Resources

An electronic library (colloquially referred to as a digital library) is a focused collection of digital objects that can include text, visual material, audio material, video material, stored as electronic media formats (as opposed to print, microform, or other media), along with means for organizing, storing, and retrieving the files and media contained in the library collection. Digital libraries can vary immensely in size and scope, and can be maintained by individuals, organizations, or affiliated with established physical library buildings or institutions, or with academic institutions.The electronic content may be stored locally, or accessed remotely via computer networks. An electronic library is a type of information retrieval system.


In the context of the DELOS, a Network of Excellence on Digital Libraries, and DL.org, a Coordination Action on Digital Library Interoperability, Best Practices and Modelling Foundations, Digital Library researchers and practitioners and software developer produced a Digital Library Reference Model which defines a digital library as: "A potentially virtual organisation, that comprehensively collects, manages and preserves for the long depth of time rich digital content, and offers to its targeted user communities specialised functionality on that content, of defined quality and according to comprehensive codified policies."


The CD ROMs containing contents of different books, matters relating to Environments, Historical Incidences, Culture, Culinary Arts etc.
A distinction is often made between content that was created in a digital format, known as born-digital, and information that has been converted from a physical medium, e.g. paper, by digitizing. It should also be noted that not all electronic content is in digital data format. The term hybrid library is sometimes used for libraries that have both physical collections and electronic collections. For example, American Memory is a digital library within the Library of Congress.


Some important digital libraries also serve as long term archives, such as arXiv and the Internet Archive. Others, such as the Digital Public Library of America, seek to make digital information widely accessible through public libraries.

Academic repositories:

Many academic libraries are actively involved in building institutional repositories of the institution's books, papers, theses, and other works which can be digitized or were 'born digital'. Many of these repositories are made available to the general public with few restrictions, in accordance with the goals of open access, in contrast to the publication of research in commercial journals, where the publishers often limit access rights. Institutional, truly free, and corporate repositories are sometimes referred to as digital libraries.

Academic repositories:

Physical archives differ from physical libraries in several ways. Traditionally, archives are defined as:

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The technology used to create digital libraries is even more revolutionary for archives since it breaks down the second and third of these general rules. In other words, "digital archives" or "online archives" will still generally contain primary sources, but they are likely to be described individually rather than (or in addition to) in groups or collections. Further, because they are digital their contents are easily reproducible and may indeed have been reproduced from elsewhere. The Oxford Text Archive is generally considered to be the oldest digital archive of academic physical primary source materials.

Library Rules and Services

The Prime University Library is rendering the following services to the users.

  • The users can collect their desired books from the open shelves;
  • The books have been shelved on the basis of subjects, which enables the users to pin-point the location of their desired books easily;
  • Magazines, Newsletters, University product viz. Journal, Newsletter, Annual Report, Magazine etc. are shelved separately;
  • The borrowers (students) can borrow books for 15 (fifteen) days. If he/she desires to borrow the same book again, then he/she is to deposit the book in the library first and can recollect the same on the following day;
  • The teachers are allowed to borrow books of their subjects for 01(one) semester but they are to return the books immediately after the semester is over;
  • The borrowers (student/faculty) are to pay a fine of Tk.5 (Five) per book per day, if they do not comply with the decision as noted in serial 4 and 5.
  • The borrowers (student/faculty) are to pay a fine of Tk.5 (Five) per book per day, if they do not comply with the decision as noted in serial 4 and 5.
  • The library users are to deposit their bags to the bag-corner before entering into the book shelve area of the library.

Note: In case of gross violation in using the library, the user will be dealt with as per library rules.

Library Hours

  • Sunday-Wednesday 9.00 am-5.30 pm
  • Thursday 9.00 am-7.00 pm
  • Friday 8.00 am-7.00 pm
  • Saturday 10.30 am-6.30 pm

Note: Library remains closed on the holidays declared by the university authority