In this era of globalisation, when there is digital library why take the pain of sitting in traditional library and going through voluminous books, feel the students of Premiere Higher Educational Institutions of the State capital.
Recent trend of accessing online libraries within particular Internet Protocol (IP) address active in college and its hostel premises has become a friendly concept for the students.
Explaining the benefits of electronic-library (e-library), the other name of digital library a seventh semester student of National University of Study and Research in law said, “There are several foreign books which are not affordable because of its higher prices. So, our university has an online subscription tie-up with the publisher of these books or articles.”
“Business Market scenario keeps shuffling after every one week or 15 days. In such case, the latest data is available only on online mode and that too not in all reports. For instance, our institute has coordination with Crisil Research Report where we can go through the latest market research data,” Gaurav Verma, a second year student of Indian Institute of Management Ranchi’s Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management said.
Other facilities like listening to abroad university faculty’s latest lectures related to a particular subject and saving a soft copy of the visited e-library book are an added benefits of this widely accepted library studies.
Comparing traditional library over digital library, Ranchi University’s Institute of Management Studies Director SK Singh said, “Traditional library requires infrastructure for keeping the voluminous books with a specified deadline to students for returning the same books after reading. But, with the introduction of e-library in reputed educational institutions it is easy for the students to save a copy of important issues in soft copy form and read the same in their suitable time.
E-library has undoubtedly replaced the traditional library.” Noticing this widely acceptance, Central University of Jharkhand is also planning to begin e-library concept for its students.