Thus, we can view voting as a decision process-management problem that requires the acquisition and sharing of knowledge within a community. These tools would have to identify the sources of all messages and allow users to reveal themselves in various degrees to others. It is argued that this type of system has a better chance of success than a simple online ballot because it enables the participatory features of a healthy democratic process. Research on digital libraries has focused mainly on information storage and retrieval. However, studies of libraries have shown that there is considerable social interaction and collaboration.
Libraries are hubs for social and intellectual interactions in communities and organizations.
Virtual libraries should serve the same purpose. In this paper an online library is described that places knowledge building and community building at the core of its design. The library system supports multiple websites that are visible to the entire community. Personal topic profiles for library research services, information services choices, and collaborative research requests provide people with views of each others' activities and interests. Web-based collaborative library research.