SRELS Journal of Information Management
  • Year: 2009
  • Volume: 46
  • Issue: 1

Managing digital library content: Issues and challenges

  • Author:
  • Mohd Nazim
  • Total Page Count: 7
  • Page Number: 29 to 35

Department of Library and Information Science, Aligarh Muslim Universtiy, Aligarh, 202002, INDIA. E-mail: monis_naz@yahoo.co.in.

Abstract

This article defines digital library and its content. It also discusses various functions of content management with special reference to digital library. Selection and acquisition, indexing, storage, retrieval, maintenance and intellectual rights are some of the key functions of content management. Issues regarding authority, surrogate, creation, formats, intellectual property rights and cost of acquisition and maintenance of digital content are highlighted.

Keywords

Digital library, Content management