How digital libraries can support e-learning

Digital libraries offer opportunities for elearning that are not possible in their physical counterparts. Digital libraries complement other learning environments, such as those provided in distance education and courses offered online, and like e-learning environments, they provide flexibility of time and place. Digital libraries have the potential to offer unprecedented resources for supporting e-learning. Access to current research and needed information within a well developed infrastructure can provide faculty members and students with a unique opportunity to do deep research and to teach and learn more thoroughly. The paper addresses and discusses such aspects as what is meant by "e-learning", and how can it be supported by library environment, what is the functionality of digital library; and how the e-learning resources are included and organized in digital library. This paper will also explore the advantages of digital libraries for e-learning and the types of learn...

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2006
• Where: EL
• Authors: Saeed Rezaei Sharifabadi
• Keywords: Digital, E-learning, EL 2006, Libraries