We have photographed/digitized about 20 books with about 5000 pages over the past few years. We are working with Kuruwabahi Xotro near Bokakhat to digitize all their manuscripts (about 70 books).
The project is supported by Assam Society of America. A digital camera was donated for the effort by Samar Gogoi of Omaha a year and a halg for the purpose. Dr. Naren Kalita of Nagaon (eminent expert on illustrated manuscripts), Babul Gogoi (of Guwahati and Delhi), Utpal Baruah (of ubphotos.com), Prabodh Nath (Nagaon, Electrical Engineer) and several others are involved in this effort. If is possible for us to put up all or a selected number of pages on the Web. However, we don't have the money to put up thousands of images. If anyone wants to help financially or otherwise, we can keep the project moving and accelerate its pace. Please look at http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/~kalita/Asomi2003/index.html for some example pages. Jugal Kalita > Good to hear that a serious effort has started somewhere in India. As you > may remember from earlier discussions, there was an attempt to digitize > some Assamese manuscripts also. Since the Assam bureaucrats did not want > to take the lead, may be they can follow now. > ================================================================ > > Sanskrit, Persian Manuscripts to be Digitalized in Kashmir > > T he Jammu and Kashmir Government is in the process of digitalizing the > manuscripts in Sanskrit, Persian, Balti and Hindi languages kept in the > Alama Iqbal Library and Rs 92 lakh would be spent on the project. Minister > of State for Education G M Lone said the CDs after digital documentation > of the scripts would be kept in all the major libraries, including the SRS > Library at Jammu. He said digitalization of the Sanskrit manuscripts is in > progress and the project is expected to be completed soon. Dr Lone said > there are 6000 manuscripts in the Alama Iqbal University, including 2500 > in Sanskrit and Hindi, and 3366 in Persian and Balti. The Minister said > measures have been taken to modernize the major libraries in the State and > the information has also been made available at the website. Dr Lone said > the S P Library at Srinagar would be shifted to the newly-constructed > building at the College of Education here which is under construction for > which Rs 7 crore have been earmarked.! > He said > a massive construction programme has been started for developing > libraries in Jammu and Kashmir. Rs 8.49 crore would be spent on the > programme. The construction of the Anantnag Library building has been > completed at a cost of Rs 65 lakh and work on the library complex at > Kupwara is also nearing completion at a cost of Rs 49 lakh, besides the > execution work on the Pulwama Library complex is in progress involving a > cost of Rs 35 lakh, he added. (UNI) > > _______________________________________________ > Assam mailing list > [email protected] > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam > > Mailing list FAQ: > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/assam/assam-faq.html > To unsubscribe or change options: > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/options/assam > _______________________________________________ Assam mailing list [email protected] http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam Mailing list FAQ: http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/assam/assam-faq.html To unsubscribe or change options: http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/options/assam
