The emergence of Internet has added a new dimension to information technology in knowledge Society which gave birth to the new concepts of Digital Libraries (DLs), Knowledge Management (KM), and archiving of indigenous culture and heritage materials.
• The Digital Libraries have emerged as a crucial component of global information infrastructure, adopting the latest Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to promote an organisational structure that encourages communication and resource sharing between the academician and scholars across the nations.
digital libraries Nobody really knows what they are. Much of the LIS literature discussing digital libraries in fact addresses web sites. I like Bill Arms’ definition best. Digital libraries share the fact that –organized on computers –available over a network –maintain procedures to select∙ make available organize∙ archive