Dear Rosane, Here are my initial thoughts.
1. The Rocher Foundation can allocate some funds to house and maintain what I’d label as “alumni research documents,” at a reputed library; and, fortunately, we have Van Pelt Libraray close to home. 2. Van Pelt & the South Asia Library Section there-in could collaborate and archive precious documents, such as Teachers' Research Notes, Students’ Theses, and so on. [In a separate posting I’ll say what I’ve done with my books and am currently doing.] Best wishes and regards, rajam > On Nov 5, 2024, at 2:40 AM, Rosane Rocher via INDOLOGY > <[email protected]> wrote: > > This is a concern that keeps me awake at night, that and partially collated > unpublished texts preserved in microfilms and photocopies of scattered and > poorly known, hard to access manuscripts. > > Rosane Rocher > Profesor Emerita of South Asia Studies > University of Pennsylvania > > On 11/4/24 8:12 PM, Madhav Deshpande via INDOLOGY wrote: >> Excellent suggestion, Jan. Including me, lots of scholars have several >> unfinished projects which may never be completed or published, but lie in an >> incomplete form. There should be a repository for such materials. >> >> Madhav >> >> Madhav M. Deshpande >> Professor Emeritus, Sanskrit and Linguistics >> University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA >> Senior Fellow, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies >> Adjunct Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India >> >> [Residence: Campbell, California, USA] >> >> >> On Mon, Nov 4, 2024 at 3:58 PM Jan Kučera <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> Dear all, >> >> >> I am sure I am not alone with the experience of finding treasures in >> archives, in personal papers and other collections of various people from >> the past, often pioneers in the field. >> >> >> Some of us even had the sad privilege to take over libraries and collections >> of our departed colleagues and teachers. And from my experience, there is >> one significant difference from the past: people don’t write on paper >> anymore. The work is increasingly done on computers, and this data is almost >> never available or accessible to anyone else. >> >> >> I would like to make an appeal to everyone who feels like they have >> significant notes, drafts, or work-to-come they have spent decades on, if >> you don’t want these to suddenly disappear, please make provisions for >> someone to be able to pick it up or turn into a treasure to be found by >> future generations. >> >> >> Thank you and best regards, >> >> Jan >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> INDOLOGY mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology__;!!IBzWLUs!UxkDwqvHuxM8pHMZzuIjS2FdP3U--M_ZXhmkDi1Yznkq_9BLrbmLMueN9D10UQvLzwgDcTGWdrsylrHlDlbK5hn5nh3pBQ$> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> INDOLOGY mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology__;!!IBzWLUs!UxkDwqvHuxM8pHMZzuIjS2FdP3U--M_ZXhmkDi1Yznkq_9BLrbmLMueN9D10UQvLzwgDcTGWdrsylrHlDlbK5hn5nh3pBQ$ >> >> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology__;!!IBzWLUs!UxkDwqvHuxM8pHMZzuIjS2FdP3U--M_ZXhmkDi1Yznkq_9BLrbmLMueN9D10UQvLzwgDcTGWdrsylrHlDlbK5hn5nh3pBQ$> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology
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