread adoption of the information and communication technology has expanded the access to information. Alternatively, deluge of digital data, and the rate at which the repositories of information are increasing are not affable because one needs to trace these individually. The paper addresses these apprehensions and focus on interoperability of these digital repositories so that subject gateways could be generated using these repositories to facilitate one-stop shop and easy access to galore of resources contained in these digital repositories, thereby enhancing access to scholarly communications.

Keywords

Digital world, subject gateways, storage and communication networks, digital repositories, digital contents, metadata, open access initiative