Title :
The Virtual Library: Virtually a Reality?
Author :
Mudhol, Mahesh V. ; Vasanth, N.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Libr. & Inf. Sci., Mangalore Univ., Mangalore, India
Abstract :
The virtual library implies no sense of physical location, whether for the end user or for the source. The user can access the information from anywhere and the information can be held anywhere. There is a sense of randomness in and its irrelevant to the user where the information is held.
Keywords :
digital libraries; virtual library; Abstracts; Consortia; Educational institutions; Electronic publishing; Explosives; IP networks; Information science; Internet; Multimedia databases; Software libraries; Architecture; Consortia; Digital library; Internet; Telnet;
Conference_Titel :
Computer and Electrical Engineering, 2009. ICCEE '09. Second International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dubai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5365-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3925-6
DOI :
10.1109/ICCEE.2009.267
