Digital libraries and information networks provide us a huge quantity of information without any limitation of time and space. They are increasingly being used for preservation of the linguistic, literary, historical, and cultural heritage besides fulfilling the other social needs and also for access to information in a simpler, cheaper and economic way. Decides, they support teaching and learning and allow the new media of information to be managed more effectively. In this volume, some popular digital libraries and information networks have been discussed, which are being operated and developed at the international level as well within India. The book also covers 20 major digital libraries of the country, which are at a developing stage. It will be useful for the students of library and information science, journalism and mass communication and for all those persons who are interested in information retrieval through the modern means.
1. International Digital Libraries
Dr. Amjad Ali (Ph. D. in Library and Information Science) started his service carer from Doordarshan (India Television) in 1982. A year later, he joined the prestigious Mass Communication Research Centre at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi as Librarian ( in charge of the Library Resource and Documentation Unit). He was also engaged as Academic Counselor with IGNOU. In 1993, he joined Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh as Deputy Librarian where he still continues. In the meanwhile, he has been on a foreign assignment as Information Specialist with King abdulaziz City for science and Technology, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He was also selected as Librarian (on panel ) for the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Presently, he is a Council Member of the India Library Association. Dr. Amjad Ali has published 20 books and a number of research papers. He is a recognized Guide for M. Phil and Ph. D. in Library and Information Science. The other books authored by him and brought out by the Leading publishers of the countryu include:
1. Encyclopedic Dictionary of Library and Information Science (3vols.)
2. Information Technology and Libraries (Library and Paperback editions)
3. Reference Service and the Digital Sources of Information (Library and Paperbackeditions)
4. Learning in the Information Age
5. Infomedia in Higher Education
6. Oriental libraries of India and their Collections
7. Glossary of Library and Information Science (2vols)
8. Oriental Manuscripts Worldwide
9. Digital Libraries in the Making
10. Encyclopedia of Information Technology (2vols).
11. Digital Libraries in Higher Education
12. Working with the News Media
13. Libraries and librarians of the World
14. Builders of the Global Village
