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| State Central Library goes digital |
The State Central Library (SCL), Afzalgunj, will be among the first libraries to be brought under the pilot project taken up as part of creating online public libraries. Despite glitches in acquiring funds, officials put up a brave front and point out that the first phase of computerization and networking in libraries through e-Grandhalaya software.
Deputy Director of Department of Public Libraries N.S.M. Naidu points out that SCL needs Rs. 24 lakhs for digitization of its collection comprising five lakh books. “Over 40,000 books have already been digitized at SCL with the help of Carnegie Mellon University's Universal Online Library Projects," according to Mr. Naidu.
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| The digitization works cover titles in Hindi, English, Telugu, Urdu and Persian. Carnegie Mellon University is providing the funding support for this project. “It may take a few years but on completion readers from any public library can access books of their choice from any of the district libraries, " Mr. Naidu adds. |
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(as told to deccan.com) |
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