About the Book: Digital Library
A digital library is a library in which a significantproportionof the resources
are available in machine-readableformataccessible by means of computers. The
digital content maybelocally held or accessed remotely via computer
networks.Inlibraries, the process of digitization began with thecatalog,moved to
periodical indexes and abstracting services, thentoperiodicals and large
reference works, and finally tobookpublishing. Some of the largest digital
libraries arepurelydigital having few if any physical holdings.