The content may be stored locally, or accessed remotely.
DLs are the digital face of traditional libraries that include both digital collections and traditional, fixed media collections. So they encompass both electronic and paper materials.
DLs will also include digital materials that exist outside the physical and administrative bounds of any one digital library
DLs will include all the processes and services that are the backbone and nervous system of libraries. However, such traditional processes, though forming the basis digital library work, will have to be revised and enhanced to accommodate the differences between new digital media and traditional fixed media.
DLs ideally provide a coherent view of all of the information contained within a library, no matter its form or format