Are Research Libraries in India prepared in Digital Age?

The steady growth of digital information (Lyman and Hal 2003) as a component of major research collections has significant implications for research libraries. The collection of digital resources as well as access through network by research libraries are increasing day by day. Digital Libraries (DLs) are broadly recognized as a key component in the Global Information Infrastructure (Borgman 2000) - a means of sharing information and knowledge between and among the research, business, government, and educational communities. But how far the research libraries in India adopted and adapting this new technology to realize the “anytime, anywhere” access to information of digital libraries? This article presents an overview of the difficulties facing by the research libraries in India as well as their roles in the present chaotic situation of managing more hybrid and distributed collection of both physical and digital materials