World Digital Libraries: An International Journal is a peer reviewed bi-annual journal on digital libraries. The journal is being published since last 4 years and has already gained acclamation among the global library community. Previous issues are available at http://bookstore.teriin.org/journal_inside.php?material_id=477

The aim of the journal is to advance the theory and practice of acquisition, organization, management and dissemination of digital information on a sustainable basis. The journal is having global coverage and provides a platform for library and information science professionals to express views and share experiences.

The journal seeks quality research papers/articles/reviews/short communications that present original theoretical approaches and experimental case studies related to digital library development and maintenance.

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Theoretical and methodological issues of DL

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Issues related to electronic resources management, digital preservation, multiple access, multi-linguality; and other DL technology aspects

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Digital rights management, copyright issues and other security aspects;

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Initiatives taken towards digitization through lucid case studies;

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Current developments across the globe

The contribution should examine concepts, analyses, new approaches, and techniques pertaining to this field. Case studies covering new initiatives, as well as procedural breakthroughs of important issues in the digital library field would be included. Book reviews will cover recent books in the field, reviewed by an independent reviewer.

Please refer to any previous issue or write to us for Instructions to Authors

All submissions will be peer-reviewed using the criteria of originality, accuracy, and quality of contribution in these fields.

You are requested to submit paper for the same to pkbhatta@teri.res.in address below.

Dr P K Bhattacharya

Editor, World Digital Libraries

Knowledge Management Division

TERI

Darbari Seth Block, Habitat Place

Lodi Road, New Delhi - 110 003

Tel: 24682100, 41504900

Fax: 24682144-24682145

E-mail: pkbhatta@teri.res.in

Thanking you and with personal regards

Yours sincerely,

P K Bhattacharya

Editor, WDL

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EDITORS & EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS

World Digital Libraries: An International Journal (WDL)

Editor-in-Chief

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Prof N Balakrishnan, Professor & Associate Director, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

Editor

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Dr P K Bhattacharya, Fellow, TERI, New Delhi

Editorial Board

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Dr. Jagdish Arora, Director, INFLIBNET, India

Prof. José Luis Borbinha, INESC-ID - Information Systems Group, Engineering School, Lisbon Technical University, Portugal

Prof. Daniel Chandran PhD, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia

Prof. Ching-chih Chen PhD, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Simmond College, USA

Dr Gobinda Chowdhury, Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Strathclyde, UK

Dr P R Goswami, Director, National Social Science Documentation Centre (NASSDOC), Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi,

Prof. Alan Hopkinson, Head of Library Systems, Learning Resources, The Sheppard Library, Middlesex University, UK

Prof. Ee-Peng Lim, PhD, Associate Professor and Head, Division of Information Systems, School of Computer Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Prof. Gary Marchionini, School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA

Dr. A. Lakshmana Moorthy, Director, Defence Scientific Information and Documentation Centre, India

Dr Usha Mujoo-Munshi, Chief Librarian, Indian Statistical Institute, India, Kolkata, India

Prof. Dr Erich J Neuhold, Professor, Computer Science, Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Research Studios Austria, University of Vienna, Austria

Prof. Paul Nieuwenhuysen, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

Mr John Paschoud, Information Systems Engineer of the Library, London School of Economics, UK

Dr. A.R.D. Prasad, Documentation Research & Training Centre, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore, India

Prof. Dr Michael Seadle, Director, Berlin School of Library and Information Science, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany

Dr. V N Shuka, Director (Application), CDAC, India

Prof. Ingeborg Torvik Sølvberg PhD, Dept. of Computer and Information Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

Prof. M G Sreekumar Phd, Librarian, Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode, India.

Prof. Shigeo Sugimoto, Graduate School of Library, Information and Media Studies, University of Tsukuba, Japan

Prof. P. Tapio Varis Ph.D. , Acting President, Global University System., Unesco Chair in global eLearning with applications to multiple domains, Professor and Chair of Media Education, University of Tampere, Finland

Prof. Shalini R. Urs PhD, Executive Director, International School of Information Management, University of Mysore, India

Prof. Om Vikas PhD, Director, ABV Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, India

Prof Ian H. Witten PhD, Department of Computer Science, University of Waikato, New Zealand