Abstract
Database technology advancements have provided many opportunities for libraries. These advancements can bring the world closer together through information accessibility. Digital library projects have been established worldwide to, ultimately, fulfil the needs of end users through more efficiency and convenience. Resource sharing will continue to be the trend for libraries. Changes often create issues which need to be addressed. In this paper, issues relating to database technology and digital libraries are reviewed. Some of major challenges in digital libraries and managerial issues are identified as well.