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Digital Libraries and the Role of Digital Librarians

Adetola Ayotunde Kehinde

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Abstract

This chapter presents a holistic view of digital libraries and the role of digital librarians. Technological changes and the use of electronic storage and retrieval information systems have changed the way students and researchers are able to access, retrieve and use information. Key topics presented in the chapter include the concept of digitization, reasons for digitization, definitions of digital library, features of digital library, characteristics of digital libraries, advantages and disadvantages of digital library, collection development and content creation, digital librarianship, role of librarians in digital libraries, issues of concern to digital librarians, process of digitization of library resources, digital library components, and digital rights management.

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APA 7

Kehinde, A. A. (2021). Digital Libraries and the Role of Digital Librarians. IGI Global eBooks, 17–38. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-8051-6.ch002

MLA 9

Kehinde, Adetola Ayotunde. “Digital Libraries and the Role of Digital Librarians.” IGI Global eBooks, 2021, pp. 17–38, https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-8051-6.ch002.

Chicago

Kehinde, Adetola Ayotunde. 2021. “Digital Libraries and the Role of Digital Librarians.” IGI Global eBooks: 17–38. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-8051-6.ch002.

Harvard

Kehinde, A.A. (2021) ‘Digital Libraries and the Role of Digital Librarians’, IGI Global eBooks, pp. 17–38. Available at: https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-8051-6.ch002.

BibTeX
@incollection{kehinde2021digital,
  title = {{Digital Libraries and the Role of Digital Librarians}},
  author = {Kehinde, Adetola Ayotunde},
  booktitle = {IGI Global eBooks},
  pages = {17--38},
  year = {2021},
  doi = {10.4018/978-1-7998-8051-6.ch002}
}

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