Digital library of University of Tehran: opportunities and challenges

Creating a digital library in universities with the aim of helping education and research and remote services to students, faculty members and researchers has become a duty of university libraries. In order to perform this task, it is necessary to study, research, plan, become familiarized with the appropriate tools, and create steps of implementing and updating the digital library. Digital libraries using electronic and digital resources enable librarians to provide better and faster services to their users. Kenchakkanavar (2014) presented the advantages of a digital library and the use of electronic resources: * To get access to an information source by more than one user * E-Resources can be searched quickly * They can be found easily by the user * They can be stored in huge amounts * Reduces the amount of time spent on the E-Resources use * Analyses the purpose of using e-resources by respondents * Identify different types of e-resources commonly used by respondents * Collect, store, and organize information in digital form * Promotes efficient delivery of information economically to all the users ...  Encourages cooperative efforts to save and share the investments in research resources, computing, and communication networks