International Journal of Academic Library and Information Science
 

International Journal of Academic Library and Information Science

Vol. 3(4), pp. 117–123, April, 2015. 

ISSN: 2360-7858

DOI: 10.14662/IJALIS2015.020

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Digital Library for Endangered Documents: An Approach towards Preservation of Palm Leaves Manuscripts

*¹Mohamed Sageer. T. K., and ²Dr. Francis. A. T.

*¹Research Scholar, Department of Library and Information Science, Karpagam University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. - 641 021. Corresponding Author’s E-mail: tkmsageer@gmail.com

²Head, Library, College of Horticulture, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur – 680 656.

Accepted 18 April 2015

Damage rate of endangered documents is very high by many ways. Such documents are usually not confined to the limited boundaries of conventional library system, instead that are scattered around and become the part of private collections, institutional collections and also official archives. When it becomes the part of a private collection, the possibility of damage is very high. Steps to make digital library for endangered document solves this issue considerably. This article explores different attributes for organizing a digital library for endangered documents and the users’ attitude towards the use and usability of the same and primarily focuses on with the attitude of users towards the digitization of palm leaves manuscripts.

Keywords: Digital Library, Digital Archiving, Digital Preservation, Palm leaves Manuscripts, Endangered Documents

 

Cite This Article As: Mohamed Sageer TK, Francis. AT (2015). Digital Library for Endangered Documents: An Approach towards Preservation of Palm Leaves Manuscripts. Inter. J. Acad. Lib. Info. Sci. 3(4): 117-123.

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