NATIONAL DIGITAL

LIBRARY

- ISNTRUCTION COURSE
Dr. Mayank Yuvaraj,
Assistant Librarian
Central University of South Bihar

What is Digital library?

Digital libraries are the digital face of traditional libraries that include both digit
al collections and traditional, fixed media collections. They encompass both elec
tronic and paper materials.
Digital libraries also include digital materials that exist outside the physical
administrative bounds of any library.

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Why Digital library?

Information explosion
Searching problem in traditional libraries
Low cost of technology: When we consider the storage capacity of digital docume
nt and its maintained then it can be easily realize that the cost of technologies is
much more less than that of traditional libraries.
Environmental factor: the use of digital libraries is the cleanest technologies to sa
ve paper
New generation needs
Unrestricted and multiple access
Preservation and Conservation

Why National Digital Library?

Overview

The main objective of National Digital Library (NDL) is to integrate all the existin
g digital contents across educational institutions of the nation to provide singl
e window access to the different group of users of our country.
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Local Contents Generated by

Individual Institution
The following contents are not globally available to access but important to the researchers, student
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Theses and Dissertations

Annual Report
Working papers
Class lecture notes
Video Class Lecture notes
Convocation Brochure
Institutes lecture series notes
PPTS, Reports, Course Materials
Previous year question papers, Instruction Materials,
Photographs
Conference Proceedings organized by the Institutions
School project repots, etc.

Contents in NDL

Institutions available on NDL

How to access NDL?

In order to access NDL, registration is a pre-requisite.

Login NDL?

Browsing and Searching

Search results

Questions

Thank You