Dear Dominik, Please add this collection: Manuscript - Chunilal Gandhi Vidyabhavan Surat (https://archive.org/search.php?query=Manuscript%20-%20Chunilal%20Gandhi%20Vidyabhavan%20Surat <https://archive.org/search.php?query=Manuscript%20-%20Chunilal%20Gandhi%20Vidyabhavan%20Surat>).
Thanks. Elliot Elliot M. Stern 552 South 48th Street Philadelphia, PA 19143-2029 [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> 267-240-8418 > On May 1, 2022, at 12:29 AM, Dominik Wujastyk via INDOLOGY > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > In a small way, I've been keeping collection-level links here: > https://indology.info/external-resources/ > <https://indology.info/external-resources/> , i.e., identifiably individual > collections living at archive.org <http://archive.org/>. But there's a > tremendous amount more than what I've noted. > > The metadata (=catalogue data) at archive.org <http://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 <http://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: > When I can, I add proper metadata in the "review" field. And a permalink URL > pointing to worldcat.org <http://worldcat.org/>. > Specifically for manuscripts, when I can, I add a link from PanditProject.org > <http://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 > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology
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