M.L.I. Sc, M. Phil, NIIT, MCP. K-SET, Co-ordinator, Dept. of Library and Information Science, Vijaynagara Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Ballari, Karnataka, India
Online published on 20 June, 2019.
Digital Libraries are omnipresent nowadays. Almost every single institution is hosting its own. Sometimes they even use their own servers and customized software to provide information to users. However, a single isolated Digital Library is valueless. It must be connected “to the world”: to users as well as to content and services provided by other Digital Library systems. Since it is not possible for an information provider to host every single information of a specific topic locally at its server, a portal might be the right solution. In this article we will give an overview of Future at your Library and Libraries without books.
