Education becomes easy; ‘National Digital Library’ aims at encouraging digital learning

New Delhi, June 20: In a new initiative to avail the bright futures of India on digital lines, the Ministry of Human Resource Development launched ‘National Digital Library’ on the occasion of National Reading Day in New Delhi. The main objective of the National Digital Library is to make digital educational resources available to all citizens of the country with empowering, inspiring and encouraging learning.

Initiating a single window platform, NDL helps to collect and collate metadata from premier learning institutions in India and abroad, as well as other relevant sources. It is a digital source containing textbooks, articles, videos, audio-books, lectures, simulations, fiction and all other kinds of learning media.

 

Speaking on the occasion HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said that a new era of Digital India has begun as we dedicate this Digital Library. The National Digital Library is a 24x7 universal knowledge resource that is accessible to anyone with internet access and it is built to enable the rise of Digital India. The Minister said that anybody can access the digital library anytime and anywhere absolutely free of cost and will contribute greatly to the Government’s commitment towards “Padhe Bharat Badhe Bharat”.

 

Prakash Javadekar added that apart from the website, NDL is also available on the Mobile app. NDLI Mobile app is enabling access to the rich digital content of libraries across the country and even foreign repositories to users even in the remotest of areas.

He further said that the App, which has been downloaded over 6.70 lakh times, is currently available for both iPhone and Android users. Users can search for content using various parameters like the subject matter, source, content type and more. Right Now the app is available in three languages mainly English, Hindi, and Bengali.