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Digital Libraries in India It is well recognized that libraries all over the world are undergoing transformation, especially owing to the development in information and communication technologies. Traditional libraries are changing to digital libraries and new libraries that are being set up are increasingly of the digital kind. As a result, there is widespread interest and consequently, a lot of research and development activities are being carried out in this area world over. In India a number of institutions are also in the process of setting up digital libraries and many scholars and practitioners are conducting research on digital libraries. The study reveals that most articles focus on digi-tization efforts and collection building, thereby on developing digital libraries and digital collections. There are few articles on copyright issues and management of digital libraries. Various issues such as digital rights management, security and policies have not been touched. Digital library development in India has been skewed. Most developments have been in S&T li-braries.There is a need to amend copyright legislation to suit the electronic environment. Few institutions have taken initiatives to hold workshops on digital libraries and digital technologies. Other important areas on which Indian studies have been few or totally missing are digital rights management, digital library security, content management, busi-ness and pricing model and policy studies. REFERENCE- Anuradha, K.T. 2007. Design and development of in-stitutional repositories: A case study. The International Information & Library Review 37(3): 169–178. Arora, J. 2001. Indian National Digital Library of En-gineering Science and Technology: A proposal for strategic co-operation for consortia-based access to electronic resources. The International Information & Library Review 33(2–3): 149–165. Arora, J. 2003. Indian National Digital Library of En-gineering Science and Technology: A proposal for strategic co-operation for consortia-based access to electronic resources. The International Information & Library Review 35(1): 1-17.