In a small way, I've been keeping collection-level links here: https://indology.info/external-resources/ , i.e., identifiably individual collections living at archive.org. But there's a tremendous amount more than what I've noted.
The metadata (=catalogue data) at archive.org is notoriously bad, for perfectly understandable reasons. Many people have thought about this issue, obviously, but it would be a very expensive undertaking to catalogue even a part of what's there and even at a minimal cataloguing record level. The Archive.org people take the "Google search" approach, i.e., you find what you need by searching using carefully-constructed keywords. This is surprisingly effective, but lots falls through the cracks, as we all know from personal experience. My personal approach has been twofold: 1. When I can, I add proper metadata in the "review" field. And a permalink URL pointing to worldcat.org. 2. Specifically for manuscripts, when I can, I add a link from PanditProject.org and vice-versa. What I do is purely opportunistic and just a drop in the ocean, but it helps me in the long run, and may help others. Best, Dominik
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