Transcript SCILET - Asian University Digital Resource Network

SCILET
(STUDY CENTRE FOR INDIAN LITERATURE IN
ENGLISH AND TRANSLATION),
The American College, Madurai,
Tamilnadu, India
URL: www.scilet.in
E-Mail: [email protected]
SCILET’s Initiative in Preservation,
Digitization and Dissemination of its Resources
Online
•SCILET, an acronym for Study Centre for Indian
Literature in English and Translation, was started in the
year 1985, with the seed money provided by the United
Board.
•The present Digitization initiative is also funded by the
United Board under its Digital Alliance Pilot Project.
•SCILET holds a good collection of books by Indian
writers including expatriates who have written in English.
The library also has books translated from the regional
languages. Both primary and secondary sources are
available.
SCILET will provide accessibility to its resources by
the digitization process.
The library holds more than 10,387 volumes on Indian
literature.
 Back issues of nearly 225 journals are available.
70 journals are currently subscribed.
The SCILET library database (CDS ISIS based) has a
current record of 70,709.
The present digitization initiative will result in the
resources to be uploaded in the SCILET’s website.
SCILET has already embarked on a project to digitize
its Journal holdings with the help of Greenstone Digital
Library Software.
•SCILET’s poetry journal, Kavya Bharati, will be
hosted online.
•Kavithalaya, a journal of Indian student writings, will
also be hosted online.
•Writers like Shashi Deshpande, Adil Jussawalla,
Kamala Das, et al. have provided the library with their
own manuscripts which will be made available to
researchers.
•SCILET has a good collection of lectures and
readings by various writers who have been featured in
our “meet the author” program. Audio files as well as
transcripts of these readings and lectures will be
uploaded for the benefit of researchers.
•Similarly, seminar and conference papers will be
made available to researchers online.
•Photographs of more than thirty visiting writers and
their programs will be provided online with facility of
adding many more authors as they visit.
•The outcome of the project will result in SCILET
reaching the global researchers by the following methods:
•SCILET to host its Bibliographical database online.
•Registration of online membership, and request to be
incorporated in the website.
•Customized paid e-mail facility to be given to Librarian,
Director and Editor for easy on-line communication.
SCILET uses CDS ISIS provided by UNESCO free
of cost for its library database. This database will be
hosted online.
 Greenstone Digital Library Software, which is used
for SCILET library’s digitizing initiative linking all
the scanned materials, will be hosted online.
•An Interactive module is to be developed on the
website.
•Payment of Fees to be made online.
•A Discussion Forum (for members and nonmembers) will be provided.