National Digital Library to go global
In association with IIT-KGP, National Digital Library of India (NDLI) is planning to go global and associate with top digital libraries of the world. This announcement was made by the NDLI last week at an international workshop at IIT Delhi in an event hosted by UNESCO.According to the IIT-KGP release, UNESCO has also promised that it will promote digital libraries and resource sharing activities of the SAARC countries. “While procuring international content is one aspect, being inclusive and open is also important. The information should be made available in all forms, be it data, technology or content,” said P P Das, in-charge of NDLI, in a press statement. For the same, NDLI has been collaborating with the Europeana Foundation. The foundation helps in building a digital cultural heritage platform for Europe.Some of the libraries which have shown interest in collaborating with the NDLI are: Tainacan Project (Brazil)National Library of The NetherlandsNational Library of South AfricaNational Library of Nepal In the international workshop, more than 200 domain experts were present including the ones from Microsoft research, Google and Taylor & Francis.NDLI project was kick started by IIT-KGP and is funded by Ministry of Human Resources Development and currently 1.26 crore content resources. It’s a national online asset for the students who are interested in research and innovation.
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