A Textbook of Digital Library & Open Access — Udya C. Shukla

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dr. Udya Chandra Shukla is working as Chief Librarian and Assistant Professor (Adj.) in the Department of Library & Information Systems, Fiji National University (Fiji). His 16 year research interest relate to the study as specialized for electronic resources, information services and collection management. He has been associated with many national/international training programs and chief advisors for ‘Board of Editors/Reviewers’. He attended more than 25 national and international conferences/seminars and published more than 20 research papers in various reputed journals. He has previously published a book on Evaluation of Library Services’ a text for researchers and learning resource centers.

ABOUT THE BOOK

Digital Library and Open Access is a text for all students and experienced teachers, who want to become an effective and revitalize their digitally knowledge. The book which contains ‘three parts’ and addresses: The first part concentrates on the dynamic digital library relationship between foundations/creation to build resources and preserve content of organizations in digital space. The second part builds upon the role of library professionals for planning, creation of digital library relationships and understanding the process across to maintain the digital standards, interoperability, and federated searching and usability management. The third part provides a protocol for thinking about open access, tools and services for scholarly publications. The Digital Library and Open Access offers a protocol for thinking about design and compatibility based on the knowledge, stand dynamic and inherent into digital concepts. Readers will become engaged in the process of digitally improvement as they develop first competence to cope with their early traditional experiences and then to strive for higher level of effectiveness preparatory to their long-term electronic implementations for Digital Library and Open Access.

FEATURES

Promotes the idea of working as digitally processes of succession rather than continuously trying to create, control or directly compete against them. Embraces the idea of selecting digital resources include examples based on digital theory, related to the open access procedures. Provides the reader with an understanding of dynamic inherent digital library and how they can be used as a template for designing of digital library practices in open access epoch.