DiLight System/NYPL DL

The websites we were given have clearly demonstrated how the search for items within libraries have been simplified. Whereas the organization of finding aids in their physical copies can be a much more tedious process, the digital copies prove to be a lot more efficient. Through the efficient use of the digital finding aids, the searches have shown that the libraries have sources of information in all kinds of different formats, ranging from books, to audios, to DVDs. What enables this sort of solid, yet flexible, structure is the database within the computer system. The database keeps track of all the records that indicate what items are properties of the library. The records provide all the information regarding the item that it represents. Since the information also includes where the actual items are located, the records can also function as finding aids. Of course, that is under the assumption the represented items happen to be in their proper places.