GASPRO International Journal of Eminent Scholars

ABSTRACT

The purpose of the study was to evaluate the digital library as a computer-based system for acquiring, storing, organizing, searching, and distributing digital materials for end-user access. It is not just a collection of materials in electronic form. Digital libraries are the same as traditional libraries, but the material provided is digital. The successful experiences of digital library projects are being purified on a global scale where some universities in America and Europe have already succeeded in the field of digital libraries at a high level of quality. A digital library is an innovation from conventional libraries that is very closely related to the use of technology. The core of a digital library is library materials that are not physical but digital. The digital library has a seamless provision of services that are responsive to the needs and interests of the communities served. It is clear that the digital library is maintaining an acceptable level of operational service. Digital libraries do not need physical space to build a collection, and it can be accessed from anywhere, at any time. The user can get his/her information on his own computer screen by using the Internet. Actually, it is a network of multimedia systems that provides fingertip access. The study concluded that digital is a library that stores information in digital form or fulfillment of information needs in digital form from external information sources to be distributed to users both registered as certain customers and the community in general. One of the recommendations made in the study was that governments should improve on the power supplies and the Internet Architecture Infrastructures in the Country, to enable Nigerians meet up with the developed Nations of the world technologically in the 21st century, therefore encourage the use of digital library.

KEYWORDS: Digital Library, Anthology, Merits and Challenges