Digital Library

DIGITAL LIBRARY

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In Partial Fulfillment to the Requirements of Database Management System 2

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Submitted to:

Prof. Carlo Inovero

Submitted by:

Jerome P. Quinalayo

Date:

September 25, 2014

Chapter 1

a. Introduction

Digital Libraries are being created today for diverse communities and in

different fields e.g. education, science, culture, development, health,

governance and so on. With the availability of several free digital Library

software packages at the recent time, the creation and sharing of

information through the digital library collections has become an attractive2

and feasible proposition for library and information professionals around the world.

Library automation has helped to provide easy access to collections

through the use of computerized library catalogue such as On-line Public

Access Catalog (OPAC). Digital libraries differ significantly from the

traditional libraries because they allow users to gain an on-line access to

and work with the electronic versions of full text documents and their

associated images. Many digital libraries also provide an access to other

multi-media content like audio and video.

b. Background of the study

Digital libraries are an important and active research area. Conceptually, a digital library is an analog of a traditional library-a large collection of information sources in various media-coupled with the advantages of traditional technologies. However, digital libraries differ from their traditional counter-parts in significant ways: storage is digital, remote access is quick and easy, and materials are copied from a master version. Furthermore, keeping extra copies on hand is easy and is not hampered by budget and storage restrictions, which are major problems in traditional libraries....