Pearl: A Journal of Library and Information Science
  • Year: 2017
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue: 3

The Digital Shift: Breaking the Barriers of Connecting Library Resources to Its User Community

Deputy Librarian, Library, NMIMS Deemed University, Vile Parle (W), Mumbai-400056, India, Email id: rnbellary@gmail.com

Online published on 2 September, 2017.

Abstract

We are in the digital age; it has brought many changes and challenges for library and information science professionals and their centre to perform well. The key feature of digital shift is to make access information more convenient way to library-user community. The digital shift will replace the card catalogue, printed books and periodicals in the library. This study presents how the digital shift will help the library professionals and user community.

Keywords

Digital shift, Libraries, Library resources, User community, Open access, New technologies, Library services