Let us hope that the heads of institutions and LIS professionals take the
suggestion of the President seriously and go about digitizing their
collections, and set up institutional open access archives. The record so
far is not much to boast about.
Arun
[Subbiah Arunachalam]
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Subject: [LIS-Forum] Prez calls for digitisation of libraries
* Prez calls for digitisation of libraries *
DH News Service Bangalore:
* President A P J Abdul Kalam wants all libraries in schools, colleges and
universities to be digitised within the next four years. *
President A P J Abdul Kalam wants all libraries in schools, colleges and
universities to be digitised within the next four years.
At the valedictory of Mahabharata Utsav, organised by the Mahabharata
Research Foundation, here on Monday, the President said the digitisation of
books has to be in regional languages. Knowledge has always been the prime
mover for prosperity. It is important to take up the mission of integrating
all forms of knowledge and culture into our digital library. In the venture,
we should ensure availability of fibre optic cables, satellite communication
and wireless infrastructure, especially in remote areas.
The President unveiled a state-of-art Digital Mobile van to document,
conserve, digitise and disseminate manuscripts.
https://www.online.citibank.co.in/portal/citiinforms.jsp?form_id=frmAcquisitionChat&eOfferCode=DEHSC180
He suggested that the mobile digital library can become a partner of the
Digital Library of India portal, a project aimed at providing free-to-read
searchable collection of one million books.
On the occasion, the president presented Jnanadoota Award to Prof K T
Pandurangi and Mahabharata Ratna award to Late Bhima Bhat and Prof D H
Dhadpale of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Pune. The award was
given for excellence in Mahabharata and Indic systems.
Also, Mahabharata Lakshalankara, a critical edition of 500-year-old
commentary on Mahabharata, was released and a project to prepare an
encyclopaedia of Mahabharata was launched.
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