Thank You so very much appreciated thank you On Wed 4 Jul, 2018, 5:30 PM , <[email protected]> wrote:
> Send Libraries mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Libraries digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. National Archives of India (Shyamal Lakshminarayanan) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2018 12:06:22 +0530 > From: Shyamal Lakshminarayanan <[email protected]> > To: Wikimedia India Community list > <[email protected]>, "Wikimedia & Libraries" > <[email protected]> > Subject: [libraries] National Archives of India > Message-ID: > <CAB6bDomeF3L-eyNMObk9x=f4M= > [email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Dear fellow Wiki[p|m]edians/ independent researchers, > > This is just to bring to your attention that the National Archives of India > have made a major advance with digitizing their contents and it presents an > opportunity that will be quite exciting for those inclined to research. > They are available through http://www.abhilekh-patal.in and require free > registration. Many documents are yet to be digitized and there is an option > to pay for priority digitization after which the digitized contents become > readily available (very similar to the French Digital Library > http://gallica.bnf.fr/) Because of the understandable size of the > contents > and limitations of personnel, it appears that the metadata is often > defective or in need of work. The content has been OCR-ed but with serious > issues which make discovering relevant content a matter of requiring some > search-engine-fu and even pure luck while browsing the contents. We can > however improve the ease of discovery of relevant content. > > What volunteer researchers can do > * Search the contents for topics of your interest - if you find something > relevant - you can cite it using cite web (a custom wrapper for the > Archives may be desirable) > * You can add links to the material on the relevant pages - as external > links - perhaps future researchers will make a more careful examination and > use it for referencing > * Include in the edit comment - a suitable #tag - just so that others can > find the archival research of colleagues via > https://tools.wmflabs.org/hashtags/- for now I have been using #NAI but > alternatives can be considered > * Some of the files contain interesting attachments or portions - > signatures of notable persons - photos or more - to give an example - a > file discussing the proscription of a newspaper / magazine for carrying > certain content will include a copy of the newspaper / magazine - these > can* > - if they are identified as being in the public domain* - be extracted and > archived - possibly on the Internet Archive <https://www.archive.org> or > to > Commons <https://commons.wikimedia.org>. (these may however require some > web tricks, PDF-hacks, and tools) > > Partnerships with the National Archives may also be possible in future. > > Interesting content discoveries and research stories are welcome also on > the Facebook group - Open Research India > https://www.facebook.com/groups/412404838856872 > > best wishes > Shyamal > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Shyamal/India_resources > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/libraries/attachments/20180703/a3307100/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Libraries mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries > > > ------------------------------ > > End of Libraries Digest, Vol 73, Issue 7 > **************************************** >
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