Digital Library: The New Mantra of Information Infrastructure

The word information infrastructure made by two words information+ infrastructure. Information means Data that has been verified to be accurate and timely & infrastructure means the basic physical systems. So information infrastructure means that place where data can be store in physical foam. 'Information'is generally used in our daily routine. In today's competitive world, we are developing our information infrastructure on science & technology, research & development, social science & humanities, government information etc. An information infrastructure is defined by Pironti (2006) as all of the people, processes, procedures, tools, facilities, and technology, which supports the creation, use, transport, storage, and destruction of information. This paper discusses the definition, importance, advantage, & also emphasizes the components required to build wellequipped digital library.