Computerized Databases/Catalogues in Indian Language Scripts - Malayalam This is with reference to a recent discussion in LIS Forum about databases searchable using local scripts. In Malayalam successful attempts have been conducted from 1995 onwards. Even in the development of Malayalam script that can be processed by computer contributions of librarians are notable. The following are some details about notable attempts. Government Brennen College released the Malayala Granthasoochi 2004 -CDROM on 30.03.2004 which is first electronic catalogue using search mechanism for original Malayalam script based on UNESCO's CDS/ISIS. Details of this along with information on earlier similar attempts as well as the research for developing script and DBMS applications in Malayalam that the computers can search and sort according to the syntactic and semantic relations is available at http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00007199/01/2004Granthasooji.pdf A historical perspective of such attempts in Malayalam is available at http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00008565/01/2006Mal.prn.pdf A copy of the Electronic Catalogue in CD Rom can sometimes be available to institutions free of cost if they write to The Principal Government Brennen College, Tell cherry, Kannur District, Kerala. Another database The Malayalam Granthasooji of Sri. K.M. Govi was published in CD Rom by Kerala Sahithya Akademi Trichur, Kerala. Trivandrum Public Library, Kerala has also developed a database in Malayalam as front end to its digital archives. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Tonight's top picks. What will you watch tonight? Preview the hottest shows on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.