Virtual Library vs Digital Library

[Roy Tennant]

The original question was so perfect for an entirely different discussion 
list that I can only assume the asker was not aware of its existence. 
Therefore, those interested in digital libraries are invited to join the 
digital libraries and librarians discussion, DigLibns. It is a "sister" 
discussion to Web4Lib, and information about it (including how to 
subscribe, etc.) can be found at:

http://sunsite.Berkeley.EDU/DigLibns/

Thanks,
Roy Tennant

On Sun, 19 Oct 1997 sunner at vicnet.net.au wrote:

> >Hi,
> >
> >Here I am again. This time I have a conceptual question. As an information
> >scientist working with new technologies and Internet I've been invited to
> >make papers and to give courses on subjects like Virtual Libraries and
> >Digital Libraries. I've been talking to some people in Brazil (I'm
> >Brazilian) and I believe that a lot of peope consider both terms as
> >sinonyms. That's not my opinion and I would like to know yours. 
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> 
> I was interested in this myself as the terms seem to be interchangable.  I 
> found the definition used by the American Association of Research Libraries 
> (available at http://sunsite.berkley.edu/ARL/definition.html) quite useful. 
> Their definition acknowledges that "electronic" "digital" and "virtual" 
> libraries are often used synonymously and identify aspects that are common 
> to all.
> 
> Hope this is helpful.
> 
> Kati
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> Kati Sunner
> Alternate email: katis at edunions.labor.net.au
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