Dear DSpace Community, For the past three years I've been involved in work relating to the rights of India's Denotified and Nomadic communities (DNTs). Now numbering over 60 million, these communities were declared "criminals by birth" under British rule and continue to bear that stigma. The Indian NGO I've been working with has an archive of thousands of documents relating to DNT rights. These include legal petitions, correspondences, research reports, etc. They would like to create a digital archive of these documents available for all to research over the internet. I've agreed to help them in this endeavor.
Because I don't live in India, and also because I lack any experience creating digital archives, it is essential that I find a partner in India who would be willing to help us out. The NGO, the Bhasha Research and Publication Foundation, is based in Vadodara, Gujarat: http://www.bhasharesearch.org.in/ We are looking for individuals or an organization who can help with technical support and training. Together with that organization or individuals we would apply for grants to pay for the implementation of this archive. Even if you are not able to provide such support yourself, but are interested in helping out in some other way, please let me know. Since I don't use Dspace myself I am not set up to receive e-mail from this list. If you are interested in helping out, please contact me directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you, Kerim ____________________________________ P. Kerim Friedman, Ph.D. Department of Indigenous Cultures College of Indigenous Studies National DongHwa University, TAIWAN Tel: +886-3-863-5795 http://kerim.oxus.net/ ____________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
