Jay writes “The Hindustan Times reports, “A million rare manuscripts, palm leaves, copper plates and age-old classical literature are to be digitised under a project jointly undertaken by Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and the Indian ministry of communications and information technology.”
With this initiative, old classical and rare collection will now be available worldwide. Scholars and academicians interested in this collectioncan now begin to explore the richness of this ancient collection.
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Wider access
It’s all about access. Digitisation allows wider access, and dissemination and sharing of knowledge, particularly for rare materials and special collections. This makes libraries more open, available, and accessible.