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Presentation on

Digital Libraries for Building Digital

Bangladesh
Venue: Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban , University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Date: August 11, 2010, Time: 3:00 pm

Keynote Speaker: Nafiz Zaman Shuva

Department of Information Science & Library Management
University of Dhaka
& Erasmus Mundus Scholar for International Master in Digital Library Learning
Digital Library Definition
Many meanings (many communities) (Edie
Rasmussen, August 2009)
may refer to a collection of digital works
may refer to organization or system managing the digital
collection
in LIS community, sometimes seen as a modern version
of the “traditional” library (cf. “hybrid library”)
in CS community, focus may be on distributed
multimedia information systems
Schwartz (2000) reports that students in a digital library course found 64
different definitions.

Librarians see libraries as organizations that select, collect, organize,

conserve, preserve, and provide access to information on behalf of a
community of users. From their point of view, libraries are employing yet
another delivery system for another information form. In this sense digital
library connotes ‘future library’ and carries a sense of continuity with the
past.

But definitions from the research community, especially from computer

scientists, tend to take a narrower view of ‘library’ that emphasizes
databases and retrieval at the expense of the broader library service and
conservation roles
Definition of a digital library (Borgman,
1999)
Digital libraries are a set of electronic resources and
associated technical capabilities for creating,
searching, and using information
Any medium (text, images, sounds; static or dynamic
images)
Exist in distributed networks
Contain data, descriptive metadata, and administrative
metadata
Digital Library Contents
Overview of digital library content
Purchased/licensed materials
 Electronic journals
 Electronic databases

 Licensing and support issues

Institutional materials
 ePrints and Open Archives Initiative

Locally digitized materials

Intellectual rights issues (RN)
 Is the Web a Digital Library?
According to Jose-Marie Griffiths,
the Web is not a library because:
It is lacking standards and
validation
It has minimal cataloging
It does not yield effective
retrieval of information
(See J.-M. Griffiths, “Why the Web is
not a library”, FID Review 1(1): 13-20
(1999)

Source: computer.howstuffworks.com
Why Digital Libraries?
Library
around us

New forms of Access

access benefit

Major
Improved Benefits Information
preservation of Digital Sharing
Libraries

Less time &

labour 24/7 Access
consuming

Easy to keep
up-to-date
Few Examples...

“a co-library of the campuses of the University of California”

http://www.cdlib.org/
Library of Congress American Memory & Early Canadiana
Online
Library of Congress American Memory &
Early Canadiana Online
Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations & NSDL
For more information......

http://oedb.org/library/features/250-plus-killer-digital-libraries-and-ar
chives
Bangladesh
Scenario
ICT in Bangladesh
First Mainframe computer came to Bangladesh in
1964.
Internet came late in Bangladesh, with UUCP e-mail
beginning in 1993 and IP connectivity in 1996.
SEA-ME-WE-4 submarine cable connectivity 21 May
2006.
According to the Internet World Stats as of September,
2009 there are currently 556,000 internet users in
Bangladesh and the internet penetration is 0.4%.
Mobile Teledensity 32.04%

Source: http://www.research4development.info/images/articles/mobile_lady2.jpg
Libraries in Bangladesh

Library
Movement
Started in 1854
Public Libraries in Bangladesh
Government -68

Non-Government
Public Libraries-
1603
 National Libraries in Bangladesh
National Library of Bangladesh-
1972

National Health and

Documentation Center
Source:
(NHLDC)-1974
http://www.ndl.go.jp/en/cdnlao/newsletter/055/bagladesh.JPG
 Academic Libraries in Bangladesh

31 Public University Libraries

53 Private University Libraries
About 1600 College
Libraries Under National University of
Bangladesh

1200 Intermediate College Libraries

Source:
http://www.banglapedia.org/httpdocs/Images/UniversityDhakaCentralLibrary
.jpg
Special Libraries in Bangladesh

There are around 1000 special
libraries in Bangladesh.

The exact number of special libraries

functioning is not known since no one has
taken this initiative up to now.

Notable special libraries includes: ICDDR-B

Library, BIRDEM, SAARC Agricultural
Information Center, CIRDAP Library,
Community Development Library etc.
Source: http://centre.icddrb.org/activity/index.jsp?
activityObjectID=69
 Status of ICT in Libraries of Bangladesh
1980s considered as the beginning of the
automation era as far as libraries and information centers in
Bangladesh are concerned.
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research,
Bangladesh (ICDDR,B) Library and Agricultural Information
Centre (AIC) are pioneers in creating bibliographic databases
on specialized fields using microcomputers.
ICT in Public libraries of Bangladesh

Frustration Ahead

Among the 68 government public libraries only

14 public libraries have computers for

administrative use.
 ICT in National Libraries of Bangladesh

Frustration Continues.....................

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ICT in Academic Libraries of Bangladesh
ICT status of some private university libraries are quite
satisfactory. They are offering time befitting services to
its users.

ICT status in public university libraries in-comparison

with some private university libraries are not
satisfactory.
ICT in Special Libraries of Bangladesh

Special libraries of Bangladesh offer good number of

ICT based services to its users.

Special libraries based in Dhaka offer time befitting,

up-to-date library services to its users.
 Use of Electronic Resources in Libraries of
Bangladesh

• E-journals
• Electronic books
• E-Dictionaries
• E-Reference books
• Reference databases
Source: http://www.pennhighlands.edu/library/MPj04019420000[1].jpg
Public Libraries

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Nooooooooooooooooooooo!!
National Library of Bangladesh

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National Health and Documentation Centre

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Academic Libraries of Bangladesh
University Libraries both Public and Private

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College Libraries both Government and Private
Ministerial Library-Government of Bangladesh

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