Dear Friend:
Thanks for this good news. While we congratulate the
Kerala State Library Council for this progressive
move, we would like them to go one step further and
persuade all higher education and research
institutions in the state to set up their own
interoperable institutional open access archives. The
software is free and can be downloaded any time. All
one needs by way of hardware is a Linux server and a
decent Internet connection. IISc, Bangalore, has an
excellent EPrints archive, which can serve as a model.
I request Dr G Balamohan Thamby, President of the
State Association, to take the necessary steps.
Best wishes.
Subbiah Arunachalam
--- noufal palliparamban
Dear friends,
Kerala Libraries going digital THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With information technology capturing the imagination of youngsters, libraries in Kerala are going the digital way in a bid to attract more readers from the younger generation.Digital and online libraries, which now enrich a select few institutions, are going public with the Kerala State Library Council resolving to set up such ''libraries of the future'' in the state.
The council has decided to bring all district and rural libraries in the state under the ''digital umbrella'' in a bid to usher in new reading culture in the state. ''With the world going hi-tech, it is time that we also change.
In Kerala, digital and online libraries are with a select few institutions and unless this goes public, it will not benefit the whole society,'' said Dr G Balamohan Thamby, President of the Library Council.
The libraries in the state would not only be connected with each other but also with those outside the country, he told and added a final decision on digital libraries would be taken at the Council's executive meeting to be held next week.
Source: http://www.kaumudi.com/news/072105/kerala.stm#2
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