Abstract:
This paper discusses the problems and difficulties
encounterd by traditional library systems while preserving and maintaining the library material. The paper tries to document in the form of DL, how to preserve and maintain the traditional and old records of library and information centres. It also discusses the various aspects of digital libraries like its definition, advantages and
disadvantages of digitization. Digital library is a powerful tool of preservation, because there are tremendous amount of facilities, advantages and sustainability which in a far comprehensive and greater way exists over the traditional libraries. The paper in the main stream of thought compares and contrasts the traditional
library and new form of digital library in order to arrive at a conclusion for a necessity and need for making digitization. This paper discusses the need and advantages of Digitization. It highlights the process of digitization which will be helpful in undertaking the digitization projects and utilizing the
funds in digitizing their resources.
