The virtue of virtual libraries

Here\’s An Interesting Story on
virtual libraries from New Zealand.

The author says digital libraries are
computer-based systems that do the jobs good
librarians do in the real world – acquisition, extraction of
metadata, indexing, cataloguing and organising.

\”Digital Libraries hold the possibility that we
might regain perspective on the billions of pieces of
information in the web ocean. Witten believes his
Greenstone will help, expressing his hopes through a
Maori prayer, \”May peace and calmness surround you
and may the ocean of your travels be as smooth as the
polished greenstone.\”
\”