What is a digital library?
Simply put, a digital library is a searchable collection of electronic materials/items made available via a central point of access (or “portal”). You can also think of a digital library as a centralized electronic collection or a gateway to electronic resources.

You may not have heard the term "digital library," but maybe you have heard "cybrary" or "virtual library." For our purposes, all of these things are one and the same.

Digital libraries can collect all kinds of information, including:

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