Sir, As your friend is in Delhi s/he may contact, Dr. Sudha Gopalakrishnan, Mission Director, National Mission for Manuscripts, 5, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Road, New Delhi - 110001 Ph.: 011-23383894, 011-23073387 Fax: 011-23073340 E mail: director[at]namami.org or missiondirector[at]namami.org www.namami.org or www.namami.nic.in For the kind information of other subscribers of LIS-Forum who come across manuscripts: "Do you have manuscripts lying at home? Do you know of manuscripts on other homes, temples, bhandars, matts, madrassas, museums or libraries? Do you know of manuscripts that could be documented or that are in need of conservation? If yes, please feel free to contact Manuscript Resource Centres (http://www.namami.org/resourcecentres.htm), Manuscript Conservation Centres (http://www.namami.org/mcc.htm) or Manuscript Partner Centres (http://www.namami.org/partnercentres.htm) of National Mission for Manuscripts at any time." "The Mission does not seek to take away manuscripts only to document them. The Mission will accept donations but will not forcibly take away manuscripts from their owners." Sanjo Jose Bangalore Dear Friends A friend of mine in Delhi has a collection of about 100 rare books manuscripts & palm leaves, mostly in Tamil left by his father. He wants to donate them to some institution that may preserve it for future use. Digitisation is one of the options also. Do you know of libraries where he can try? Any leads will be appreciated. My own efforts have not yielded any results. Regards -- Dr P Vyasamoorthy, Society for Serving Seniors 30, Gruhalakshmi Colony, Secunderabad 500015 Phone 27846631 / 94908 04278 http://societyforservingseniors.satyamcsr.org From Chandigarh to Chennai - find friends all over India. Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/citygroups/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.