e-Research and the Ubiquitious Open Grid Digital Libraries of the Future
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2006Submitted date
2008-07-24Keywords
Virtual CommunitiesLibrary Systems
Archives
Knowledge Organization
Information Analysis
Community Informatics
Digital Libraries
Internet
Economics of Information
Information Seeking BehaviorsKnowledge StructuresElectronic PublishingLibrary and Information Science EducationWireless TechnologiesInformation ExtractionGeographyAcademic LibrariesSocial InformaticsInformation EthicsKnowledge ManagementInformation RetrievalWorld Wide WebDigital PreservationInterdisciplinarityLearning ScienceUser StudiesGovernment InformationLibrariesDistributed LearningnullTrainingPublic LibrariesInformation SystemsInformation LiteracyGeographic Digital LibrariesScholarly CommunicationScience Technology StudiesKnowledge Representation
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Ubiquitous librariesE-research
Cyberinfrastructure
E-science
Grid technologies
Digital libraries
Indian digital libraries
ICT
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e-Research and the Ubiquitious Open Grid Digital Libraries of the Future 2006,Abstract
Libraries have traditionally facilitated each of the following elements of research: production of new knowledge, its preservation and its organization to make it accessible for use over the generations. In modern times, the library is constantly required to meet the challenges of information explosion. Assimilating resources and restructuring practices to process the large data volumes both in the print and digital form held across the globe, therefore, becomes very important. A recourse by the libraries to application of successive forms of what can be called as Digital Library Technologies (DLT) has been the imperative. The Open Archives Initiative (OAI) is one recent development that is expected to assist the libraries to partner in setting up virtual learning environment and integrating research on a near universal scale. Future extension of this concept is envisaged to be that of Grid Computing. The technologies driving the â Gridâ would let people share computing power, databases, and other on-line tools securely across institutional and geographic boundaries without sacrificing the local autonomy. Ushering an era of the ubiquitous library helping the e-research is thus on the card. This paper reviews the emerging technological changes and charts the future role for the libraries with special reference to India.Type
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