Digital Library Initiatives: A Boon for Preservation of Information Resources in India

Geeta Kittur, Kavita Biradar

Abstract: The emergence of digital technology is a process of storage, retrieval and dissemination of information has made the traditional libraries to go digital. Librariesall around the world have responded to diverse challenges posed by preservation of digital information and have encountered the technical, organizational, resource and legal issues associated with it. The paper highlights brief about thedigital library preservation, challenges and opportunity, software like LOCKSS, E-prints, D-space, Depot, Fedora, Greenstone etc which are useful for developing digital libraries and digital library initiatives in India.

Keywords: Digital Library, Digital Library Softwares, Information Preservation, Information Storage, Digital Library Initiatives