Indian Digital Library Movement: Need of Indian Initiative

Abstract

The technological advancements have enabled people of India to be heard over Internet. The country has a large treasure of written text which warrants a wide circulation and communication. But there are many inherent problems appear at the time of mechanical text processing and representation of Indic scripts. The paper highlights the inherent problems of Indic text processing and suggests a nationwide movement to address them. Paper presents an investigative account of difficulties towards creating digital libraries in Indian languages.