From: "Niraj Naik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The Central Library of Goa ... is untouched by the Information Technology revolution... The successive governments' have shown scant regard towards modernising this biggest resource of information in the state.
I wonder if the article by Niraj Naik was written before the PTI announcement - see below: ======================== From: The Hindu 11 May. http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/holnus/02111807.htm Electronic libraries in 10 states. New Delhi, May 11. (PTI): The Centre will soon set up electronic libraries, which remain open round-the-clock to help decrease the digital divide, in remote areas of the 10 states, which have enacted library legislation, Minister for Culture and Tourism Jagmohan said today. The pilot project of the Rs 200 crore proposal to establish 18950 Electronic Doorway Libraries (EDL) all over the country will be started in the "10 states which have a Library Act and will be funded by the Centre," Jagmohan said at a seminar on 'Electronic Libraries in Rural India' here. Electronic libraries, currently non-existent in rural region, have documents in digital, soft copy of electronic form that is video/audio recordings, multi-media computer files, full text databases etc and is Internet-based. Jagmohan said the Centre will allocate more funds for the 'li brary movement' adding that he has asked all the MPs to set aside Rs 15-20 lakhs from Rs one crore MPLAD scheme for setting up libraries in their respective constituencies. Library facilities in the 10 states - Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Manipur, Kerala, Haryana, Mizoram and Goa - are inadequate, Developing Library Network (DELNET) Director H K Kaul said. Each EDL would offer access to local level information in local languages and Government generated information apart from the general content on health, education, law, agriculture and small scale industries, he added. The country has only one library for every 16,000 people when the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions prescribe one for every 3,000, Kaul said. ================================ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet =================================================================== For (un)subscribing or for help, Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont want so many e=mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead ! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Help support non-commercial projects in Goa by advertizing!! * * * * Your ad here !!
