HEC National Digital Library

HEC National Digital Library:

what is digital Library?
A digital library is a group of files in prepared electronic form, to be had at the net or on CD-ROM (compact-disk read-handiest reminiscence) disks. depending at the particular library, a personcan be able to access magazine articles, books, papers, pix, sound files, and movies.
function of virtual Library
· access to large amounts of facts to customers anyplace they're and each time they want it.
· access to number one statistics resources.
· guide multimedia content material in conjunction with text
· network accessibility on Intranet and net
· person-pleasant interface
· Hypertext hyperlinks for navigation
· consumer-server architecture
· advanced seek and retrieval.
· Integration with other digital libraries.
motive of virtual Library
· Expedite the systematic development of tactics to gather, save, and organize, statistics in digitalshape.
· promote efficient transport of data economically to all customers.
· encourage co-operative efforts in research resource, computing, and communique networks.
· enhance communication and collaboration among and amongst academic establishments.
· Take leadership position in the generation and dissemination of know-how
components
The components of a virtual library are:
· Infrastructure
· digital series
· structures feature
· Telecommunication facility
· Human sources
planning for virtual Library
A digital library committee should be fashioned to plan for its advent and maintenance. The contributors need to be from numerous library departments, and, if important, consultants may be employed. There are at the least two methods of growing a digital library: converting a traditional library into a digital library, and direct development of a virtual library.
planning consists of:
· IT Infrastructure
· Digitization
· get right of entry to
· Staffing
· furniture, system, and area
· offerings
· funding
introduction of digital sources
· Database of digital cloth this is open to all users over the campus-wide LAN.
· high bandwidth internet connectivity
· cognizance selectively on acquiring digital sources
· digital journals, and gradual removal of print subscriptions
· certified databases
· advent of neighborhood virtual content available in the college
blessings of a digital Library
The advantages of virtual libraries include
· nearly limitless garage area at a much decrease price
· Re-allocate budget from a few personnel, collection preservation, and additional books.
· No bodily boundary
· round the clock availability
· a couple of get admission to
· enhanced statistics retrieval.
· upkeep for a few print material
· added value
· generic accessibility
barriers
· lack of screening or validation
· lack of protection of a hard and fast replica (for the record and for duplicating clinical studies)
· lack of maintenance of “fine in magnificence”
· problem in understanding and finding the whole lot that is to be had, and differentiating treasured from vain statistics.
· job loss for traditional publishers and librarians
· fees are unfold and many turn out to be hidden.
HEC countrywide virtual Library
introduction
in step with INASP Pakistan’s NDLP was added in 2003 as a part of the HEC’s assignment to bring together and support research lifestyle in Pakistan. This program to offer researchers withinpublic and personal universities in Pakistan and non-worthwhile studies improvementorganizations with get entry to to worldwide scholarly literature based totally on electroniconline shipping, offering get admission to to high excellent, peer reviewed journals, databases and articles throughout the complete range of discipline.
HEC national virtual Library (DL) is a programme to offer researchers within public and privateuniversities in Pakistan and non-profit studies and development groups with get admission to to global scholarly literature based totally on electronic (on line) delivery, imparting access to excessive quality, peer-reviewed journals, databases, articles and e-Books across a huge range of disciplines. The e-books aid programme will allow researchers to get admission to most of the essential text and reference books electronically in a variety of subject areas. around seventy five,000 wide variety of digital content material has been made to be had via the virtual Library Programme.
methodology
The objectives of the have a look at have been:
· To discover the contemporary repute of HEC digital library.
· to investigate the digital library coverage.
· To have a look at blessings and boundaries to digitization of library fabric
· to suggest method and ways for the improvement of HEC digital library.
The available literature changed into reviewed to develop an understanding of the examine. A questionnaire containing fifty three questions constructed and turned into delivered to HEC digital library. The important regions focused had been: present day reputation of HEC virtuallibrary, software program used, virtual library coverage, information concerning choice of e-publications and providers, finance, human resources, belief approximately a communitymachine amongst all college libraries in Pakistan, advantages and barriers to digitization. recordsgathered have been tabulated, analyzed and interpreted. The inferences had been drawn and recommendations were made.
collection of HEC digital Library
regarding a question addressed in the way “who selects the fabric for HEC virtual library. Assign the position they play inside the choice of cloth”, the respondents answered that due interest has been accorded to the recommendations of digital library staff, researchers and faculty membersof universities on top priority foundation. the students feedback regarding selection of e-guideand suggestions and guidelines by means of the excessive u.s.a.is likewise given due importance.
Finance
In reaction to a question concerning finances allocation to HEC virtual library, it's miles statedthat budget provisions to this library depend especially on government funding to HEC. The respondents mentioned that lot of importance has been given to HEC digital library in terms of financial assist. The respondent changed into extraordinarily happy with fund allotted.
Digitization of HEC Library
while requested about the digitization of library fabric at HEC library, the respondent reportedthat this library is worried only in digitization of theses positioned at HEC library. They prefer touse FEDORA as digital library software program. The character in charge become of the opinion that once once the digitization of a library is completed and carried out, it'll shop the gap, time, value and exertions. There must be round the clock availability of this library with more than oneaccesses.

The fundamental limitations to the building up of the digital library pinpointed by the respondent have been professional talents, monetary constraint and systematic making plans for digitization. The situation concerning constructing up of the digital library might be improved via maximizing the use of rising technologies through the libraries, method of virtual library coverage, educationand development of personnel, emphasizing on complete planning and growing consciousnesswith reference to contemporary technologies in library operation and digitization.