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e-Research and the Ubiquitious Open Grid Digital Libraries of the Future

Patkar, Vivek and Chandra, Smita (2006) e-Research and the Ubiquitious Open Grid Digital Libraries of the Future. In Proceedings WORLD LIBRARY AND INFORMATION CONGRESS: 72ND IFLA GENERAL CONFERENCE AND COUNCIL, Seoul, Korea.

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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 ‘Grid’ 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.

EPrint Type:Conference Paper
Keywords:Ubiquitous libraries, E-Research, Cyberinfrastructure, E-Science, Grid Technologies, Digital Libraries, Indian Digital Libraries, ICT
Subjects:Virtual Communities
Library Systems
Archives
Knowledge Organization
Information Analysis
Community Informatics
Digital Libraries
Internet
Economics of Information
Information Seeking Behaviors
Knowledge Structures
Electronic Publishing
Library and Information Science Education
Wireless Technologies
Information Extraction
Geography
Academic Libraries
Social Informatics
Information Ethics
Knowledge Management
Information Retrieval
World Wide Web
Digital Preservation
Interdisciplinarity
Learning Science
User Studies
Government Information
Libraries
Distributed Learning
Digital Humanities
Training
Public Libraries
Information Systems
Information Literacy
Geographic Digital Libraries
Scholarly Communication
Science Technology Studies
Knowledge Representation
ID Code:2403
Deposited On:24 July 2008
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