Sanjib-da,
I'll try after my graduation ceremony tomorrow.
Regards.
Umesh
SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Given that you are at Harvard and know about this, would you please
contact them and take the lead in this aspect of the project? Thank you!
-Sanjib BHuyan
On Sat, 4 Jun 2005, umesh sharma wrote:
> GOOGLE has a project going on to make rare books and documents avaliable to the public by online search --currently in tandem with Harvard and 4 other Univs. So GOOGLE could be contacted.
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> As Jugal has mentioned and we probably realize, this is a very imp undertaking, and thus, needs all the help it can get.
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> Given the kind of work being undertaken,! there must be funding agencies � such as National Geographic, UNESCO (?), or other govt and non-govt agencies both here in North America (and in Japan), and also in India. Has anyone looked into that avenue for funding?
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> In terms of the work, I think digitization of the rare manuscripts should take precedence over putting them on the web because once digitized, they can be put in the web. My two cents.
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> Subject: [Assam Society] Re: [Assam] Digitize Manuscripts?
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> We have photographed/digitized about 20 books with about 5000 pages over
> the past few years. We are workin! g with Kuruwabahi Xotro near Bokakhat to
> digitize all their manuscripts (about 70 books).
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> 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 half ago 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.
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> 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.
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> Please look at http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/~kalita/Asomi2003/index.html for
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> > 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.
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> > Sanskrit, Persian Manuscripts to be Digitalized in Kashmir
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> > 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
> San! skrit 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 als! o 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)
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