Introduction
The search for information and its availability is a problem that humanity has sought to solve since its inception. Given the relevance of information for human beings, information of all kinds (depending on the particular interest) and the technological era in which we find ourselves, we have chosen the digital library and the Internet itself as a great library, as the search tool of information on which we investigate although we consider the Internet as a great library, we have gone more on the side of libraries with technology.
Technology in libraries
It has been used to define a large store of digital information accessible through computers. Like a traditional library, a digital library serves as a knowledge archive covering many subjects. Since information can be stored in many ways, a digital library can contain text, sounds, still and moving images, as well as conversations. In addition, a digital library can access information as it develops; the information needs to be recorded.
Technology and information
The growth of information production and the invention of technological applications for word processing have made the control of the immense amount of data more manageable and accessible. Access to the Internet supposes the entrance to a chaotic world full of information, which makes the librarian's role increase, having to carry out tasks of selection and synthesis of content of interest to the user.
There are many strategies that librarians and experts in information control systems have put in place to catalog, manage and supply these amounts of available information, and in this process the incorporation of new technological resources has been incessant.
Libraries no longer have only printed materials. The electronic medium constitutes a support for the transmission of scientific, technological and humanistic knowledge, due to the high degree of information concentrated in the networks and the high value that online databases and catalogs represent, for these places where so much information is concentrated and that generates so much knowledge. A digital library is a traditional library, which has terminals so that users have access to online consultation services. They offer the same services as a traditional library, using technological tools that facilitate electronic storage, search and retrieval.
The library of the future and social
The future of libraries is one of the great enigmas. Many thought that with the arrival of the Internet first and then with the arrival of electronic books, complicated libraries would have their existence. Luckily they were wrong, although possibly they were not misled. Libraries endured these technological challenges because they knew how to adapt to them and because libraries are much more than that. Libraries guide, help, support, advise… their users in accessing information and content regardless of the format in which they are found. Many sectors and institutions would disappear if we blamed the Internet as guilty or direct competition, see the case of journalism where everyone can publish news online,the case of museums and art galleries with access to existing collections and art collection projects, and the case of libraries with the arrival and proliferation of electronic books.
It can be said that libraries are entities that adapt to technological and social changes no matter how fast these changes come and no matter how rigid the institution is thought to be. Carolina De Volder argued this adaptation to change in the world of libraries through the term digital Darwinism:
Libraries must modify their way of making products and services, rethink their foundations (mission, vision) and be attentive to the needs of society. We are heading for an imminent transformation, a revolution, where the library / librarian-user relationship is much more important and their concerns and needs mark the paths to follow. What matters is how you interact with these users who are increasingly connected and more informed, and who demand more and more.
In the world more and more people and things are connected to the Internet. The purpose of this connection is to collect data and information about your use of certain elements and behavior patterns of people, transmit, store and analyze them.
Libraries in order to collect information from users and library services and products. For example, sensors could measure the degree of use of each item in the library, indicate the location of a lost or misplaced book, know the use that users make of the library, monitor loans, measure the amount of information that is currently in the library, availability of products and services, search for the energy efficiency of libraries, in short, a large list of data converted into information to make better use of the service.
Continuous progress in digital materials and technologies
In the coming decades, almost all of the new material and a significant part of the traditional will be available in digital format, in fact, generally only in that format. Its storage, transmission, processing and visualization will be possible through increasingly powerful devices and systems:
- Storage will be faster, more compact, less expensive and its capacity will be increasing. Although currently 2 or 3 terabytes (TB) is the maximum capacity limit for a personal computer's hard drive, this capacity is likely to reach peta bytes (1,000 TB) before the middle of the century, allowing personal storage of Large libraries with private and public information and entertainment supplies. What is true of storage before the middle of the century is also likely to apply to streaming, with affordable gigabit-per-second services reaching almost everywhere by cable and wirelessly and processing, with multi-core processors capable of trillions of operations per second.
New information and communication technologies
The Information Technologies have been conceptualized as the integration and convergence of computing and microelectronics, telecommunications and the technique for data processing, its main components are: the human factor, the information content, the equipment, the material infrastructure, software and electronic information exchange mechanisms, policy and regulatory elements and financial resources. The weapons of microelectronics that have enabled the enormous advance in the power and computing power of computers.
Advances in telecommunications have caused an explosion in the use of local and global networks. This means that every day the costs are reduced and therefore the use of these means is expanded in other sectors, not only in the military or industrial academy, but in the business sector, in health, education, leisure and the homes.
In this interesting article, the author locates the young generation of students of our days as the Net Generation. Once you have raised this term, describe the sector to which you apply it. It mentions that:
Today's college students have grown up with computers and video games, they are used to a multimedia environment; they figure things out for themselves without consulting manuals; they work as a team; they handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
- Students have become dependent on search engines like Google to find information resources, rather than turning to library web pages, catalogs, and databases as their primary source. Digital library resources often reside outside of the environment that is where Students move (cms: course management system). Served librarians are frequently presented in the context of organizing the library rather than in a user-centric modality. Libraries emphasize access to information but Generally, they lack facilities, software, support for the creation of new student information products.Both teachers and librarians are concerned that students are unaware of how to properly assess the quality of Web-centric information resources. Libraries need to be more knowledgeable about how Net Gen students move on the Internet, determined by visual cues, and it must create more visual Web pages. It is a challenge for libraries to provide mechanisms for those seeking quality academic information resources in specific areas.It is a challenge for libraries to provide mechanisms for those seeking quality academic information resources in specific areas.It is a challenge for libraries to provide mechanisms for those seeking quality academic information resources in specific areas.
conclusion
With the introduction of information technologies to the library environment, the traditional processes of its operation have been modified, due to the development of new methods for the creation, access and methods of organizing the different materials of a library.
A digital library will generally continue to have the same functions as traditional libraries, only it will have resources that will allow it to satisfy greater user requirements and will facilitate routine work for librarians, who expand and diversify their field of work every time. more involved with technological advances in the field of information technology.
