Digitization of Manuscripts and Rare Literature : Initiative of Archival Cell, Panjab University, Chandigarh (India)

Abstract

Digitizatoin in Indian setup is a bigger challange than it appears. This is true in the light of several issues governing the process. Some of these includes, monetory factors, buraucratic setup, absence of the policy-frame, unavailability of the skilled labour, and above all the absence of the environmental in which this needs to be carried out. Still to creat difinit space, in this age of Information Communication and Technology (ICT), Govt. of India in their own way, through the support of its ancillary bodies is trying their best to creat a niche for their users, so that they could stay in the race in this fast changing and growing world of Information Technology.