11/08/2018
Our e-Library software is an off-line educational information store. Also works without internet, it is a high-capacity hard drive that contains more than twenty million digital educational resources that can be accessed at extremely high speeds over wired and wireless local area networks without using any Internet bandwidth. Each Library contains over 20million resources, more than 100,000 books in different fields, 250 journals, and 1,200 Web sites and CD-ROMs that can be browsed and searched just like the Internet. The Library also includes multi-media resources such as sound files, instructional videos, journals, audio and educational software. Permission has been received from over 8000 authors and publishers to include their materials on the Library and more resources are continually added by the TFK International Project staff. The-eLibrary is not just a supplement to existing library infrastructure – for most institutions it enhances library infrastructure dramatically, often multiplying an institution's collection by powers of ten. Subscribers have reported that 95 percent of their information needs can be fulfilled with the Library alone. When the e-Library is put into a server and connected to the institution’s local area network (LAN), every computer in the institution becomes an information access point. Resources on the Library can be accessed instantaneously, at speeds up to 5,000 faster than the institution’s Internet connection, and for free – in contrast to the exorbitant prices and seemingly endless download times associated with the Internet. Also, since the system is independent of the Internet, essential academic resources are available even when the Internet connection is down. The e-Library expands real access to vital information on science, medicine, and technology to the students, researchers, and clinicians that need it, by operating completely independently of endemic bandwidth constraints. The e-Library is a potential practical, pragmatic solution to the digital divide that can be implemented today.
