Digital Library: Advantages, Challenges, and Impact

This literature review explores the advantages, challenges, and impact of digital libraries. It discusses the DELOS reference model for digital libraries and factors affecting their usage. The review identifies gaps in the literature, including the future prospects of digital libraries and the extent of their benefits.

DIGITAL LIBRARY

Table of Contents
Literature review..............................................................................................................................3
Introduction..................................................................................................................................3
Conceptual framework.................................................................................................................3
Factors..........................................................................................................................................5
Reason for using the digital library..........................................................................................5
Advantages...............................................................................................................................5
Theory..........................................................................................................................................6
The DELOS reference model for Digital library......................................................................6
Challenges....................................................................................................................................8
Impact...........................................................................................................................................9
Literature gap.............................................................................................................................10
Conclusion.................................................................................................................................11
Reference list.................................................................................................................................12

Literature review
Introduction
Digital libraries are taken to be one of the
most important technological advancement
that is having its effectiveness to produce
the desired data along with other factual
concepts by just tapping a few words on the
digital media being used [1]. It generally
gets rid of shuffling hefty books along with
newspaper article for gathering the data and
to be availed in a proper tone. Through use
of digitally portrayed pictures along with
videos and word files, research purposes are
mainly the ones to be most benefited. Apart
from such, the content can be availed and
stored within digital content and thus
sustaining the ease of managing hefty
physical contents such as books or other
materials.
Conceptual framework

Conceptual framework
Factors
Reason for using
the digital library
Advantages
Multiple usages
Very little space
consumption
No point of stopping
Resource preservation
Theory
The DELOS reference model
for Digital library
Challenges
Traditional
environment factor
Accessing speed

Figure 1: Conceptual framework
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Factors
Reason for using the digital library
A digital library can be taken into concern as
for being an organised resource set that is
subjected to have inclusion of human
services along with mediated contents [3].
Apart from, such, the cost effectiveness of
the maintenance of the physical libraries are
also concluded to be reduced against the
digital libraries. Also to be concerned, one
of the main prospects of using the digital
library is to cater rapid availability of
information’s along with increasing quality
and that of increasing the diversity12. Also
through use of such mediated approaches,
digital library are effective to produce
fresher content with proper relevance to the
topic so as to provide the desired
information.
Advantages
Multiple usages
The same sources retrieved for the digital
library can be taken into multiple pages at a
single instant. There is no point of being
stopped for another user to free up the
content that would be used by the next
candidate [11]. Multiple sources can be
procured from multiple destinations by
multiple numbers of candidates.
Very little space consumption
Being digital, the digital/online library
consumes negligible space as compared to
that of physical books or magazines do.
Apart from such, the negligible space
relieves the user from stressful search works
with and having walks over the library
corners searching the particular resource. A
single button click can entail the user their
required resources with other amenities
through digital content [12].
Figure 2: Factors
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No point of stopping
One of the most significant uses of
online/digital libraries is its nonstop working
hour’s availability. A digital library can be
Advantages
Multiple
usages
Very little
space
consumption
No point of
stopping
Resource
preservation

taken into access through any instant
whether day or night or any time10. Through
such, the concern of library opening or
closing times becomes a negligible factor for
the user [2].
Resource preservation
Digital libraries are free from any sort of
preservation issues as it is devoid from any
sort of degradations [4]. For the physical
contents such as books or magazines or any
other content, preservation stays as a point
against the nature. For the digital content,
deletion can be procured for any sort of
unnatural or old content.
Theory
The DELOS reference model for Digital
library
The model subtends in form of conceptual
framework that is having its aim for
addressing the major relationship along with
entities within the aspects of digital libraries.
The model significantly subtends its aim
towards the integration along with
coordination for any sort of ongoing
activities of research. The main requirement
for the implementation of the theory of DL
is to produce the definition consulting DL
information lifecycle along with
constructing a multilingual service that
would be having its range over global
aspects [9]. The theory is mainly having its
division within four portions namely the
content, functionality, user, quality, policy
and architecture.
Figure 3: Theory
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Content
It ser4ves as the most generic position of the
theory of DL as it sustains/represents the
required information for the DL
management. The content takes inclusion of
texts, to photographs and that of mediated
contents.
Functionality
Content
Functionality
User
Architecture
Quality
Policy

It is taken inform of the services or the
facilities that are supported and being aided
through DL users. It is generally focussed to
ensure the function of system reflecting the
specified requirements for the community of
Dl.
User
User represents the individual that subtends
or procures the usage of digital libraries for
their own sake or to collect valuable
resources.
Architecture
The architecture represents the use of
deviated softwares that are being used for
the managing the sustainability of the online
libraries and to put its availability into a
wider approach. The softwares along with
the hardware’s are an essential component to
run the system of digital library through
producing the desired information package
[8].
Quality
It is one of the major concerned terms for
the management of a digital library. It notes
down to provide the representation
regarding the digital library aspects through
a quality viewpoint long with consulting the
system’s general functionality.
Policy
Rules along with conditions are essential
components that are effective for the
governing of the digital library components.
As for example, user behaviour acceptability
consulting policy specifications and that of
managing the digital rights are some of the
majorly concerned policies for using the DL.
Challenges
There are existent several challenges while
considering the advancement of digital
libraries:
Copyright factor
For the concern of digital library, copyright
stays as one of the major challenges.
Through the implementation of digitised
media, the thought content is subjective of
being transferred to other writers through
use of uncertain means [7]. For such
activities there are no requirements of
acknowledgement form that of owner which
might create a drastic negative effect. Hence
stealing of content is taken to be on a major
consequence. Apart from such, the concern
also goes with that of misleading the content
of unnatural usages through violating the
copyright laws. The contents are subjected
also to be attacked by malwares through any
sort of discriminatory usage practises.
Accessing speed

