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REVIEW ON DIGITAL LIBRARIES IN REFERENCE TO SCHOOL EDUCATION

SWADESH RANJAN SANBIGHNA

Volume: 2 Issue: 2 2012

Abstract:

India has been the cradle of knowledge for thousands of years. Today there is a felt need to preserve and propagate indigenous knowledge and culture alongside the acceptance of universal knowledge through globalization in this age of technological developments. The IT oriented environment has brought in opportunities of a revolutionary nature in archiving and accessing knowledge in the digitized form which were known to exist in conventional libraries mainly in the print form. India has undertaken many initiatives to digitize its documented knowledge base and set up digital libraries for better access to its diverse clientele. However, these initiatives are seen to be sporadic and projects with one time funding. India needs well planned and policy based digitization efforts to be effective in the present situation of acute digital divide between the urban educated techno savvy minority and the vast majority who are not so fortunate. Only when the fruits of digitization of available information/documents reach the people through digital libraries, information centers and similar agencies can we consider ourselves true beneficiaries of technological advancements.

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