1Dr. B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, (Deemed University) Jalandhar 144 011, India.
2Department of Library and Information Science, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar 143 005, India.
*E-mail: kaurs@nitj.ac.in
**E-mail: satija_mp@yahoo.com
Describes various trends in collection development in digital environment. The changes that have occurred in acquisition, retrieval and storage of information due to technological developments have been discussed. Limitations, restrictions and problems being faced by librarians and readers due to the same have also been discussed. The way these developments have affected the academic environment and changed the role of librarian has also been portrayed.
Digital Libraries, Library collection, Information technology, Electronic environment, Digital documents, Information transmission, Communication, Globalization, Institutional repositories, Consortia, Resource sharing, Preservation, E-books, E-journals