The accessing sped is subjective to reduction
in quite a sufficient rate due to the increment
of computer usages. Through the rapid use
of internet on a non-stop basis, it becomes
quite difficult quite sometimes for the
management of digital library through
proper tone. Hance over such aspects, there
are presence of errors while commuting
through larger sized documents or any high
profile website with larger image or video
graphic contents. For such, the content
retrieval aspects stay hindered and turn out
to be irrelevant or irresponsive in many
cases. Also through limited speed, the factor
of time consumptions pops out. Time is also
consumed against such ineffective output
from the digital library images [6].
Figure 4: Challenges
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Traditional environment factor
The traditional environment is taken to be
also a factor least considered against the use
digital library through online medium.
Within today's advanced generation, there
are still existences of traditional methods for
the retrieval of content or information by
swapping books or journals or other
materials apart from using the online
content5. The confined searching space
within the computer screen is subjective of
being uncomfortable rather than using the
full page view through physical aspects.
Apart from such, the traditional view
succeeds over the digitised library through
the aspects of producing a wider view of
content with multiple topics to cater to.
Cost
Another challenge of using the digital media
is the required cost for setting up the overall
system for use [4]. Favouring such, the
initial cost stays sufficiently higher. The cost
consumes up the setting up of softwares
management along with hardware’s and that
of leasing the circuit of communications.
Impact
Customer satisfaction
The customer satisfaction is taken to be one
of the impacted aspects for the use of digital
media. With the advent of digital libraries, it
Copyright
factor
Traditional
environmen
t factor
Cost
Accessing
speed

has produced its role for managing the
fundamentals for today’s knowledge society.
The revolutionising of knowledge
management cycle has been provided
coverage through managing the lifecycle of
digital library usages [3]. Apart from such,
the factors of global heritage along with a
wider approach to diverse culture are also
taken into consideration. These factors are
effective to provide the eases within studies
along with working aspects and that of
leisure’s while procuring any sort of
research materials.
Figure 5: Impact
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Back support
For the concern of usage of digital libraries,
the support mainly tends to produce the
personal development along with educative
support. Apart from that, there is also
mentioning of social cohesions regarding the
use of digitised library forms. Community
empowerment is also taken into
consideration along with entailing the local
culture with that of identity. Apart from
such, the digitized libraries are positive to
trigger the imaginative as well as creative
skills within the user through producing vast
overview of the content with attractive
designs [2]. It is beneficial to provide the
content with a touch of creativity so as to
produce the content through a positive
output for the user.
Literature gap
The main literature gap that has been
identified within the above content is the
future prospects of using the digitised
libraries. Within the above content, there
have been discussed regarding the impacts
of the uses of digital libraries along with its
benefits and the theory hidden behind it. The
future outcomes of the digital library are
subjective of holding both the positive as
well as negative factors. Through such, the
feasibility of digital library usages stays
unattended.
Another gap within the content is the extent
of benefits to which it might cater to are not
present. There are mentioned a few
advantages for the usages of digital library
Back supportCustomer satisfaction

while the extent to which the services would
be effective aren't mentioned. Such factors
are effective for not producing the
advantages their ability to cater the longer
run [1]. It generates the possibilities of the
advantages being catered to a limited time
while it might stay for a longer time on a
contrary. Hence, gap is existent in this case,
with severity of consequences for procuring
the use of digital media.
Conclusion
From the above content, various conclusions
are to be derived [6]. Regarding the
introductory part, clear views of the aspects
of digital library usages are taken into
consideration. It is evident from the
introduction that the aspects of digital media
are with stronger intentions to revolutionise
the changes within the resource
management. Several advantages are seen
produced in favour of digital library usages
that are proven effective to produce the
desired content, through a informative along
with designed approach. From the use of
DELOS reference model for Digital library,
the factor of content with that of users and
quality are also taken for consideration.
Through such, the external environment can
be understood through the digital context.
Moving further, there are also seen various
challenges along with the impacts of the
digital libraries usages [5]. Contraction of
facts comes up in form of challenges being
relative to that of impact. Through such
aspects, the challenges can be taken as a
prospect for understanding the impact. The
literature gap sustains to meet the aspects of
non-availability of any measures to mitigate
the future prospects along with exception of
benefits. These are the factors to be
mitigated to get hold of a positive outcome
within both current as well as future
situations.

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