DIGITAL LIBRARIES: TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES AND SOCIAL IMPACTS

The World Wide Web has made access to the Internet part of the structure of every day life. Millions of people all over the world search the web every day. Digital library are form of information technology in which social impact matters as much as technological advancement. In modern times, the library is constantly required to meet the challenges of information explosion. Digital library is a global virtual library. The main aim of digital library is to provide ready access to required information at a faster rate. The internet is playing a vital role in information source and service. In digital libraries, seeking and searching is very fast. Digital libraries are innovations, the implementation of which is nascent in the developing countries. Thus digital library is one of the hot topics in 21st centaury which changes the librarians and library professionals to update themselves in terms of guide the readers to the right destination without delay. The paper mainly focuses on the e learning, digital library process and global connection of the library.